So far nothing I've been on has stalled my weight too much. My weight was at a stand still for a short time due to bi-polar meds, but that wasn't long. Its beena huge "curve ball" thrown at me but we're making it. I'm allergic to steroids so I can't take anything like that. Things are VERY limited due to allergy, RNY and ulcer now. Its tougher but there's things to help, I know there is

Well don't ask me why I didn't know about this area till today. Short history, I had open RNY 2-20-07. I was 421 at my highest and I'm now down to about 210. My goal weight is to stay between 200-220 according to my doctors. I've had back issues since high school (if not before). They just found degenerative arthritis in L4, L5 and S1. Well they found it September of 2006. I'm currently going to a pain control doctor due to the pain issues. I'm now with a second one due to issues with my first one. I'm now on medical leave till we can find something that helps it. My pain got 10X worse since I have had surgery and lost over 200 pounds. Don't know why but it is so much worse. I have a 6 year old daughter (will be 7 on July 14th). I also have two pups a yorkie and a chi. (yorkie ~ Belle and chi ~ Baby)  I'm currently taken norflex and viciden for the issues. I just got a tens unit on Wednesday. I've started trigger point injections Thursday with this new doctor too. I had 3 rounds with my old daughter but this one does it a little different. I've done traction, PT, electric stem and home work outs. Has anyone delt with this type of arthritis? Anything process work for you? Did anyone's pain get worse after surgery? I was told that is should get better but mine didn't. So I'm new to this area but have been on the OH site for awhile. So hello and hope to talk to everyone more. ETA ~ I have also developed an ulcer. It was just found middle of May. Going to a specialist on Wednesday to see what we can do.

Ialso had knee repair done. It took me longer to recover because of being over weight. too much weight on knee after surgury. better to pospone till some weight is gone.

Fibromyalgia is a condition where you feel chronic pain in certain parts of your body; it is a muscular pain especially around the joints. There can also be centralized pain felt in the spinal chord, brain, neck shoulders etc. People with fibromyalgia generally complain of pain in the joints, but it actually is the muscles and the tendons around it that cause the pain, it can be excruciating sometimes and can be a continuous throbbing pain. People suffering from Fibromyalgia also show symptoms of depression, sleeplessness, irritable bowel syndrome, stress and many others, which are caused due to the pain.

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I hate the word Fibromyalgia. It took so long to diagnose. It has been 14 years since I was diagnosed, I also have arthritis, have had a anterior fusion C4-5, Facet Injections C-5 through T-1 and Neurotomies L4-5 S1. It has helped quite a bit, especially since I am allergic to most all drugs, pain, anti-depressants etc. I do take Klonopin(Clonazapam) 2mg at night and 1 mg daytime if needed. Ibuprofen 800 mg twice a day. Otherwise I deal with the pain. I am looking into WLS, but the more I see the people who have any complications, I'm not sure if I want to add to the complications I already have. Just got to think more about it...