The opinion of "never again" varies from doctor to doctor.  Pre surgery I took lots of ibuprofen.  Post-op, I take mobic.  I had no gastric side-effects from the years of Advil and don't have any trouble with the Mobic.

Jeanne, I don't really have an answer to your question as I don't have lymphadema.  However I did want to share that I had my gastric bypass 8/2/06 so coming up on 10 months post op.  I have lost approximately 84% of my excess body weight, with less than 20 lbs to goal.  I just had computer assited right total knee replacement last Tuesday.  I know I am still in quite a bit of pain if I don't take the pain meds, but the good sign is I am already being able to straighten my knee better than before surgery.  You may want to look into the computer assisted replacement.  From what I understand they can get the hip, knee, ankle alignment within 1-2 degrees 99 % of the time.  With the alignment being right it makes the replacement last longer.   Just another tidbit that you might be interested in is that on WWW.OR-LIVE.COM if you look under orthopedics and archives, you can watch a minimally invasive computer assisted knee replacement.  The surgeon doing it did my surgery the day before.  I can't believe that still being in pain from it that I actually watched it, but I found it interesting.   Sorry I couldn't be of more help with your original question. Take care and good luck.

Hello Everyone: I am 3 weeks post-op.  I have fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis.  Prior to surgery, I was on methotrexate, salsalate, effexor xr and a small dose of amitriptylene (to help me sleep).  I also know that the rheumatologist wants to put me on remicade.  After browsing this board,  I'm now curious as to whether or not I can still take these meds now that I've had RNY.  It's been a while since I've seen my Rheumatologist and I probably won't be able to get in to see him for another 2 months.  Any advice would be helpful as I'm so confused about meds right now. Thanks, Marie

Hi Stacey They can do a blood test to determine if you have rhuematoid arthritis. I have RA and I had a blood test for them to determine one way or the other. Good luck keep me posted I have had RA for over 30 years and during that period that have introduced so many new medications including ones that we actually slow the progression of the RA Pamela

Hi all ,well it's been over a mo and i'm great i'm so thinkful i had both of my knees done at the same time .blessings to all from tx ...Brenda in tx