I have an office job...but just walking in from the parking lot is so painful.....Some of my Friends/co-workers have done some of my jobs that require short walks. I dont think this is fair to them. I have used up my sick time and no matter how painful I have to use my walker to get into work. I am just about to have my WLS....have finished all classes and testing at Kaiser. My knees are bone on bone and will have knee surgery after WLS but its so hard to deal with my loss of mobility......My house is such a mess.....very frustrating. I know things will get better in the future. Cindi

I'm not sure this is the right place to ask this, but I'll try. I have RA,OA and a number of neuropathy problems in different parts of my body. I take prednisone for the arthritis before and after RNY. The doc just prescribed neurotin for the nerve pain and I'm a little worried about starting it. I have had ulcers and gastritis ever since my RNY, taking meds but just can't seem to get it healed up -- YET. Just was curious about anyone's experience with neurotin. Nut

I keep reading in the forums that NSAIDS are on the no-no list post-bariatric surgery. Anybody get a different directive from their doc? I'm on anti-inflammatories for arthritis (pretty much all over), but I don't think that weight loss is going to ease the pain in my hands from arthritis. Comments, please?

Deana, First of all, please understand that you can do everything right, protein, vitamins and minerals, diet, exercise, and still have complications related to the surgery.I've had serious issues with iron levels and religiously take my vits/minerals and follow my dietary regimen set forth by my nutritionist. I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in September of last year(ruled out Lupus first) and am now on injections twice a week for it. I was very upset at first, it really sucks to have surgery to be healthier and my course has been just trading one set of health problems for a whole different set. I thought that the surgery brought on the rheumatoid arthritis, more so due to igniting the inflammatory response in my body, but then my endocrinologist pointed out that my body already had a history of doing this to itself. I've had hypothyroidism for years now, caused by my body attacking its own thyroid tissue and destroying it. Rheumatoid arthritis involves the body attacking its own joints, so who knows, this probably would have happened anyway and if I'd been over 300 lbs when it did, I'd probably be in a wheelchair by now and unable to work. My doctors checked a lot of levels of vitamins and minerals before checking for the RA/Lupus stuff. We wanted to make sure that there was no little-known vit/min deficiency causing symptoms first. If you do receive the diagnosis of RA or Lupus, please see a rheumatologist who treats gastric bypass patients, as most surgeons don't allow you to take aspirin or NSAIDS and managing these diseases without them can be very difficult. Hope this helps Rachel

Since my surgery I take Vicodin and SOMA and still the pain haunts me all day every day. I used to go to the dr and complain of the pain and he would say well if you would just loose some weight! Well I've lost 145# and it hasn't helped yet. Hope you find relief Brenda