Will WLS help??

These questions make me nervous. I was told my WLS will help my arthritis or fibro NO NO it has not BUT I don't think it hurt it either. I feel better with the weight off but still have arthritis
But do not let anyone tell you , you will be better after WLS a promise...That may or may not be true.I do not mean to be negative because I am glad that I had surgery....

Pam is so right surgery will not help fibro, it might help arthritis but it will help in general just to get the weight off. So do have your surgery of choice but don't expect it to fix your fibro.

I asked about this in a post not to long ago. My friend is scheduled for surgery but also suffers from fibro. I do need to lose about 20 lbs, I don't have fibro (I thank God for that). My life is so uncomplicated, I have time to support my friend in her jouney.

I told her about this site, for her to gain encouragement for her WLS and also her Fibro. You ladies are such a treasure!

Shauna

What a good friend you are !!Yes, this is a good site so keep encouraging her....

Hi,
What kind of WLS did you have, if you do not care to share. I have fibro and I was hoping if I get approved and lose weight that it would help the fibro, did the weight lose help with any of your pain at all? I am on the pre- diet.
God Bless
Evie

I had RNY Sept 26,2006. The weight lost has not helped with either the fibro or arthritis. BUT the weight lost has helped me get aound easier if that makes sense. I  am glad that I had the surgery. God only knows what I would have weighed if i had not had it. i started at 470 then lowest was 305,now i weigh about 345. I cannot do much exercise and that makes a difference.

Good Luck

Hello,

Yes, I do know what you mean about getting around easier. Which surgery is RNY? Are you still going to lose more weight? Do you still get full faster?

God Bless
Evie

I doubt I will loose more.I have severe arthritis and it hurts to bad to do the exercises , I am to be 64 yrs next month. I think you can look on this site and it explains the different surgeries.It could explain it a lot better than I could. I by all means still get full faster and thhere are things i cannot eat.  I started at 470 so I was bigger and will never see the 100's. I weighed 200 in 6th grade.
Look forward to your next post,
Pam

Hi Pam,
How was your Christmas and New Year?
You must of had a hard childhood if the kids are like they are today. A lot of people does not take time or care to look inside someone that is overweight. Don't look inside the heart. This makes me so upset. I guess if they never been there it is hard for them to understand. I know this has happen to me, it hurts, but I really feel they are the lesser person.
So you are doing ok with yor band? I am still am on the 6 month diet haven't finished the first month yet. Be around June. It seems like a long way off. Hang in there.

God Bless
Evie

Evie-

I have both lupus and fibro. Nothing worked for the lupus except prednisone, whch helped push my weight up to a high of 405. I eas on the maximum doses of Plaquenil, and Cymbalta ( off-label for fibro at the time), then Lyrica was approved for fibro, and my doctor added that at maximum dose. None of it worked well at all, and the Plaquenil began to blur my vision, so I was taken off of that.

I had my DS (duodenal switch) on 2/25/09. I weighed 397 on surgery day. I now weigh 180. Plaquenil is now working to keep the lupus flares at bay, Lyrica and Cymbalta work together to control the fibro pain ( and the anti-depressant effect is nice). All doses of the medications were REDUCED post-op, which is strange, because the Ds is so much more malabsoptive than the RNY/gastric bypass, but I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth!

Before, I was in constant pain, and often bedridden for weeks at a time. I spent two consecutive Christmases in bed, taking Tramadol. Now, though my knees are still bad, I can walk pain and cane free with Synvisc-one injections and Voltaren Gel. My rheumy says that because of the weight loss, my knee replacements can be delayed for another 10 to 15 years, (I will be 53 on 1/17), and the joint pain can be treated medically. She says losing the weight took the pressure off my joints. I no longer have high blood pressure, and I can now get restorative sleep without my CPAP. Sleep studies have validated this.

I haven't had a severe flare of either lupus or fibro since after I lost my first 50 pounds. My doctor was afraid the trauma of the surgery would send me into a lupus flare, but the weight was going to kill me. The potential benefits outweighed the risks, just like with any medical treatment, that is something to consider.

One thing I do notice more now is hip pain, but I was warned about this, because, she says, with the weight loss. my hip joints now sit at a different angle, and the worn areas are out of alignment with each other, and that's what causes the pain. Not bad enough for replacements now, but I may need them when I'm older.

So...did the weight loss help? Absolutely! It does for some people, for others it doesn't do much. Can't promise that it will, but if you have other co-morbidities, it's worth a shot.

Be sure you research every surgery, and whether it's DS, RNY, LapBand, VSG or gastric plication, make sure you choose the surgery that's right for YOU.