As a rule either rheumatologists or pain specialists will be a good place to start. You'd have to call to make sure they do treat it and are in your insurance coverage. Also sometimes neurologists deal with it too. Yopu might want to go online and check some of the national fibro groups and see if they have any list of doctors in your are. Good luck to you because it makes all the difference in the world as to how well you are treated!

Hi...I did not think after having a VSG we could take NSAIDs . Congratulations on your fantastic weight lost!!! I had a VSG done July 2008. I did great for about 6 months....lost 70 lbs. which was my goal weight. Then everything started downhill...fibromyalgia, entire spine has problems, rheumatoid arthritis and an extremely difficult marriage (5 years now). My stress level is out the roof which makes the fibro worse. But....I just wanted to tell you to please be very careful and do not gain the weight back. It can happen so fast...I gained 35 lbs back. I will loose it again but must work on getting out of pain first. So many of the medicines will cause weight gain or block you from loosing. Good Luck and Congrats!

Also, get your doctor to sign the form for a handicapped parking placard or license plate in your state, and make good use of the electric carts at the store when you go grocery shopping. 

Forget the "dirty looks" because you will get them. You are just as entitled to use them as someone whose disability is evident.

Buy and use a cane if you need to.  I found that it helped on the days when I was feeling very weak.

I have been on almost every pain medication non-narcotic and narcotic. none of the non-narcotic pain meds would work for me and they all made me gain weight. When they started giving me narcctic pain meds they just dont work as well as they would for a regular person. they dont last as long as they are supposed to and dont seem to have the strength they should they recently put me on fyntanyl patches and they are working well. i wouldnt suggest it to someone eles unless they were very desparate but as a last resort for me it was the only option. The only nice thing about it is there is no up and downs of it wearing off and what not. But I wanted to let you know there are other options :)

I take savella morning and night. no proplems so far