You may want to ask your Doctor about the gastric sleeve. You are better able to take the meds. Only your Doctor can tell you for sure. The sleeve doesn't touch your intestines which my doc would not approve either. Good luck

Hi Robin!!!

Thanks for writing.. I did have surgery while on Prednisone on 8/26/2009.  My Dr. wasn't concerned about it so I went through with the surgery..

It is very important you notify the anesthesia Dr. of your use of Prednisone.  They have to give you an extra dose before you go to sleep.. That is the most important part.  I made sure when the Dr.  came in to talk to me he was aware of my prednisone use even if the nurses wrote it in my chart.  My Dr had me take Vit. E prior to surgery to help straighten my tissue which is broke down and thin when using Prednisone.

After surgery, I seemed to be doing great.  I even got out of the hospital 1 day early only staying for 24 hours. Unfortunately, I had complications a couple days later that I am still dealing with today.  I have had 3 more surgeries since then and I am still experiencing pain and discomfort.  My RNY Dr. says it is lupus related while my lupus Dr. says it is not.. I am not sure at this point what has caused my complications so I am going to a specialist out of state.. I have been to the ER and hospital multiple times since surgery.  I have lost lots of weight 70lbs however, if I had to do it again, I am not sure I would have had the surgery because of the complications.... Some people get upset when I say that but I am just being honest about the situation.  

Lupus is a disease that is very hard to treat and diagnose and so often when Dr.'s don't know what is wrong they blame "Lupus".   

I hope this helps..  Every situation is different and all I can say is follow your gutt... Every situation is different and you may do great.. 

If I can assist you anymore, please don't hesitate to write...

Sincerely,

Kelli

I was recently diagnosed with Discoid Lupus.  Can anyone tell me how this is affected by WLS?  ANY info. you can share with me about this would be appreciated!

Thanks!
Gracie

Welcome.  And just so long as your lupus doc and surgeon are willing to work together, you shouldn't have any problems.  I was glad the surgeon I went to is out of the same hospital as my rheumie.  At least that way, if anything went wrong (lupus-wise) my rheumie was a couple of steps away. 

All my docs are very pleased with my progress.  Of course, since surgery, I have a low white blood cell count.  They ruled out all the likely suspects (short of doing a bone marrow biopsy) and everyone decided it was my autoimmune disease going "wonky" as a result of t he WLS.  So, my wonderful team of docs is just keeping a close eye on me as I shrink down to nothingness.

Good luck Robin!
Elli

Hi Kelli - I'm new on the boards here and just coming across your post.    what was the outcome?    I've taken 6 months of classes and asked about prednisone on a number of occasions and no one seems to have an issue with it.   I've never been able to get off of it (for 10 years now) but only on 6 mg a day.  

For anyone else *****plied to this thread previously, I'd love to hear your responses.    I'm looking at the VSG mostly due to my lupus and the thought I may need to take meds that the RNY won't allow.

Thanks all ... Robin