Why we can't take NSAIDS

Agreed. I think a lot of people forget this. I take Milk Thistle when I take Tylenol to help my liver.

Thanks for the info Kelly!

I have learned to either be happy with Tylenol or learn to push through pain.  Trammadol makes me vomit each and every time I take it, and I do not particularly like narcotics anyway (like percocet), so I only really take pain relievers if it is absolutely necessary.  I have searched for other means of relieving pain, i.e. massage, stretching, meditation, heating pad.  I quit taking the roxicet they gave me after surgery at day 4 post op and used tylenol sparingly.  Unless you have something chronic that medication for pain is required, IMHO you can use other ways to relieve pain that are actually much healthier for you, your liver, and your mental state.

But, like I said, this is my personal experience.  Everyone has a different pain threshold.  Mine has just developed into a little tougher of a threshold over the last year.

Thank you for this post!  I was just remembering this yesterday and wondered if I could find it in a search.  I will have to have some surgery fairly soon and wanted the info about NSAIDs in your bloodstream - not just your pouch - being dangerous.  I think I will start listing them as an allergy as well.

 Be sure to mention no NSAIDS to your anesthesiologist before surgery. I had shoulder surgery about a month ago and even though I had NSAID allergy all over my chart when I spoke to the anesthesiologist before the surgery I mentioned it to him and he said "oh, I guess it's a good thing you told me, I would have given you Toradol". So just be careful, even if it's in your chart not everyone looks at it. 

Yep.  Since we are at a higher risk for kidney stones after RNY, people should also know that Toradol is the pain medication of choice in many ERs for kidney stone pain.

Lora

 I knew about not being able to have NSAIDs, but never realized Toradol was one.  After my RNY, the morning after, they gave me Toradol.  I will always wonder if that is what led to my ulcer that reared it's ugly head 2 months after surgery.

I will always list NSAIDS as an allergy now.