Any steroid dependent chronic Asthmatics with WLS expericence?

I am a chronic asthmatic and have started the various test for WLS but I am concerned about the fact that I have been on a daily dose of prednisone for a while now. The surgeon I have started the process with will only do open RNY on me because of my BMI. He told me in the first consult that he would like to see me off of the prednisone before surgery (not likely to happen) and that he has not had too many patients with asthma. I have a consult in late November with another surgeon who primarily does lap RNY. Has anyone with chronic asthma been on prednisone when they had the surgery, which type did you have and how was healing time? Any complications from the prednisone?

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