Question:
how do you health conditions improve

   — cajeal (posted on March 19, 2008)

March 19, 2008
Hi Carolyn, I had the Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy on Oct. 25, 2007. I had high blood pressure, narcolepsy,bad knees, asthma, arthritis, sleep apnea, and poor oxygen saturations problems when I sleep. I no longer need oxygen at night (though I do still use my C-PAP), I am taking half my blood pressure, asythma, and narcolepsy pills. My PCP says she will propbably take me off all my meds in May. I am 60 and find this amazing. I can also run a little which I haven't done in years (no more knee pain). Hope that helps. Pat
   — pjennjr

March 19, 2008
Many morbidly obese people are very unhealthy and develop many problems that are directly related...Once the weight begins to come off and the person begins to eat healthier...the problems are completely resolved or greatly improved with the loss of their weight. I no longer have TypeII Diabletes, Hypo-thyroidism, severe arthritis in my knees, GERD, Hiatal hernia.... They are all gone...with an occasional mild flare of knee pain.
   — .Anita R.

March 19, 2008
Hi Carolyn, If you would complete your profile more of us could better answer your questions. We can not tell what kind of surgery you plan to have. I had a RNY on December 5, 2007. I am a 62 year old male and have had type II Diabeties for 25 years. I no longer have type II Diabeties, Hypo-thyroidism, arthritis in my knees is almost gone, and my total colestrol is 95! As they say in the ad's, rusults are not tipical. I go to the gym every day and follow the doctors diet to the letter. Than means no sugar, fat, rice, bread pasta and 70% of my calories comes from protien. Depending on the surgery you elect to have and how well you manager the tool they give you will depend on the results you see to your health. Don excersize daily and cheat on the foods you eat and you will not have as good as results as other that follow all the rules. Few are luck and skip by doing the bare minimun and have good results, but I seen people drop out of WLS support groups and stop losing. I had to pay for my surgery cash, so I am going to make the most out of the money I invested in a new me. Best of sucess to you.
   — William (Bill) wmil

March 19, 2008
I had my surgery on Mar. 7, 2007 weighing in 376 and have lost 185 pounds in a little over a year. I no longer have high blood pressure, sleep apnea, severe acid reflux, and diabetes. I still have spine deteriorting disease and am in pain from that but all in all I'm doing so much better! Also I couldn't walk a few feet without gasping for breath but now I can go so much further and alot longer...
   — TrevaDeck150

March 19, 2008
I had RNY almost a year ago and had full body edema, gouty arthritis in my knee and high blood pressure. All but one of my symptoms completely disappeared within 2 weeks after surgery. (I still have high blood pressure, BUT that might be family inherited, and I am on a much lower dosage of that medicine--instead of taking it twice a day, I only take it once a day) God bless!
   — crystalsno

March 19, 2008
My knee pain has gotten better, but my back pain has gotten worse. My depression got a lil better but now I also have anxiety. My acid reflux is gone, but now suffer from pretty constant gas. I no longer have to take allergy pills. All in All it was totally worth it. I would do it again in a heartbeat. Blessings Robin
   — vampfan

March 20, 2008
Along with many of the illnesses listed here, I also had incontinence and plantar facious that are both gone.
   — KristineMarie

March 20, 2008
My surgery RNY-Lap did not get rid of my illnesses, but made them less painful and more tolerable with meds. I have Rheumatoid arthritis and the pain is not as it used to be because I have less pressure on my joints. My high blood pressure must be hereditary related cause I never came off the meds and bp is regulated with lower doses of meds and less. My health had deteriorated to the point that most what was wrong with me was already too bad to mostly correct. I have neuropathy of my feet and hands. My lower lumbar deterioration is the most unbearable at times with the muscle spasms that occur often. I got rid of the severe acid reflux, the sleep apnea is gone. My seasonal allergies seem more during the season and where before they were not as bad. But all in all I feel much better than before wls and am glad to not be on any diabetic meds at all. As well as no meds for the acid reflux. I was taking a total cost of meds at $340 a month or more when the dosages were upped. I will say it depends on the person also and how their bodies do after wls.
   — mspisces