Horrible hip pain,bursitis, told orthorpaedic about my gastric sleeve and can't take anti inflammatory He said I just want to give you a shot, I said no, I better not. So he's going to try and order me some compound cream. An hour later I had to meet with my NUT anyway and asked her. She said, its okay, just be warned I may bloat and that steriods can be a trigger for hunger. She said if I need the shot to get it.

Common sense told me that the one shot, wouldn't wreck me or gain my 40 pounds back I lost since July, so I'm glad I spoke to her.

So anyone have any experience with why we are told this? I was afraid it was going to eat away at my healing tummy.

I'm on travel now, but in a months time, I'm going in for the shot.

My Dr told me I could get a cortisone shot a month after surgery. I was afraid to screw up the timing of my surgery getting it before and the surgeon said it was good that I didn't. It's not an issue post-op though.

How far out are you after surgery? My surgeon warned about taking steroids after surgery as they can inhibit healing and dissolve the suture line in the stomach.

Until the stomach is healed, oral steroids or NSAIDs can irritate the healing tissue. At any time, NSAIDs or steroids regardless of how they're taken (pills or shots) can increase the risk of ulcers because of how they affect something called prostaglandins. All of my specialists including my WLS surgeon agreed that because of my auto-immune arthritis I will need to occasionally take NSAIDs and steroids, and we try to protect my stomach with a PPI (omeprazole). The risk isn't completely eliminated, so I will have to keep an eye out for symptoms of ulcers.

I'm 7 weeks out, since I'm out of town I won't get the shot until about 12 weeks if it's still hurting. I'm going to use icy hot patch tonight.

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Is the gastric sleeve surgery a cure for arthritis I was told it is but I don't see how but I'm sure it'll help relieve some pain. I have severe arthritis.

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No but it can reduce inflammation

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