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Autoimmune disorders and wls

Patticake74

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Patticake74    34

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Has anyone on here have any autoimmune disorder and had wls? I am pre-op and also have lupus.My first appt.with my surgeon is next month and I was wandering about anyones experience with the two.

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Mandybb    183

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I have Lupus and the first surgeon I saw would not do the surgery because of it. The second surgeon was fine with it as long as I did not have to take NSAIDS daily. They also required a note from a rheumatologist stating I was a good candidate for surgery. I also have not had a flare in 7 years which helped my case. If your surgeon is uncomfortable with it, just keep searching until you find one that will help you. Good luck!

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Mandybb    183

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Luckily, nothing yet. I thought on day 2-3 I was in a flare but I later learned that was actually just pain related to the actual surgery itself. It caused some joint pain but it went away by day 4-5. My doc also had me coming in every 2 weeks to monitor any changes. Apparently having a full blown flare after surgery can be BAD BAD BAD. So far so good though. Didn't even need my pain pills after the 5th day. Best decision of my life!

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Originalstokes    10

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I have SLE and Reynauds along with Fibromyalgia. I was sleeved in August. My HW was 431, SW 369, CW314 GW 165

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Originalstokes    10

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I believe that my WL is affecting my Lupus in very positive ways. I still have pain but I feel it's so much easier to move around. So the more I move the better I feel. I can reach my feet now to do my own pedicure and lotion. I can walk up stairs easier.

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Patticake74    34

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Im so optimistic that I will have the same results, my practioner at the weight loss clinic where Im hoping to have surgery told me that my surgeon has done surgery on Sle patients with good results..Im hoping all goes well next month

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jvleeuw    98

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My wife has Rheumatoid arthritis. She treats it with a special diet, ( no red meats, gluten free caffeine free and has drastically reduced her dairy intake). Her sleeve surgery was Aug 11, 2016 and she has lost 25 pounds prior to surgery and another 50 since the surgery. She has had less flair ups since losing the weight. A few days after Christmas we did a day IN NY. Throughout the day we walked over 7.5 miles. Contrast that to 4 years ago when she walked 3 blocks and we had to hail a taxi from then on. Yes, it has helped. She has her first flair up in a long while now, but I can't remember when the last one was. Good luck to you.

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theantichick    2,204

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I have rheumatoid/psoriatic arthritis. I finally decided to have VSG after my rheumy advised in favor of it. She said there isn't a guarantee, but... the stomach tissue that is removed with the VSG plays a role in the inflammation hormone cascade, and fat cells store and release hormones that are involved in inflammation. So the surgery can have a positive direct impact on auto-immune aside from the benefits for the joints with the weight loss.

I had to be off of my meds for 3 weeks before surgery and a couple of months after, so my joints were hella sore by the time I had surgery. I felt like I flared up with the surgery, by day 3 post-op my joints hurt much worse than my surgery sites. But the joint pain started subsiding a couple of weeks post-op and has been manageable. I've only had to take NSAIDs a couple of times since surgery (didnt' take them at all for 3 months to let my sleeve heal).

Now, my inflammatory factors are down, back on the meds and dosage I was pre-op and it seems to be working better. My rheumy says there is no need to discuss biologics in the foreseeable future now (we were looking at biologics before the surgery because the inflammation just wasn't coming down). And my joints are happier with 72# lost.

Not a cure, certainly, but I think improvement directly because of the surgery.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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