RNY gastric bypass and suffer in unbearable and untreated joint pain, or sleeve gastrectomy and an eroded esophagus or cancer?

Are the choices really as bad as they seem?

I like the weight loss results of the bypass, but I'm concerned about the lack of pain med options for bypass patients. I was told by my orthopedic surgeon that I *will* have early arthritis in my wrist and hand as a result of a car accident injury/surgery. I actually have pain every day now, more than 15 years after the accident, but I suck it up without meds.

I would love to hear from RNY patients who have arthritis or arthritis-like pain, and whether or not the pain treatment options post-RNY are as grim as I might think.

Thanks in advance!

Edited February 10, 20188 yr by gr8ful1
typo

I'll be watching this thread myself. I have had arthritis since age 25 and am planning RnY early-mid March. Oh I have both kinds although knock on wood i haven't had a rheumatoid flare for quite some time.

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I have arthritis and GERD and had the sleeve. I'm not sure I was aware ahead of time that I couldn't take NSAIDs after the surgery. I can take Tylenol, and I do, but I'm not in horrid pain except for my knees. I get the shots, which help enormously for a while, but the long-range plan is why I had the surgery in the first place--either being lighter will help the knees or at least being lighter will enable the ortho guy to replace the knees.

The bottom line, I think, is that most of the kinds of pain we have are made worse by excess weight--and, conversely, better by losing weight.

And, for what it's worth, I take prescription antacids and have no issues with the GERD.