Hi, all!

I have fibromyalgia and a right foot that has literally 5 things wrong with it. I have lost 20lbs since I started weighing myself on the 6th of October, and my foot feels better already (I am really trying to avoid foot surgery, or at least postpone it for a long time). I am scheduled for my VSG this afternoon. My question is, has anyone else with fibromyalgia had a significant decrease in pain levels after losing their excess weight?

Not Fibromyalgia, but I do have Rheumatoid Arthritis. While my weight loss didn't completely eliminate my flare -ups, I do notice less inflammation in my body generally. And to the extent that the weight loss has lessened the pressure on my joints, that's been helpful.

2 hours ago, Jaelzion said:

Not Fibromyalgia, but I do have Rheumatoid Arthritis. While my weight loss didn't completely eliminate my flare -ups, I do notice less inflammation in my body generally. And to the extent that the weight loss has lessened the pressure on my joints, that's been helpful.

Thanks so much for relating your experience! It'd be a fantasy to believe it will go away (darn...) but I am happy to hear the inflammation in general and the pressure on joints eases up some.

I went from basically living on Aleve daily to absolutely no joint pain at all! I already had one knee replacement before surgery, and the 2nd one was coming up soon, from the bone-on-bone pain. But now the joint space has opened up and doc says I may never need the 2nd knee replacement! There is no pain in my knees, hips or back now. Amazing, My inflammatory markers are down, as well. Interestingly, I used to get a butterfly rash on my face whenever I was under stress. Lupus test was always negative, but there was obviously some kind of autoimmune reaction happening and I never get that rash now,

Edited November 3, 20205 yr by AZhiker

6 weeks post op (30pds down) and I've only taken pain killers 2x total for my joint pain. I used to take pain killers 3x a day and dr was considering cortisone shots.

Oh, I have so much hope now! Thank you so much!