I saw the surgeon today and after a good discussion with him decided to go with the sleeve.  He said there are a lot of studies underway of how medications are being absorbed with RNY but they're beginning with the biggies (meds for heart disease, arthritis, etc), so that's too long-term to help give me any information.  He's only had one other patient that had fibro and he/she ended up choosing the sleeve as well for similar reasons he said.  So I'm on the wait list now and it should be no more than 3 months until the day.

Pam,
It's too bad you didn't have a choice.  Are you happy overall with the RNY though?

Julie,
I'm in Canada (Alberta) and we go through our provinicial health care to get the surgery.  We're lucky in our province that there is the choice of the 3 surgeries, as some provinces don't do the surgery at all, and some have fewer choices and more restrictive requirements from what I read.

Thanks all for your responses.

I can't live without mine either.  I have one on my bed and one on my couch.  The heat is so very therapeutic.  I'm glad you got one and it helped you feel good!

Gentle hugs to you. I understand trying to be positive, but some days it's just takes too much out of us to do it.  Take it easy on yourself and rest.

Now I cannot find which one of you suggested I get a electric blanket and use it even though I am sleeping in recliner(because of my shoulder still). Last night the heat felt so good. I use to have one and just never thought it would help but it sure did.
This storm is killing everything hurts. Hope all is safe, warm and not out in it.

gentle hugs to all my fibro sisters (viewers or posters)
Pam

Thanks for the info!