I went to my fibromyalgia MD this week, my visit went very good (she was very pleased that my pain is under control so much I do not use my cane) I asked her about the malabsortion and the medication after surgery. She advised me against the surgery (RNY) due to there is a good chance that my symptoms will really worsen again.  She also encouraged me to do diet and excersize as tolerated to loose weight, now we have the thyroid medicine corrected .  I am now on the fence, so my question is what are your experances ith this.  I was not expecting the pain to get better but had not concidered that it would worsen  due to not being able to absorb enough of my medicine.
Thanks ,
Lyn

thanks for your reply...i was still recuperating today and slept in for a long time....wow, we are having rny surgery on the same day!!!! yipeee!!! 12/14....5 more weeks....so very ready to have this surgery

I know what you mean.  The weather here in Denver has been GREAT, especially for this time of year and I've been working on the house...hoping to get everything done before my surgery on 12/14.  Just when I think I'm getting ahead of the game....I get slammed by a flare up and it takes me 5 minutes to walk upstairs. 

after having very busy last 2 days, woke up today hurting everywhere...friday and saturday the weather here in northeast Louisiana was beautiful and i felt very little pain...so i was out running errands, cooking, going out to visit friends, hanging with my soon-to-be 15 year old son, and going to football game; but today i am paying for it...arthritis pain and FM pain has kicked in hard, pressure point areas are flared up and hurting, aching all over, knees/shoulders/hips/back hurting like crazy....have to stay home and relax today.......

Every one has different causes and responses with FM, that is why my fibro MD does a barrage of labs to check hormones, blood counts, thyroid, heavey metal, infectious processes plus many more.  She explained to me that starting a good sleep pattern was a key to begin and gave me a natural mixture.  You make HGH while you sleep that repairs cells.  I started at a low dose and slept 12 hours only getting up x1 for go to the bathroom.  I usually woke up every one to two hours to turn because of pain so it was a great difference !  The blood work has brought many more things to light and I know can walk ith out my cane for the first time in over a year!!  My GP is so pleased he ants to talk to her to learn more about treatment of fibro.  I had thought my life was only going to be about pain now I have days that are with little to no fibro pain and the artheritis pain is down also . 
I am in the process of getting an RNY  so I can loose some weight to help.