When should i start giving up the motrin?
I take Naproxen/Motrin higher doses for muscular pain, and painful periods. I was informed i will likely be meeting with my director for the program in January so next month... i see the surgeon right after her and am looking at another 3-4 weeks for surgery from there. So i am thinking end Feb/Early March 2013... i still take these meds.. i know you have to stop taking them for a length of time before surgery so not sure when i should just give them up? Also caffeine is a big problem for me that i have been taking baby steps with i love diet coke and sugar free energy drinks at my tiresome job i know i need to stop these.. is it best to go cold turkey or continue with the pace i am?
IMO, you might as well give the NSAIDs up now and find other ways to deal with the pain that you will be able to do after surgery. I am not sure from your post whether or not you realize that you are not just to stop them for a short time before surgery but also should not take them AFTER surgery because of the risk of ulcers in both your new pouch and -- even more importantly -- in your blind, remnant stomach. You have been told that NSAIDs should not be taken after RNY, right?
As far as the caffeine, my surgeon had no restrictions on caffeine. The only significant amount of caffeine I consumed pre-op was diet soda, and I just gave it up cold turkey the day before surgery. Since you still have a while until surgery, I see no reason to quit cold turkey, but that's just my opinion.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
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I agree with Lora about the NSAIDS. You need to find out now if you can develop alternative pain management without them because they need to permanently go by the wayside. If you find you cannot, then you need to make sure you have that candid conversation with your surgeon prior to surgery.
Caffeine/carbonation was a no-no from my surgeon while my pouch was healing. Prior to surgery I was a coke-zero addict. I slowly weaned myself to just a few a week prior to surgery and then went cold-turkey with surgery. It wasn't easy or pleasant (for my co-workers) but in the long run, it worked for me.
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I too was a Diet Coke addict and was really afraid of the caffeine withdrawal. I started getting ready for surgery in August when I had my first appointment at the weight loss center. I didn't want to go cold turkey so I started by substituting one of my 8 can a day habit with a caffeine free version on my beloved DC with a decaf version. I soon started substituting one of those with flavored water and came was off of DC all together.
On that same day in August I started my pre-op diet as I was required to lose 5% of my weight to qualify for surgery which for me was about 13 pounds. I ended up losing 40 pounds before surgery and that was a great jump start towards this new life.
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I would talk to your pain doc now and find out what your other alternatives are. I used to take Excedrin (along with Imitrex) for migraines, and my doc was able to switch me to Fioricet (still with the Imitrex.)
The only OTC pain med you'll be able to take after surgery (forever!) is Tylenol, which is like taking water for me. I think the sleeve lets you take NSAIDs, so that may be another option for you surgery wise if there are no non-NSAIDs that work for you.
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I agree with the others. Have you considered the sleeve or the DS? You seem like you depend a lot on NSAIDS. If that is the case why put yourself though a surgery that will require you to use alternatives which may not be good options?
I guess i should correct was i was meaning to say.. i have had these prescribed for a while now. It seems like the generic to prescribe for pain at ER's, etc. I do have painful periods so that is an exception to when i take them. Also i have hyperkeratosis on my feet multiple calluse's partly due to my weight which hopefully would start to ease up after surgery and the weight loss. But for now especially working at my job and on my feet all day that by the time i get home my feet are hurting, bright red, and just throbbing... i use a pedi egg daily.
I am not so much as concerned with coke products as i am with coffee and energy drinks.. i mean coffee i could probably deal with decaf but energy drinks have been a huge problem for me as my job makes me want to sleep and they keep me awake.. those i believe are my biggest issue right now.
Also another reason NSAID's were prescribed to me is because back in June of this year my AST # was 58 normal is (5-37) and my ALT # was 119 normal is (7-65) so definitely elevated my doctor was worried it was due to too much tylenol products so had me stop all tylenol and any alcohol immediately.. not like i drink anyways though.
Since this time i had my liver function tests tested again and while they are still elevated they are much better now. DR thinks it was temp tylenol usuage, the fact i had my gallbladder out last May i guess levels can still be elevated, or simply fatty liver.. surgeons office has all of this and seems pretty convinced it's fatty liver. Reason being i am on a few NSAID's i don't think it would be a problem stopping them though...
But if you need something for pain (for whatever reason) and your doctor doesn't want you taking Tylenol because of liver issues (or your liver is extra sensitive to acetominophen) and you cannot take NSAIDs because of the ulcer risk, what will you take? That really only leaves prescription pain meds.
Lora
14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained
You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.