Originally posted by theizzard
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My surgeon has left my medications to my family practitioner and/or pain management doc. My family practitioner, who has all info on my surgery, is the one prescribing me the NSAIDS. I was taking ibuprofen, but he now has me on Mobic. Since my last post, I have developed occasionally-severe pain and swelling in my knees and was diagnosed with osteoarthritis in both knees. So much for those squats! I am very upset that nobody had mentioned that taking NSAIDS could impact my fusion! I am so glad that you brought this to my attention-I just hope that being four months postop, this has not negatively affected my healing and fusion. I am going to call my surgeon's office as soon as they are in and see if anyone has some info for me. The hospital had a presurgery class you had to attend and they emphasized repeatedly to smokers and nonsmokers alike the hazzards of smoking, but not once did anyone mention NSAID use! Now I'm worried. I drink my lactaid-free milk, take calcium, magnesium, cut down my iron (I've been anemic since I was a teen and had to be transfused after first surgery), but was it all for nothing?
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