Guest guest Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Helena, My knee is flare up and Dec 9th I will have knee surgery and the Dr was not worry about it. When is ur surgery? Talk to ur Dr. Take care. Lucy Has anyone ever had surgery while in a flare up stage. I am wondering if there are greater risks of complications if one is having a flare up? The surgery is unrelated to the rheumatoid arthritis. Helena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Has anyone ever had surgery while in a flare up stage. I am wondering if there are greater risks of complications if one is having a flare up? The surgery is unrelated to the rheumatoid arthritis. Helena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 My surgery is scheduled for next week, but I am still trying to decide if it is a good time to have it or not, since my flare up has been a bit aggressive lately. Helena ----- Original Message ----- From: lucyoo1@... Rheumatoid Arthritis Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 12:59 AM Subject: Re: Urgent request Helena, My knee is flare up and Dec 9th I will have knee surgery and the Dr was not worry about it. When is ur surgery? Talk to ur Dr. Take care. Lucy Has anyone ever had surgery while in a flare up stage. I am wondering if there are greater risks of complications if one is having a flare up? The surgery is unrelated to the rheumatoid arthritis. Helena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 My Dr. made me postpone my surgery for 5 months until my flare was gone. He said that the surgery would only make things worse for me. I had to stop my enbrel and MTX the week before surgery and the week of surgery due to the risk of infection. Hope this helps, Miriam > Has anyone ever had surgery while in a flare up stage. I am wondering if there are greater risks of complications if one is having a flare up? The surgery is unrelated to the rheumatoid arthritis. > > Helena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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