6 days Post OP Leg pain ?s

[Guest guest]

My wife had Lap Rny on March 18th. We are now 6 days post op. She

seems to be doing pretty well. Not much pain or nausea. She is

starting the " full Liquid diet " today and expects to stay on it for

2 weeks. While in the hospital the strangest thing has happened. The

morning after the procedure she developed terrible pain in both her

knees. I mean pain just to touch her knees. The surgeon said he had

not experienced this before. After ultrasound and x rays proved

negative, she met a reumotoligist. He said it was " sudo- gout? He

said it was very common in people after surgery that was heavy and

using certain Blood pressure meds. He could not treat her with the

normal anti inflammatory drugs since she was not eating.so he gave

her steroids by IV.within 24 hrs she dramatically improved and by the

next day was walking to shower. She has been home now for 3 days and

says that the leg pain is stating to come back, just not as bad. She

will be taking the steroid foe a couple of more days. Has anyone

heard of this happening before? I must say as far as the operation,

everything seems fine at the moment. She knows she has a long process

to go buy so far things are great.

Mike