The truth about ibuprofen...

[Moogle 116]

@@KristenLe I've been told by multiple doctors that the hs should get better if I lose weight. I am really hopeful that is the case. It is just really rough right now without being able to use the one thing that gave me relief.

[@RealScoobyDoo 94]

Just my experience, but after a year I started taking Ibuprofen for my chronic neck pain. I tried the long-acting alternatives, but because meds pass through the stomach so quickly I was only getting 6 hours max of relief. After about 3-4 months I was in the hospital with severe gastritis. No more NSAIDS for me, ever.

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Edited July 18, 2016 by imdeborah

[marchmellow 36]

This is something I need to talk to my surgeon about. I have a pretty rough case of hidradentis suppurativa and am prone to getting very large masses under my arms. I've relied on ibuprofen in the past to help with the pain and swelling. It was the only thing that seemed to work. Right after my surgery I had a lovely outbreak under my arm and pretty much had to deal with it without my trust ibuprofen. Even now I have a huge hole where the thing used to be (sorry, I know that is gross). Only other thing I can do is get antibiotics but I am allergic to so many of them and my doctor does not want me to develop a resistance to the few antibiotics I can take.

Warm compresses don't help. I've tried changing so many things as I've dealt with this problem my entire life. I had surgery under my left arm a few years ago to remove all the heavily damaged tissue and now this crap has started under my right arm. The last surgeon completely butchered my arm. I have nerve damage and the skin is so tight that it cracks and pops open if I stretch my arm out too much.

I have the same condition under both my arms ( . Very sad and debilitating disease isn't it?! Ugh I hate it. I take Humira for it now but I still get break outs if I'm a day late on my Humira. I'll be getting the sleeve in November. I'm hoping weight loss and eating healthy will fix it. Since you're now losing weight and eating healthy, has it HS gotten any better?

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[Moogle 116]

@@marchmellow Yes and no. While I haven't had any new abscesses in a while I have had complications with one that is leading to me having yet another surgery sometime in the next two months. I think it is a combo of the weight loss and not having a cycle due to my bc that is leading to it. The thing under my arm from before surgery still hasn't healed. It has been growing granulation tissue. The doctor uses silver nitrate but it keeps coming back. It's gone from the size of a pencil eraser to a good 3/4 inch wide. She wants to do surgery on there to "scoop" the whole area out. They won't prescribe me anything for it. I love KP but they can be so cheap with medications sometimes (seriously, I have a Platinum plan and they only cover one type of basal and fast-acting insulin pens).

[Dub 9,922]

Sleeved ~11 months ago.

Use ibuprofen with the blessings of my surgeon.

No issues.