Hi,

    I have only had a scope on my left knee which was very successful. No problem since but still general arthritis pain and weakness in my knees and whole body. I just received news the other day the honey mixed with cinammon taken a little each day reduces inflammation in the body. Even if you're diabetic it shouldn't hurt you. It can be put into a beverage, etc. I am going to try it myself and see if it works. It's worth trying.   Ivypie44

I was exercising before my hip replacement. I only missed about  6 weeks of my aquafit class but was able to walk almost right away. Getting out everyday for short walks.   

By the time I had my hip replacement I had lost 85 pounds. and I was up and around really fast. You will be walking again in no time. You may find you put on a little weight  from your hospital stay. (IV fluids) but not too  much.

I suggest you take some protein shakes to the hospital (I took Premier the premixed shakes) and had one each day. I told them to give me a Diabetic diet, that way the meals did not have sugar and they gave me a small snake at night of cheese and crackers. 

Overall my weight loss was only slowed slightly for about 2 weeks at the most.

Good Luck, You will do great I am sure. Hugs Deb

One month ago, I underwent the RNY peocedure, however have severe arthritis in my hip and cannot exercise until I have a hip relpacement in late Fall. What can I expect in terms of weight loss as I am unable to increase my physical activity at this point.

I'm just beginning my WLS journey and I'm worried about getting the walking in. My knees are just about shot. I developed Psoriatic Arthritis about 2 years ago and it has been kicking my butt. Despite having severe flat feet, I have never had hip or knee pain--until last fall. It's mostly been confined to my feet and hands. I've been taking Enbrel and Voltaran (NSAID) for about 1-1/2 years. The Voltaren doesn't seem to help much, but when I stopped taking it for 2 weeks, I could really tell the difference. Since last October my knees have gotten dramatically worse. It really picked up in February and by the end of April I could barely even climb the stairs to my bedroom. All my bathrooms are upstairs, too. I have a good sports medicine specialist who had an MRI done--oh brother!  I have torn meniscus in both knees, a ruptured bakers cyst and a large amount of fluid on my right knee especially. I had cortisone injections(total FAIL) and a series of Supartz injections to both knees in May. For about 3-4 weeks I thought I had died and gone to heaven. But since mid-June I have steadily gone downhill. I've been doing PT for about 3 weeks and my PT was reallly concerned Friday that my knees are deteriorating so badly. I have an appt to see my Ortho on Monday. I know what he's going to say--he said it before. The whole point of the Supartz was to postpone double knee replacements as long as possible. I had really hoped to get a couple years out of it.

Anyway, to my point...I can no longer walk the dog other than a quick run out to the yard( and I'm struggling with that.) I'm having a hard time with curbs and even flat surfaces, such as grocery shopping.   I'm really hoping that I can hang on until I can get the WLS done to see if that would make a difference. But I'm worried that I won't be able to do the walking I need to do. How to others deal with this? Would you postpone teh WLS and start knee replacement surgeries? Would you just grin and bear it a little longer?

My sister has Sjogren's & is an autoimmune disorder , not weight related (as far as I've ever heard) . It can also be genetic .