needing prayers

Hi everyone..Well first the great news  I have lost 135 lbs..since 4/30/07 when I had the best surgery in my life..the lapband..I was going to have the sagging skin taken off but that has been put on hold because I am scheduled for a complete left hip replacement on Aug. 11th at Hartford Hospital.by Dr Mark Shekhman..So please say prayers for me...Then I will be out of work 6-8 weeks but I will be able to walk, sit, stand and lay down without all this pain..thanks for being there  You folks are great.

I am wishing you the very best. May all your pain subside,and may you have a speedy recovery.
Congratulations on your weight loss.

Joanne,
You have had amazing results with your WLS. Best of luck with your hip replacement also. Pain wears on a person so it can only lead to  a better life. Keep us posted as you recover.
Annette

Good luck with your hip surgery....I wish you the best!!

Prayers are on the way.

Hugs....connie d

Good luck on the hip replacement. I've been through a knee replacement and a revision on the knee replacement, and I'm still in pain. Hope your surgery goes better.

Hi Joanne,

You'll soon be joining a new "hip" club! I joined the club 6 months after my RNY and had a total hip replacement 16 months ago. I must tell you that although I LOVE my RNY and losing over 115 lbs. I love my new hip even more. I was in chronic pain and couldn't walk without a cane, couldn't find a comfortable sleeping position, couldn't exercise. Now I walk 45 minutes up a hill daily just because I CAN! It is absolutely the BEST!!!

I wish you much luck and success with your surgery. When I had my hip replacement and was going through my physical therapy, I thought every day that I had made the right decision to have my RNY first and then the hip replacement. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll be very happy to share my experience with you.

Prayers and good thoughts to you.

 

Joanne, I will be keeping you and your doctor in special prayers. I know that you will do great and will soon be having the time of your life with your new hip. You will really be a "hip" person then! Oh sorry...that was bad!

Please make sure to keep us posted on how you are doing.

Well Joanne, you have managed to do an awesome job with your weight.  I bet you'll make hip surgery look easy!!!  My prayers go with you.

Wishing you the very best.  Prayers being uplifted for you.

Debbie

I am so jealous 135 pounds........actually I am very happy for you.

As far as the hip replacement goes you will never ever regret having it done.  I had both of my hips replaced and the quality of life is so much better.  Everything is better, walking, sitting, sleeping , sex

My frist hip was done in Jan of 2007 and my lap band was done Sept 07, second hip was done Dec 07.  I did get an infections in my second hip surgery which is really rare and ended up having two more surgeries on that to clean out the infection.   I would do it all over again.  The pain from surgery was less then the pain from having bad hips.   Good Luck.........keep us informed on your progress.

I was back to work in 4 weeks after the first hip surgery.

Barb