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 .

Amy,

Congrats on your weight loss success!  You look great!

Thank you so much for your candid explanation of your surgery and recovery!  You being two months post-op and out with the softball team is AMAZING!!  I know I will be so excited to be as active as I really want!  Since my WLS I have been an avid stair climber, until the pain of the arthritis/hip impingement returned.  I will definitely be looking forward to the day I can return to that!   I continue to hope my ortho's prediction of 1-5 years replacement of my "good" (right) hip will be on the far end of the range.

My surgeon explained that I will be having the anterior approach hip replacement.  I am not sure which type of sedation and or block I will be given for surgery.  I would assume that my sedation would be similar to what you have described.  My experience with sedation is not pleasant, the result is severe nausea. 

PT will be making home visits the day after I am released from the hospital.  These visits will be 2-3 times a week for 6 weeks (based on my progress).  Your recovery makes me hopeful that I will not need them that long!!  

My actual surgery date is July 29th.  When I am home and settled I will post an update.

Thanks again for sharing your story!

Robin