I wanted to give you an update. I have seen the orthopedic surgeon and both my knees are good. He believe I will need at least one hip replacement but agrees that I should proceed with the WLS first.

In the meantime I have my date and will have my surgery RNY on October 19 and once I have lost enough weight and am ready I will go for the hip replacement. I am happy with my decisions now I just have to execute my plan.Just started my 2 weeks of Optifast.

 hi, this may be too late sine I just found this forum. I ad RNY & Dr put me on celebrex, there were new studies done & they found that people with compromised stomach/intestinal issues were ok now. I was only on a month starting in July & got hip replacement 9/6. As for your surgeries, I think whatever you lose prior will help but I was told after replacement to not gain as it shortens the life o your prosthesis (new hips & knees are good for about 15 years) I prefer to not go through this again but all in all it hasn't been that bad. The worst  has been all the reactions I've had to all the drugs they gave me...anything from puking, (which I've only done one other time since my RNY) itching, breaking out & turning red and all the nausea and boredom while recuperating. Good luck!

Hi Ashley,

I've had both of my hips replaced now and what a difference. I did have a problem because I have lower back thrombosis, stenosis, scoliosis, degenerative disc disease...all back problems. As I exercised for my hips, which felt wonderful on both my hips and back, I apparently over did it. My back became so bad I couldn't stand or walk for any length of time.

I decided to have the Interlaminar Lumbar Epidural Steroid Injections (ILESI). I'd had them several years ago for my back and they worked wonderfully well. I'm having another one on October 11th. for the lower back, and then we will see what's to be done for the stenosis in the middle of my back.

The one thing that I can't stress enough is to do your exercises faithfully. If you run into some that you can't do then  do the ones you can twice until you can do them all.

My feet pre-op, both pointed out to the sides. Now my feet point straight forward. The thought is that the change in this may have caused my back more woe......having told you all I've gone through. I would never regret getting the hip replacements. It's like God gave me a new life. My knees, arthritis, are going to have to be done before long as the arthritis is taking away the good bone. It is miraculous what they can do to help us these days. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. You will feel like a new person, and if you never believed in God before, you just might start....haha. God bless and keep you safe, and may he bless your surgical staff. Amen

Vicki

my son got medicaid january had major back surgery in june. it took him 3in half years to get it now theyy are denying him medicaid even though he had back in january and also when he had surgery in june everything has been going fine we just got a letter that he is not  eligible now cause he didnt go into a nursing home for the back recovery surgery. so they took the medical part away now he cant go back to his surgeon or finish therapy, he has no way of getting his pain meds. he also needs knee surgery and now he been denied we called the therapist to cancel his appointments for therapy she said let me check on the computer sure enough it shows denied medcaid. so im going to write to congress this is so wrong and degrading to my son he has so much pain and needs this help the only reason he didnt go into nursing home my husband and i and younger brother cared for him ourselves we had a walker and wheel chair for him and a cane .it was hard but we did it but the medicaid office said we did wrong ,why cost tax payers more moneys ?we are just sick and devastated right now my son is in limbo he cant work at all yet he needs medical attention we have no means for insurance my husband and i are on ssdi so finances are tight paycheck to paycheck i dont even know if his surgery will be paid for even though he had it the card and all.no said he didnt have it at the time this just came up.theres no way h can the surgeon therapy omg makes me sick to me stomach.nothng like getting kicked when your down.my son is 29 yrs. old has worked since 16 yrs old he just needs to get the help so he can get his life backyou know no wants to be in this situation but things happen.this is wrong what medicaid has done to him so wrong

 No replies to this question worries me.  I'm  finding out this week whether my heart is OK to have by-pass surgery.  This should be my last hurdle to clear before a date is set for surgery.  I have aches and pains from arthritis and wonder what is tolerable and affordable if I can't handle the pain. The lack of replies makes me think nothing is the answer.  I sure hope I'm wrong.  Please clarify.