The people at the gym say that ellipticals are easier on knees than anything.  However I can't do it.  I think it's where my injury is, I don't know.  You're getting so close to surgery!!  YAY!

 We are blood sisters!  LOL!  Gabapentin, aka Neurontin, is actually an anticonvulsant but is also used for nerve pain.  It has been found to help in situations like this.  Since my knee is bone on bone, I guess he figured it couldn't hurt.  It's pretty cheap anyway.  Honestly what has helped me more than anything is getting myself to the gym and doing strength training with my legs to strengthen the muscles surrounding my knee.  It got me out of this big ole leg brace I was wearing.  I haven't had to wear it in ages.  I work on my feet, 3 12 hr shifts/week (I'm a nurse) and have found that the Skecher shape-ups help ****il you wash them).  I keep a pair at work and a pair for otherwise.  MBTs would be my choice but I am way too cheap to shell out $250 for a pair of sneakers.  I'll work with the Shape-ups for now.  I haven't had to take anything for pain in so long, can't remember what my Rx is... oh Vicodin.  I really only use that for work, when I'm really up and moving on concrete.  I was taking Darvocet N until they took it off the market, it did the trick nicely.  When are you supposed to have surgery?

 I have an arthritic R knee that bothers me.  I also just had WLS (sleeve).   I was most concerned about this because I absolutely ATE Motrin (800 mg every 8 hrs religiously) just to be able to work.  I had to give it up a week before surgery because it does tend to thin your blood.  I managed.  I'd go for the tramadol, which was my drug of choice before my PCP switched me to Cymbalta, and you can't take the two together.  Then he added Gabapentin and that has helped also.  Since surgery I continue on the Cymbalta and Gabapentin and really haven't needed any Motrin, not 800 mg worth anyway.  Of course I'm not working, either.  My hope, too, is that my knee will get better the more weight I lose.  I am not looking forward to a new knee.

Cyndi

Yes that is right...my doctor just started me on Humira yesterday and told me that if I have any kind of procedure/surgery done I will have to stop 2 weeks prior and not to start bac****il I have clearance from the surgeon or him.

I cannot wait to get plastics done..of course I have some more time to wait.  But I know this excess skin is adding extra weight to my joints that can go away.

Hey all....just looking for any advise that you may have for me.

I'm 41yo female, had RNY in March. My high weight was 218 and I am down to 177 today. Getting cardio in has been getting harder and harder due to my right hip.

In 2006 I trained for and completed the Portland, OR marathon. About halfway through our training, I passed out one day from heat exhaustion and fell down a bit of a ravine (thankfully I landed head down so I wasn't "out" too long)!  My girlfriends thought I had a heart attack and were getting ready to run for 911....thankfully they were as tired as I was and no one had anything left to sprint for a phone!!  In the process I tore my right labrum and have since developed arthritis.  I had an arthroscope in 2009 and several steroid injections since then.

I am now stage 4, bone on bone, and just had another injection. This one was of no benefit at all.  I'm currently in PT but I just have such limited range of motion I can't even ride a bike without turning my right leg sideways. 

Some suggested options are 1: another scope with chondroplasty to encourage fluid development and a cam lesion repair (grind off all the osteophytes) 2: total hip arthroplasty 3: a round to synvisc injections (1 shot a week for 5 weeks) to see if that will also increase fluid in the joint.

Anyone out there have a hip replacement? What was your rehab like? Any suggestions would be appreciated!!