I too have osteoarthritis in both of my knees and will at some point will have to have both knees replaced. (unfortunately sooner than I planned) I also have had numbness in my big toe on my right foot for quite some time.  I notice it more when I wear socks and shoes, than in the summer when I can wear flip flops or sandals.  My regular doctor has not really addressed the issue when it has been brought up. We always have to fill out a form specifying any issues that we may be having, and I always mark the numbness in my foot and have even mentioned it to him to no avail.  I had the sleeve done last year on 11/5/14, HW 389 and am currently at 250ish.  Would like to get down to below 200 (ultimately I would love to get down to 150, but would be real happy at 175).

Well a quick update. I had the gastic bypass in april 2014. Two weeks later major complications . had to have a second surgery becausemmy body flipped out a bit from the bypass. It had nothing to directly do with the "bypass"  itself. It was just what every body. Needs to always have in mind can happen from ANY SURGERY.Anyways i had a second surgery that left me laid up i n the hospital for over a month. But shortly after a 4 month healing process . i was off and running. Ok not really running. But i was losing the weight quickly. And in november 2014 i finally recieved my hip replacement. It was awesome i was doing so good after the surgery that within 3 months i was riding a bicycle . something i had not been able to do since 2006. I have gone from a wooping 360 plus pounds down to a mind blowing130. I feel great look awesome . and could not have wanted anything more. I recommend the gastic bypass to ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM OBESITY. 

Thanks, to share this with us. I had mined at long ago and I wish the pain had been gone all at once like vanish forever.

I had mined at long ago and I wish the had been gone all at once like vanish for ever.

It is really important to consult an orthopedist to answer that question.  If the arthritis is advanced and the joint is in really bad shape, someone can do additional harm by "exercising through the pain".  

I was one of those people. When I finally saw an orthopedic surgeon when the pain was just getting worse, he chastised me for listening to the "trainer" who told me that if I pushed through the pain it would eventually lessen the pain. The difference in my knees in just a one year period while I was trying to exercise even though it hurt was obvious even to me when he showed me the X-rays side by side!

Lora