My knees are killing me

Hey everyone....I'm sure I've posted it lately but my knees are killing me. I have never had a problem with my knees until this past month. I am scared to death. Please, please I hope I don't start having major trouble with my knees. It won't be too much longer before I can hopefully have surgery and lose this weight. I am trying with Weigh****chers but not losing a lot. I have to work guys, I have no choice. I can't get down with my knees...I just can't. Please send thoughts my way...and also..did anyone else start having trouble with their knees and then it improve with surgery and weigth loss? I am so depressed....HELP Beth

Good thoughts are coming your way!! I know about knee trouble. I had MAJOR knee surgery a few years ago and it was HORRIBLE!! I am better now though. My knee kept dislocating, the knee cap would come loose. I would fall everytime it went out, screaming and crying. The ortho cut all the ligaments and tendons around the knee, cut them to shorten them, retied them, and cut the tibia bone and moved it over (can we say OUCH!!) and it has screws holding it together!! OUCHHHHHHHHHHHH I was on crutches for about 14 weeks. It was awful, but WORTH IT. I hope I am cured. Loosing weight helped too! Love ya & I will be praying for you. Lindy

YIKES! Does your tibia hurt now when the weather changes? I always heard broken bones do act like arthritis and start hurting the worst when the weather changes from one extreme to the other. I know I can feel it in my bones long before it happens, just curious.. Love, Sandy

Bless your heart. Do you have arthritis? If not, go see your pcp and ask him if it is arthritis, this is will be another comorbiditie you can add to your list for the insurance appeal I was taking Mobic 15mg day. It was pure heaven, erased all my arthritis pain but havent had any since surgury. Im going to make an appointmentwith my Rheumatologist and see what he can do about it, I am hurting from head to toe tonight, knnes, shoulders, feet ankles and hands may just fall off at any time. Hope you feel better soon. Love, Sandy

Hey Sandy, I don't have any problem with my tibia hurting, just my knees. The Doc knows about it and it is listed as osteoarthritis in my knees and back. I was taking Celebrex but with all the controversy I quit. I've just been taking Aleve or Motrin for the discomforts. I'm sorry you are having problems too. Good luck with the appt with Rheumatolgist. Beth

When my knees gave it, it all happened at once...sort of. I had had some pain and difficulty in getting up out of chairs, but that was it. However, within one month's time, I wasn't able to get up without a lot of difficulty. I was the same way, thinking "I have to work. I have no choice." But the choice wasn't mine. I was PUT on disability by my workplace. I had no choice in the matter and I lost everything because of it. My only hope is the WLS. There are many people I talked to who had knee troubles that went away with the WLS. I imagine I will still have to have my knees replaced after WLS simply because I waited too long or was FORCED to wait too long because of the insurance. If I had been able to have the surgery last year, I don't think my knees would have gotten this bad, but since I have been WASTING TIME with this 6 months' diet, my knees have gone way downhill. You need something more than Aleve or Motrin for those knees. Geez. I take Daypro, Skelaxin and Darvocet. And I need more than that. However, my doctors "don't prescribe pain pills in this practice." I know Darvocet is considered a pain pill, but it's not any more effective than aspirin, in my opinion. I need some REAL pain pills, but since I can't get them, I have to settle for what I can get. Anyway, if I had to deal with my knees with just Motrin, I would be in a bad way. It is depressing. It sucks. Losing everything in Florida sucked. It still sucks. But you can't help what your knees do. Hopefully the surgery will happen soon enough where you can get some relief and save your knees. I have a friend who just had both her knees replaced at the same time. She's the one who was here yesterday when I went out and got sick. I just feel like throwing up when I think about having to have both my knees replaced. But first things first. I've gotta have WLS. That is going to be my salvation...if the insurance will stop being ******** about it. I consider them personally responsible for the damage that has been done to my knees while I am jumping through all their hoops. We love you Beth and hope the insurance will stop being ******** for you too. Joni