Question:
Pre-op I had severe joint pain in the knees. However, 3 weeks post-op & 20 lbs. down

my legs are weak and I have severe pain. Tylenol arthritis doesn't really help. Before surgery I had trouble walking for exercise so I did water aerobics. I have started water aerobics again but my legs are worse than ever when I'm walking on solid ground. Is this to be expected?    — rjfp04 (posted on January 18, 2006)

January 18, 2006
Well Jenny- there is good news, and bad news. Joint pain, whether knees, hips, shoulders, arthritis, or whatever, all of us are different. Some lose the pain shortly after WLS, others, for whatever reasons, since we are losing the weight, we are also losing that extra padding surrounding the joint, which causes more pain. Have you looked into having replacement? Talkwith your doctor, not all arthritis pain medicines are created equal and maybe you need something different than an over the counter anti-inflammatory. Don't wait to see if the pain gets better, because its too hard to exercise-walk the way you are. have it checked out now and possibly get something that will help you more. I wish you luck. I am waiting on a hip, knee and shoulder replacement, and because of the WLS cannot take those antiinflammatories any longer and it takes mega doses of regular pain pills to even scratch the surface of the pain. You may be more lucky,. and I hope you are. Congrats on the weight loss. Cindi -217#
   — DollyDoodles

January 20, 2006
Another reason for leg pain is that , when we lose weight, our weight pulls on our joints and muscles differently, and distributes differently. So our joints and muscles need to adjust.
   — Novashannon

January 20, 2006
Gretings, I had isues similar to yours as well. I found that I was using my legs in different ways to get out of bed/chair in order to baby my stomach. Well I ended up messing up one of my knees/legs pretty good. It took a couple of weeks for it to get better. Check with your Doc if you think it may be more. Hang in there!
   — continuedmoon