Question:
is it normal to get hip pain? could it be from loosing weight?

i get this pain in my hips from time to time, i take tylonal for it, not much comfort at times, what should i do?    — rachel A. (posted on June 24, 2004)

June 24, 2004
Normal? Don't know. I can only tell you that for a time, at night, I experienced extreme discomfort in my right hip, enough so, that it affected my sleep. I'll admit I don't run to doctors, so I never had it checked out, and then it gradually disappeared.
   — lorien

June 24, 2004
I had wicked hip and back pain as I was losing. Now that I have been at or near goal for 6 months or so I no longer have it. My doctor said that it was from my body readjusting to the rapid change in the weight that my bones had to carry around. It is always worth talking to your doctor though. Not everything that happens post op is from this surgery.
   — Carol S.

June 25, 2004
I have it sometimes too. I think it's just the body shift, as mentioned below. It goes away after a few days.
   — Dragonfly2B2

June 25, 2004
It is probably from losing weight and everything is shifting. I had the same problem in my right hip at first, I did some excersises for it and took tylenol and it went away completely in about a month or so.
   — Tammy N.

June 26, 2004
I had lots of knee pain pre-op. The knee pain went away and my hips started hurting a lotafter I had lost about 70-80 pounds. My surgeon said it was my center of gravity shifting. You should carry your weight on your pelvis and hips, but when you gain lots of weight it shifts more weight to your knees. Good luck. starting weight 350. weight now 146.
   — dianne E.