Guest guest Posted December 23, 2008 Report Share Posted December 23, 2008 Bill, that is amazing - but I do understand that anyone needing gastric bypass might also be in the position of needing TKR. So the GI surgeon actually wants them to have the knew knees FIRST, so they can actually walk after they rapidly lose weight. Also, I think that gastric bypass, even though it has improved immensely over the years, changes your body forever nutritionally, so it might make TKR dicey if you have it after the bypass. Everyone is different. I wore out my knees without being overweight. A professional ballet dancer I know from ABT who is older than I am (early fifties) has absolutely NO arthritis pain in any joints, none at all. She danced for 25 years. You would think her knees would be destroyed! claire -- Callahan Goodman Quidquid latine dictum sit altum videtur -------------------- Bill wrote: One of the surgeons I talked with said that he did quite a few TKR surgeries on overweight patients prior to their getting a gastric bypass or similar weight loss surgery. He said this was at the request of the other surgeons, who tell him that the gastric bypass success rate depends on their patients being able to walk and exercise. I know that in my case, about the only exercises I could do prior to TKR were upper body, like kayaking. I was not able to get my legs involved, and therefore most of my metabolism potential was not being used. TKR changed that. I actually LIKE to walk now, where before, about I could do was cringe at the thought of walking. FWIW Bill in Minneapolis BTKR a little over a year ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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