Positive results on obesity and TKR Re: discouraged

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Jackie,

 

I can't thank you enough for taking the time and interest in posting all the

research you have done on this subject.  It was very very informative as well

as helpful.  I thank all of you who responded with such positive energy and

encouragement.  I will NOT let this prejudice man defeat me.  I will continue

with my plan to postpone the surgery for the sake of losing as much as I can for

the sake of helping me...not pleasing him.

 

The doctor I have decided on has done surgery on obese people.  He is a doctor

who is known to take the ortho cases that are bad (crushed bones after accidents

etc) and the ones who are a challenge.  He successfully replaced a knee in

someone who weighed 500lbs because no one else would help that patient.  He did

tell me that because of my weight he would not use titanium because in his

opinion it would not support my weight.  In hind sight...he seems to know what

he is doing and why.  He never sat in judgment of me...nor was discouraging

about my condition.  I feel confident that he is the right doctor for me. 

It's funny how one person can say things that make someone forget all the

positive we have heard from others.  Yes, what that arrogant doctor said was

painful...but I will use it to motivate me into losing all I can prior to my

surgery.

 

Thank you...thank you ALL for helping me get my two feet back on the ground and

seeing this matter more clearly. 

 

Hugs...

Gayle

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> Yesterday I interviewed another OS.  I've heard  he is an excellent surgeon

> and his patients have smooth recoveries.  He said he would not do my surgery

> unless/until I lost 60lbs.  " shrugs "   I was not really surprised...though

> disappointed.  What he said that does concern me is that if I don't lose this

> weight and go ahead with the surgery then I would end up having multiple knee

> replacements as years went on.  He said " you will probably be able to find a

> doctor who is hungry enough to do the surgery..etc etc " .  Needless to say...I

> left his office feeling defeated and hopeless. Out of the three doctors I have

> spoken to...he is the first to say he would not do the surgery.  I guess I am

> questioning how a knee replacement will last less time if, for my height, I am

> obese.  Would not a person who is taller and perhaps weighs the same...have

> multiple replacements as a result of their weight? 

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> I have decided to postpone my surgery in hopes of taking some weight off. 

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> an easy task when one cannot walk very much.  I know that carrying alot of

> extra weight will make PT and recovery in general harder.  I feel I am in a

> catch 22. 

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> Just needed to vent..thanks for listening.

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