Re: hip pain

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Hello Cindy and :

I guess I'm not alone! I am small boned and went from 300 to 130. I am now

having some problems with my right hip. I rarely had problems with it before

surgery. I have had it x-rayed, and I don't even have arthritis in that joint

(although I seem to have it in most other ones). I went to a physical therapist

and she did some manipulations and gave me some exercises to do.

The therapist and I concluded that probably, when I was heavy, the hip didn't

have much range of motion. Now that I am thin and can move easily, my hip is

moving in ways that it has never moved before. She says the bones are moving

into a different position to accommodate the increased movement, and the capsule

is getting irritated. It's slowing getting better, but the exercises hurt like

hell. I am having to take it very slowly. Walking gets painful after a while.

However, I find that I can still do weight lifting without irritating it.

I can't take any kind anti-inflammatory either. If I do, I feel the pouch pain

almost immediately. I can't even take Tylenol because it makes me jumpy. I do

find that Glucosamine helps. You can get it with Chondroitin or MSM or both.

Different combinations work for different people. You can even get it in a

liquid, which I assume absorbs better, but I don't really know. I take it in a

slightly larger than recommended dose. Studies have not shown toxicity at high

levels.

Take care

BarbaraJean

realistic goal weight?

> hi everyone, I'm 13 months, had a distal RNY. Weight at surgery was

> 458. Today it is 264. Lost -194 I'm 49, female, Big boned ( I

> really am! You ought to see my feet & hands! HA) 5'7 "

> Doctor said my goal weight without any reconstructive surgery such

> as a TT would be 215 lbs. Ya think? Still seems heavy. I'm

> determined to be 199 at least! Geez!

> Something else too...had a super 1 year check up, labs are okay

> although I had to up the iron. Oh well. But my hip joints sure do

> hurt all the blessed time. Often I can't even sleep. I've seen the

> doctor many times about it, have seen an arthritis specialist too,

> had oodles of x-rays from every angle. Yes I have arthritis. So do a

> zillion other people. I use heat, rubs, creams, massage, soak in a

> hot bath, joined a gym and do the cycle machine. No weight bearing

> exercises as yet. What else can I do?

> Someone said my bones are moving " BACK " into a more natural

> position now that they aren't spread & supporting 458! And that

> movement could very likely be some of the pain I have. I don't want

> to take the medicine Celebrex anymore because I fear it is too hard

> on my body now after the surgery. I fear ulcers might develop. So I

> stopped the Celebrex. Now I really hurt!!! Anyone else having this

> hip, joint pain?

> Had my first real massage Sat. I never considered it before

> because I was too embarrassed. This is tax season & I decided to go

> for it! For those who have not taken the plunge yet, GO! It was so

> relaxing I never wanted to leave. My knotted neck muscles were the

> worst and I felt like melted butter when she finished. I'm going

> again & again!

> One more thing. Sometimes, not everyday, but I think about food.

> The old food I used to eat. I don't miss the food so much as the

> actual activity of eating. Strange. I want to get a huge big mouth

> full, again & again. Sometimes I sneak a forbidden food if it's

> right there & no one is looking...I'll pop it in my mouth...chew a

> bit & quickly dispose of it in a big wad of paper towels, rinse with

> water and go on about my business...just like I never did it. (

> Friday it was a glazed donut piece) I never swallow the bad food.

> It's in my mouth just a few seconds. But the very fact that I had it

> because I really wanted it, somehow makes it better. I'm twisted.

> For the 1st time in probably 25 years, a friend of my husbands

> told my husband that he thought my weight loss was incredible, he

> found he couldn't take his eyes off me because I was this entirely

> NEW woman & he thought I was beautiful. My husband beamed when he

> told me this had been said to him. I'm sure he hadn't heard it before!

> We all know the old, " such a pretty face! " well well. good for a lady

> to hear. I had extra extra water that day! HA

> Everyone take care. Thanks to all of you that actually read this

> long mess. So much goes on in our heads...grateful we have each other.

> Hugs, Cindy n' Texas

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