Hip ache

[emalou47 29]

Hi i was wondering if anyone has experienced hip ache post surgery. I am 15 months post surgery and at 101% excess weightloss and i have lost 312 pounds. I have battled against gall stones, in inability to eat and losing weight far too quickly and now this.

It sometimes feels like my hips have popped out or just click when i sit for too long or move. It can be very painful.

Thanks

[WLSResources/ClothingExch 3,444]

You didn't say exactly where, e.g., hip sockets or the area we generally refer to as hips, as in "hands on hips." Or where on the hips, if the latter. That's neither here nor there, though. Whatever the problem is may or may not be related to surgery. Having my own difficulties with all things called "hips," I'd suggest that you see your primary doctor to precisely describe the pain and its location. Your doctor is likely to refer you to an orthopedist or rheumatologist or both. Don't put it off -- I'm sure you have options for relief.

312 pounds? My eyes are popping. You lost one pound more than me at my heaviest. I salute you and hope all else is well and that you're enjoying it all.

[VSGAnn2014 12,992]

Wow! If you've lost 312 pounds it's no wonder your hips are clicking! Your whole skeletal system is probably trying to figure out where your body's center of gravity is and where it's going to be next month.

Also, odds are that the tendons that hold your joints together are too loose for the positions your bones are in right now and need to tighten up.

Our bodies go through so many other changes than just losing fat as we lose a lot of weight. The size of my own blood vessels (the ones visible through the skin) look a little "too big" for the size of my body (I lost from 235 to 135 pounds). I can only imagine how many miles of extra capillaries and nerves my body is still trying to shrink, shed or resize 2 years after WLS.

A 4-5 year BP veteran, @@CowgirlJane who has also lost a lot of weight, talks often here about what she's learned about the internal body changes that long-time obese people experience when they lose a lot of weight.