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Any on have knee problems before surgery? Ive had surgery on my knee and it still hurts a bit 2 years post op on knee. My ortho surg. Thinks that wls would alleviate alot of pain as well as lead to a better quality of life.

If you have had knee problems before surgery .. How does your knee feel now?

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I have knee pain, no surgery yet. I'm pretty sure most of my pain would alleviate with weight loss. It's been studied and found on obese participants who lose weight, for every pound of weight loss, they lost about 4 pounds of pressure off the knees. So just a small weight loss, about 10 pounds, would take about 40 pounds of pressure off. Obviously, the more we lose, the more pressure is off our knees and the pain is alleviated. Blessings on your journey!

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I use to get knee pain often, haven't had knee surgery or anything like that though. With what I've lost so far it has helped tremendously and I haven't had any issue (unless I fall and land on my knees because the bone is even more unpadded now, oi).

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I've had knee pain, but right now I'm having bad ankle pain. I have very flat feet. The surgeon I went to said do PT and come back in three months. I'm hoping I get approved for surgery and just some weight loss helps me. But I feel like I've done a lot of damage and surgery may be inevitable


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I am currently dealing with knee pain now. I started this process back in July then in September woke up barely able to walk or bend my knee. Had X-Ray in September and MRI in Oct all it showed was excessive amounts of Fluid. Mind you I was losing weight all this time. In the past when I would lose weight my knees would feel better but that wasn't happening this time. I amped up the Motrin and the pain one day finally left. 2 weeks ago it came back with a vengeance that it landed me in the ER. I got a steroid shot that helped for one day, got in with the doctor who ordered a new X-ray and it showed excessive fluid. He drained the fluid out and injected cortisone this was last Thursday and by Saturday the fluid was back as well as the pain. I'm now down 12 lbs from last week due to starting my pre-op diet and I'm still experiencing pain. Hoping after the surgery they will figure out yes it's weight related or there's something more going on.

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