Q: HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO BEND AND NOT WALK WITH A CANE AFTER KNEE EWPLACENT. HAD IT DONE ON 4-12-12. I AM A OVERWT. BLACK 53 YRS. YOUND FEMALE WHO STANDS 5 FT. 8INS. AND WT AT 285 IBS.
You are not just overweight, you are obese with a Body Mass Index of over 40. I would venture to guess that you are lucky to be walking at all. Your only hope to improve your situation is to take those pounds off. You might be a good candidate for a Lap Band procedure to help salvage your abilities to walk and live independently. Actually, I am surprised that the orthopedic surgeon replaced your knee without first requiring you to lose the weight. Well, actually these days nothing much surprises me anymore.
Dr. Christina Lasich, MD
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FIRST OF ALL I KNOW I AM FAT. SECOND I WOULD BE WOULD BE WALKING ANY WAY. I WORK AS A SCHOOL POLICE OFFICER IN A HIGHT SCHOOL. IWALK FIVE BLOCKS TO CATCH THE BUS EVERYDAY. IWWALK UP AND DOWN STEPS. I WALK EVERYDAY DOING THE THINGS I NEED TO DO FOR MY SELF EVERY DAY. GET IN AND OUT OFTHE TUB EVERYDAY AND NIGHT. MY KNEES STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO. I WAS GIVEN NEEDLES THAT LAST FOUR WEEKS INSTEAD OF THE SIX WEEK. AND SO THE KNEE REPLACEMENT WAS THE LAST THING TO BE DONE. I WAS PUT OUT OF REHAB. CAUSE I DID THE EX. THAT WAS FOR ME TO DO. I HAVE TROULD GOING UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS SINCE THE REPLACEMENT. I HAD WEIGHT SUR. I DID NOT WORK FOR IT. I AM NOT SOME SLUG WHO DO NOT A THING. I DONT SIT AND EAT ALL THE TIME. I GET AROUND. IWALK AROUND BY THE GRACE OF GOD.