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Posted 6/27/2012 10:28 AM (GMT 0)
cry I am 62 yearsold and I cry nearly everyday because of chronic pain in both my knees. My consultant has told me that the knees are knackered and need replacing ans well as my left hip. He also told me to lose some weight before he can perform any sort of surgery, but this is were the problem is, because i am not mobile i cannot lose the weight. I sit in my recliner chair all week - just to stand up is painful in itself. At weekend when my partner is home with me I use a mobility scooter. At the present time I am on that many painkillers including morphine which are not working. People do not realise what pain you are having to cope with 24/7. I have now got my first grandchild a boy and I would love to be able to push him out in his pram - my life is passing me by so quickly and I just want to get rid of all this pain.
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Posted 6/27/2012 12:45 PM (GMT 0)
Welcome to HealingWell, chrissy. I'm just a bit older than you, and did have a knee replacement three years ago. I hate when doctors tell patients they have to lose weight before they can have surgery. I'm not sure if the surgeons are trying to improve their success percentage or if they're punishing people for being overweight.

At any rate, there are exercise regimens that can be done seated. These have been developed largely for people with arthritis who have limited mobility. One good instruction can be found at this site:

http://www.livewellagewell.info/study/2007/12-ChairExercisesUGA113006.pdf

This is an adobe file; if you can't read it, try Googling "chair exercises" and you will get links to other sites.

I've actually found that non-weight bearing or low-impact exercise helps relieve my arthritis symptoms in other joints. It seems strange, but I know I will hurt much more if I miss my workouts for a week. Be prepared to have some muscle soreness at first; that's normal when becoming more active.

Good luck, and keep us posted. I'm sure others will have additional suggestions for you.

 

Posted 7/9/2012 12:57 PM (GMT 0)
Hello there , In am like you in that I hurt 24/7 and want a life. The physican assistant suggested I lose weight. I am too young for surgery they say. They did inject my knees with
Synvic( spelling) a jelly like substance to help replace cartilage. This has helped me alot.But it was found the pain was also the muscles above my knees hurt and I needed to do exercises to work on that. I had to go to physical theraphy. This helped alot. I do hate it when doctors say we need to lose weight because we can't. A we don't have the mobility to help us with that.
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