Lost 80 pounds first 7 months. Knee went out doctor says I need a partial knee replacement. I'm in pain with every step. I need to exercise, but not sure what I can do now. I feel great, motivated, just in pain. Hoping getting more weight off (still need to loose 100) will ease my knee pain. I'm not ready for a knee replacement. Arthritis picked a lovely time to show up. Just looking for suggestions.

can you bike ride?

I've thought about a stationary. I did go to therapy for a while they put me on one for ten minutes. Just need to see if I can try one before I buy one. Then possibly graduate to an actual bike. I did that a little in college. I'd forgot about that. I suppose not everyone is made to run? Thanks for the suggestion.

I don't run, but have been cycling for about 9 months now and I love it! I got a trainer for indoors during the bad weather/winter, so I wouldn't have any excuse. I started out not able to go but a couple miles at a time, now I have done 50 miles and plan on getting up to a 100 mile ride. Im lucky to have a very good amount of Paved trails in my county. Its fun to get out and ride.

i had a partial knee replacement in 2007 . my luck it didnt work out because it came loose or didnt really hole ( the bone glue they used ) so i just had the partial revised to a total knee in october 2012.. I LOVE IT ... ITS TOTALLY PAIN FREE AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL KNE GOES . its just the long term of my nerves & muscles healing. i am really hopeful that this knee replacement is going to work out . i hope your knee replacement works out well . keep me posted

I can't speak to a partial, but I have had two total knee replacements, 7 years apart. My only regret is I waited so long on the first one (First one in 2003). They gave me my life back.

I had total hip replacement 7 years ago. As said above, it gave me my life back!

Lost 80 pounds first 7 months. Knee went out doctor says I need a partial knee replacement. I'm in pain with every step. I need to exercise, but not sure what I can do now. I feel great, motivated, just in pain. Hoping getting more weight off (still need to loose 100) will ease my knee pain. I'm not ready for a knee replacement. Arthritis picked a lovely time to show up. Just looking for suggestions.

Hi Cyndyann,

I am really concerned about the 'partial' knee replacement, only because as we get older, the more active we are, arthritis sets in, you possibly could be subjected to another surgery on that same knee.

I had a total hip replaced in my very early 40's, my other hip will need to be replaced as well but I need to get this weight off to do it. I had no choice in my matter when getting the hip replaced, both my hips are degenerative, and my femur head was completely gone and the femur bone was actaully rubbing chips of bone off of my pelvis, I was really messed up. Arthritis is no joke!

Can you talk to you ortho about what are the chances that you will need a total knee replaced on that same knee? talk about other alternatives, how bad is the arthritis once a partial knee is put in. If he/she says there are good chances you will knee a total knee done in your future, I would deff go with a total knee at first. Why suffer down the road, as I was told more surgeries on the same joints is the worse!! I know it even scares me today to think how long my new hip will actually last, ya know?

Best of luck to you,

I have a knee issue and can't bike ride at all. I highly recommend lap swimming lost my first 100 lbs swimming and diet before getting banded.

I've had both knees replaced. Before replacement I was in the same boat. I tried swimming first, for some reason my knee would feel like it was out of joint or something afterwards. I don't know if it was the buoyancy or what, but that happened twice before I gave that exercise up. Stationary bike seemed to work best for me. Sometimes had to pass on a day because knee was clicking with each turn of the pedal, next day might be fine. One piece of advice though, I did and still do, rub a generous portion of deep heating rub on my knee before I begin any workout. Makes a world of difference, even with artificial knees. My right one has been scoped since the replacement because arthritis has developed under the plastic kneecap. Go figure..right! Good luck with the knees though!

One piece of advice though, I did and still do, rub a generous portion of deep heating rub on my knee before I begin any workout. Makes a world of difference, even with artificial knees.

I have a patella that slides out of its grooves now and then, and even when the patella is in place the knee gets achy sometimes from the exercise. Putting some cream on before working out sounds like a great idea! Thanks!

To the original poster: how about Water aerobics? They're often recommended for people with joint problems.