That I don't know. I can't change the fact that I take a BP med and have a stent. I know that if I drop 30 lbs my BMI should be really good. I walk every day as I can to help lose weight and need to find a way to drop come carbs like I'm done in the past. Right now carbs are a problem. I've just got to get a low carb menu plan and stick with it.
Hopefully the weight loss will help with the Blood Pressure.
I googled the BMI for knee surgery and I am below that currently. Hopefully I cand keep from gaining weight over the next couple of days!I've got my ortho appt next Monday to see if I qualify -- now that I've lost 30 lbs -- for my first knee replacement.
The only thing that could skew this is if I've shrunk to set my BMI back. I'm 5'4" -- that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
For insurance purposes, my doc mandates patients out of the extremely obese category. Just plain ol' obese is okay.
I don't require a lift truck to get around. And I don't intend on ever needing one. Right now I'm 60lbs lighter than my all time body weight. I have a lot of clothes that I can't wear because they fold up bad when a belt gets tight enough to hold the up. Need to box them and donate them to a shelter or a thrift store.
Looks like this latest atmospheric river is really going to swamp you folks north of me! We're having a warm overcast but rainless day today before the next onslaught, so I'm headed outside for whatever garden work I can accomplish today; the chickens will enjoy the buckets of fresh weeds!
After all the injections, lotions, potions, goos and salves, plus using the over-the-counter Naproxen and NSAIDs, I found that CBD gummies were the answer to my knee pain. Taken at night I get a good night's sleep, too. It took a bit (maybe a week) to really notice the effect of pain subsiding.
