Knee replacement

[MAKAVELI]

Some days I feel like it.
2 weeks before I can get another cortisone shot.

So what's stopping you from knee replacement surgery?

 

[rod]

I've been fighting a bad knee for a year and 2 months now. I have 3 different knee braces, been to 3 different doctors (one was a specialist), had it x-rayed twice and all I ever get is "there isn't anything wrong with it--put ice on it and take Asprin or Aleve. God I hate the medical industry.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Thanks!
I researched it but it appears it does not 'regenerate' cartilage.
I have no cartilage left in either knee ... bone on bone.

I'll sell you some of mine.

 

[Catatonic]

I'll sell you some of mine.

Your cartilage is flaccid!

 

[Catatonic]

So what's stopping you from knee replacement surgery?

That's the next step.
Cortisone helps tremendously.
I figured the longer I wait, the better the techniques and technology will get.
Probably next January/February.
Too many festivals in the fall.

 

[Indecisi0n]

Your cartilage is flaccid!

Rub it and see if it grows.

 

[1989]

Thanks!
I researched it but it appears it does not 'regenerate' cartilage.
I have no cartilage left in either knee ... bone on bone.

Had a Meniscectomy that almost killed me a few years back. Dr gave me a brochure on an injection that was like a foam in the joint. Don't know what it was called.

 

[burrheadd]

Lmfao

@Future digging way back in the archives

That was some funny sheet

 

[MC4YOU2]

Not trying to minimize any pain from knee injuries, mine hurt at times too. I think it's a given if you retire as a driver or played competitive sports, but don't count on cortisone long term. The medicine is worse than the disease in some ways.Cortisone shots - Risks