Both replaced 9 1/2 years ago. First surgery on left knee forty years ago. Torn cartilage. Before arthroscopic surgery was available. Fast forward..... left knee scoped in 2001..... right knee scoped in 2002. Pretty much removed the cartilage on the inside of both knees. Was never really pain free after the first surgery. 2007 had pain and thought I was ready for more scoping. Doc said he couldn't scope them again. Upstairs to the replacement doc. He looked and said I would have replacement, but wasn't symptomatic enough. 2009 couldn't ride my motorcycle because I couldn't bend my left knee enough to shift gears. Got the left one done in July. Right one three days before Thanksgiving.
Even after the replacement, can't remember being totally pain free. Sit too long and they get stiff and hurt. Stand too long and they get stiff and hurt. Good thing is if this was eighty years ago, I would be in a wheelchair.
