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There is a company with a FDA certified 30 year knee. I cannot comment more due to company’s social media policy

Gawt dammm!!!

I got wiped out April 20 by a 16yr old girl with a 3 week old newly hatched license
Fugged my back and neck up pretty good.
Hope ya got a lawyer.
I sure as fugg did.

It goes without saying, but range of motion issues can be solved by busting your azzz with the PT. It isn't fun, but it's dang sure worth it.

if they dont have nothin caint get nothin.cost me 20,000 fuggin lip service to get the hospital and drs off my ass and liens removed .so far

You’ll eventually have to take 28 pain killers per day.

My left knee was torn up at 55.

The doc after looking inside drilled some holes into both bones,as he said to piss them off to grow scar tissue.

Had a wreck a few years after and had to have the right worked on.
It feels like brand new today.
I told the doc that the left knee had already had some work on it and after i woke up he just had to clean up some scraps floating.

That has been about9 years ago and both are doing well.
I don't run for other reasons but normal stuff gets done.

I do hate the weather changing though.

Man you guys have really thrown some stuff around here. I'll need to go back and read this again and start taking notes!

My knees went when i was 47.was bone on bone,had all the stuff mentioned above,incuding ortho s ,cort.shots,chicken juice, (i like that name). had right one replaced.then left at age 49.then evans procedure on left foot last sept.i could barely walk before,at least i can get around now.i have to have my right foot broken and set to match the left one next year.not something i m looking foward too.you ll be glad to have them done.

I'm 45 and have had hip replacement, neck fusions, and back surgery years ago when I was just 24yrs of age. All I can say is keep yourself strong. Build up strength and that will go a long way.

Also I'd seriously look into stem cell treatment in Panama. No kidding.

[quote=Steelhead]I'd do it now before the heart gives out.[/quote😜]


My experience on which to interpret thus goes like this: when can’t walk as well as you normally do, you’re going to gain weight, assuming you were doing significant walking before, and without switching to some other form of equivalent calorie burning or reduction. Added weight will further degrade your joints even worsening your mobility. Alla that leads to weakening of the heart and so forth.

I got a new knee 2 years ago when I was 67. It went real well. I quit using a walker after 3 days and was driving in 10 days. Had almost full range of motion in 3 weeks. Main thing my doctor insisted was a lot of exercise starting 8 weeks before surgery. Really made my knee strong. Back to normal in 8 weeks

Switch Had a friend that had both shoulders done and is now back to bow hunting, pulling 63##. Cheers NC

Surgery does not come without any risks, so put it off as long as possible. The flip side is when you are actually bone-on-bone, there is really only one option - surgery for a TKA.




When you avoid doing things because your knees hurt - you might be ready.

When you are constantly looking for a place to sit - you might be ready.

If you don't want to go up a flight of stairs - you might be ready.


Reduced activity leads to leg muscle atrophy and weakness. It causes you to be sedentary which has health risks. The lack of activity also leads to weight gain and the associated health risks. There is a real cascade of problems when you don't have wheels.

Only YOU know when you are ready for replacement.

You will be the one that knows when you need them at which point you'll wish you did them six months sooner. A cruel irony or conundrum or something, but there you are.

Find a guy that does several a week (some do several a day) and get the best replacement you can. Expect a six month recovery to get where you want to be. After a year, that's as good as it gets.
And get the nerve block after surgery. The next couple of days will be the best ones you will have for a while and it will help with getting your PT going. In PT disregard pain and go for range of motion, particularly in the beginning.

Obligatory Xray pic.

Good god.

Derald Dawkins and chocolate thunder.

Bwahahahaaa!!!!!

Yeah, that's called a "partial" knee replacement.

Roy wear the brace, it will help alot. I wore mine most of last winter, and now only need to ware it when Im doing heavy work or working on uneven ground, woods ect!

Fireball2,
I had both of my knees replaced (total replacement) in 2017. Best decision I ever made. I was basically bone on bone like you. Now I do 30 minutes a day on the elliptical machine and then a mile walk after. I've never felt better. Therapy and excercise after surgery is the key! This past year of deer hunting, I was up and down the hills like I did when I was young. I was 57 when I had mine done.

Ron