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If you can't walk 2 miles, then you should really consider surgery. At the point you can't hunt, then you have to roll the dice and try surgery. I had mine done this year and it was a huge PIA, but I take the lab on regular 3 mile hikes in the forest. Time is the limit there, not my knee. In last 2 months, I missed about 3 days walking.

Euflexxa is hyaluronic acid. There are multiple similar brand medications out there that all work the same. They all work to lubricate the remaining articular cartilage in the knee. Keyword there is remaining. If you have advanced arthritis you have eroded away the natural articular cartilage and there is nothing for Euflexxa to work on.

I have given Euflexxa, Supartz, Genvisc, etc. You can generally predict how they are going to work before you start the series but sometimes I am pleasantly surprised. If I am going to see any degree of pain relief it is usually after the 3rd injection but I have seen pain relief up to 4 or 5 weeks after competing the injections. That doesn't make sense because the half life of your synovial (joint) fluid is about 4 or 5 days.

think i'll start my next thread on suggestions on a stationary bike. need to shed 20-ish pounds and keep it off. i used to run 24 miles a week up until about 7-8 years ago but doubt i will be able to run anymore. and road bikes will get you killed around here.

Yes, but my mule can walk 10 miles. I am 78 ,if I let surgeons talk me into all the replaced parts they want to do, I'd be laid up for 2.5-3 years.I don't have that time to spare.

My shoulder replacement nerve block almost killed me by paralyzing 1/2 my diaphragm. My neighbor just had 3 vertebrae fused in his neck,. He is much younger than I. His heart stop and he claims he was not breathing for 8 minutes. He has dislocated shoulder and 3 broken ribs from the CPR. Another neighbor was allergic to the antibiotic hey applied to the spike for his knee replacement. After 6 months to figure it out,they had to take it out, cure the inflammation and put another one in.My hunting pard had a hip replaced, he then had to have it replaced again and it is still not right.These do not give me a lot of confidence in joint replacement

My x-rays shown bone on bone, yet the Monovisc helps me tremendously.Go figure.

I'm glad that this thread isn't about shooting deer in the legs.

I learned something here.

I learned a lot thanks guys
Got a new hip this past spring, was easy and worked. I do the tread mill at least 5 days a week and have a list of stuff from PT,
Got a knee going will talk to the Doc. about the shot.

Anybody hear about the outfit called Flexogenix? There are numerous offices scattered around.

Any good?

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