Going on 63, I am soon having knee replacement surgery on both knees, the left, and then if all goes well, the right.
Did all the preliminaries, tried arthritis pills, then therapy, got all the xrays and tests, and Doc says knees are bone to bone, nothing left to clean up or repair. They found that I had previously torn both calf muscles in times past, had ligament damage to both knees, and a lot of scar tissue in the knees. High school basketball, motorcycle wrecks, and working in the coal fields for over 44 years has used up my knees. (Plus other parts of my body!)
Not complaining, but the knees are painful day and night. Feel like someone hit me in the knee cap with a ball-peen hammer! When they are not thumping, then they are burning.
Any one else with experience, words of wisdom, etc., about knee replacement?