Howdy Everybody,
Thanks for all the info.
I hurt my knees back in the mid 80's and they, especially the right, just keeps getting worse.
My tendons and ligaments are fine and the lateral part of my knee if fine, just the medial mpart is bad. 90% of my pain is in the medial joint line.
I'm 44yo, will be 45 May 29th, so I'm middle age. Not young, but not old either. Doc says that fake knee will last 20 years. That will put me at 65yo. When it goes bad, get a new one, and that should take me to the 90-95yo range, then I will decide if I need another one or not.
The ortho doc that I will use when I get it done is great. I hurt my bird finger on my right hand at work back in Aug. and the first two docs just wanted to amputate it right where the nail begains. I asked for a plastic surgeon or an ortho surgeon to look at it. Dr. Olive was waiting for a patient to be prepped for surgury so he repaired my finger for me. 5 1/2 months later, me finger looks normal and I have 100% use of it. Yep, and the first two docs wanted to cut it off.
So, I am confident that the doc will do a first class job on my knee. Now I just have to get it done. I'm doing some work to my house and I'm rebuilding my Shootin' Range and when I get through with them I'll go under the knife.
Paul