Grizzly Adams no more........

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Oerets

The first MD was being cautious maybe.
Trying to have you wait as long as possible keeping you from the possibility of a second replacement down the road.

Then again I have fired Doctors in the past. Have no issues with doing so. It is my health and if not happy with service. Bye bye......

I would rather have two than put up with that miserable shit for an additional nine years.

[Oerets]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

I would rather have two than put up with that miserable shit for an additional nine years.

Not a expert here, have been told a second go round on knee replacements has a much higher rate of difficulty and failure.

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Oerets

Not a expert here, have been told a second go round on knee replacements has a much higher rate of difficulty and failure.

From a full to a full, yes. From a partial to a full not so much. My father had both knees fully replaced twice. The first set only lasted about two years, the second lasted him the rest of his life.....about 30 years. Mine is a partial. And I was told that the meniscus only failed on the medial side of the right knee and the left meniscus is in fine shap for a man my age, so it was likely due to an old injury.