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Old 12-24-2022, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by La lamy View Post
Great link, important to note that most of these therapies are for early onset arthritis, not bone on bone issues. MACI is what I would trust, but $40,000 is quite a steep pocketbook endeavour!!!
My hip replacement is going to cost around $25,000 - and insurance will cover all except the first $9100 of it (I think - hope - that's the theory in any case, according to my insurance documents for next year).

So would I spend $40k or even $10k on a treatment that /might/ help? Nope. I'll go for the surgery and spend a couple of months being sore. I'm nearly bone on bone. My 3rd and final cortisone shot is starting to wear off.