[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

I had my left knee done six years ago. Fantastic surgeon. Unfortunately he practices in Minnesota.

One thing I would suggest is to check your insurance coverage first. While it is true that most of the stuff that is done short of a replacement is merely a band-aid (my surgeon told me as much, admitting that anything he could do short of a replacement was only a short-term remedy at best) some insurances do require those band-aids, and will approve major replacement only in the event that the band-aids fail. Irritating as hell--it took me well over two years of dinking around when I could have had everything done--surgery and healing--in less than a year. But necessary.

Your insurance might be different. But it doesn't hurt to check.

Interesting point about insurance, I guess i will be making some calls.