I (or my husband rather) would agree with Vollages07 about arthroscopic surgery. He had that done many years ago, which is why he put off having the knee replacement surgery. The recovery and rehab is basically the same for both procedures. My husband is a tough guy, but I watched this man cry during the exercises he had to go thru. By the way, if you don't do them, you might as well not have the surgery done because you will be worse off. Because he went thru so much pain and recovery with the arthroscopic, he figured a full knee replacement would be much worse. That's why he kept putting it off waiting until he absolutely had to have it. Now, of course, his knee is at that point and because of his heart, no doctor will do the surgery.
Barefoot - thank you for your kind words. Yes, between his heart, knee, arthritis, gout, depression, etc. we have been going down a rough road for quite some time now (several years). He almost died last summer, then in March of this year he fell so hard in the bathroom that he broke the commode. The fall also resulted in 3 broke ribs and 2 bulging discs. I never know when I get home from work what awaits me. But we take it one day at a time. That's all we can do. Good luck with your knee, whatever you decide to do!!
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