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Originally Posted by rubicon
The latest criticism is that these operations are being overdone same as heart stents. what is a person suppose to believe?
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It's not always an easy decision to make. I had an obese friend in The Villages who used to walk about 4 miles every day. Because of her knees hurting, she gradually walked less and less. The less she walked, the more weight she gained. And the more weight she gained, the more her knees hurt. Eventually, she stopped walking altogether and died of a stroke.
You could ask, "why get a painful knee replacement if you don't have long to live anyway?" Or you could say she might have lived several more years if she had the replacement and was able to walk. Walking might have prolonged her life, but no one knows for sure.
It's a difficult decision that everyone has to make for themselves.