I suffered with knee pain for 25 years, giving up running and eventually, tennis. I was using my wife's Kaiser insurance plan, and their conservative protocols didn't allow someone my age to get a replacement. When I couldn't walk very far, lost sleep due to knee pain, consumed massive amounts of OTC pain meds and put on a buncha weight, I used my PPO insurance through work. Ortho said my right knee needed immediate replacement, and my left would prolly need replacing...had the right knee replacement surgery 7 years ago and have resumed an active and mostly painfree lifestyle, though no running and only light doubles tennis...
Just do it...
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