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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1609736" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>Everyone that I have talked to has said that when they got it done, why did they wait so long. I know people that have done great with the knees, and one "girl" I work with, had her first hip replaced at 45 and the second this past year at 55. Said the relief from pain was unbelieveable.</p><p> </p><p> I am going in to have ankle replacement in early Feb. I have tried every other form of treatment.....Prolotherapy, PRP (platelet rich plasma), injections. Did one round of stem cell. Nothing worked. Went to a dr at Duke Medical who does Stem cell and is very innovative. Told him all I'd done, and asked if he thought that more stem cell would help. He said that after looking at my ankle x-rays, that he truly believed that it would be a waste of my time and MONEY since it is not covered by any ins.. So I am going for the replacement. Took me 5 years to find one that said that replacement was the way to go.... all the rest wanted to fuse it and I knew that was not a good choice if I wanted to have any decent future of movement, walking etc. </p><p></p><p>If all goes well with this, the knee is next year. I have had the synvisc injections, a couple of times and it only bought a little time with very little relief. Did the prolotherapy and PRP on them too. Have been told to make sure to have the "QUAD - SPARING" type done as they don't cut the muscles and ligaments and tendons or whatever, they stretch them out and put in the knee replacement from the side and recovery time is MUCH SHORTER and supposed to be not as painful. One friend has a friend that boards her horse there, and she was back riding in about 6 weeks, and you can't tell she ever had it done. </p><p></p><p>The thing that everyone says; you have to do the therapy and exercises even though they hurt or you will lose the range of motion. A good friend of my mom's, had one knee down a couple years ago, and it was okay, more painful recovery than she thought. She had the second one done a year ago and said it was a breeze and she was back to normal activities in less than 2 months. </p><p>I sure don't want surgery, but I don't want to hurt like this anymore and I want to be able to walk normally again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1609736, member: 25884"] Everyone that I have talked to has said that when they got it done, why did they wait so long. I know people that have done great with the knees, and one "girl" I work with, had her first hip replaced at 45 and the second this past year at 55. Said the relief from pain was unbelieveable. I am going in to have ankle replacement in early Feb. I have tried every other form of treatment.....Prolotherapy, PRP (platelet rich plasma), injections. Did one round of stem cell. Nothing worked. Went to a dr at Duke Medical who does Stem cell and is very innovative. Told him all I'd done, and asked if he thought that more stem cell would help. He said that after looking at my ankle x-rays, that he truly believed that it would be a waste of my time and MONEY since it is not covered by any ins.. So I am going for the replacement. Took me 5 years to find one that said that replacement was the way to go.... all the rest wanted to fuse it and I knew that was not a good choice if I wanted to have any decent future of movement, walking etc. If all goes well with this, the knee is next year. I have had the synvisc injections, a couple of times and it only bought a little time with very little relief. Did the prolotherapy and PRP on them too. Have been told to make sure to have the "QUAD - SPARING" type done as they don't cut the muscles and ligaments and tendons or whatever, they stretch them out and put in the knee replacement from the side and recovery time is MUCH SHORTER and supposed to be not as painful. One friend has a friend that boards her horse there, and she was back riding in about 6 weeks, and you can't tell she ever had it done. The thing that everyone says; you have to do the therapy and exercises even though they hurt or you will lose the range of motion. A good friend of my mom's, had one knee down a couple years ago, and it was okay, more painful recovery than she thought. She had the second one done a year ago and said it was a breeze and she was back to normal activities in less than 2 months. I sure don't want surgery, but I don't want to hurt like this anymore and I want to be able to walk normally again. [/QUOTE]
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