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They did remove the spur during the first surgery. He wasn’t sure why the first one failed. However, the second surgery. He was quite skeptical if it would work. By that time, the tendons were pretty shredded. I was told that I could try to have artificial tendons put in but at my age, 74 I decided no more surgeries for me and I’ll just walk with a cane and or walker
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I know what you mean. I feel the same way. I may need my right knee replaced and am conflicted. I’m 72. Good luck to you.
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I’m sorry to hear. It is too bad the surgeon wasn’t prepared to use artificial tendons with the second surgery to ensure they were reinforced/strong/stable. My hope is you reconsider surgery in the future and it may be good to get 2nd and 3rd opinions of what could be done to help you regain more strength/mobility. Be careful not to fall due to weakened tendons and muscle control.