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Hylauronic Gel Injections in the Knees...Anyone?
Bones, Joints & Muscles | Last Active: Feb 15 5:09pm | Replies (44)Comment receiving replies
I too used the knee injections for several years and then they stopped working. 2024 was the last injections I received but they were too painful after 3 of the 7 shot series. On January 22, 2025 I had a Total Knee Replacement of my right knee. On July 30, 2025 I will have a TKR of my left knee. The first procedure went well and I expect the same of the second procedure. I am 81 and wish I had done this sooner.
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Good for you Captain!
I had both of my knees replaced in 2022, four months apart, when I was 67, just a kid! My knees have never felt better and I'm in the gym everyday.
I'm glad you gave up on the injections. After a while all of the injections - cortisone, gel, stem cell - just stop working, regardless of the joint. In my humble opinion, once someone is diagnosed as bone-on-bone, it's time for a replacement. Our joints, all of them, do not get better over time once arthritis strikes, muscles get damaged in the shoulder (rotator cuff), and bones rub against bone - all very painful.
Best wishes on your upcoming replacement. I'm one week behind you, getting my left shoulder replaced on August 6, 2025.
All the best to you sir!
Joe