1 would like to say i am an expert having greatly suffered now for 14 years with my knee replacement. And although it is now obviously clear that the doctors have no idea what they are doing, neither do i. I have seen specialists in 4 different states and have had more xrays than a nuclear submarine- they have no idea why it is always swollen and painfull. I can feel things moving, bone pieces the size of marbles, scar tissue over my thigh, knee cap dropped out if place—- but xray say its all fine. Angioplasty did nothing at all. They want to do a revision but that makes no sense since success is even mathematically worse plus recovery time.
So i repeat this “ its mind over matter— if you don’t mind it doesn’t matter”, convincing myself to just live with it……
Now i am perhaps a bit unusual as i am an athletic 77 year old. I still bike 120 miles a week and hit the gym doing upper body workouts followed by half hour of continuous lap swimming. But i cannot walk up stairs, walk in my neighborhood or sight-see- in other words i cannot exert downward pressure on that knee, at all.
My suggestion is to ,and i say this with regret and some degree of intelligence- just live with it as best you can … and don’t look to the doctors for any salvation- because honestly, they are clueless.
End of sermon.