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As I have gone back through my medical history, I discovered my pseudogout started after my accident on a training exercise in 1981. The first sign was the fact I had developed bilateral patella femoral syndrome as a mere 30yo. At 45 I was told by an orthopedic specialist I had the skeletal system of an 85yo. Currently I have tricompartmental chondrocalcinosis; left is severe with bone on bone opposition; right is moderate to severe. The VA wants to replace both my knees and I’m only 59yo
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@pfreeman61, I can only say that I would have much rather had my knee replacement in my 50s or 60s rather than when I had it done at age 76. I think the rehab would have been a little easier for me. I also had a knee injury in the right knee that was replaced. I was in my 40s and playing softball and tore the cartilage in the knee. After the surgery to remove the cartilage, I had problems with the knee for over 20 years. Cortisone shots helped for awhile but degenerative arthritis and old age finally caught up with me and if I wanted to keep mobility I had to have the replacement.
Do you have concerns about have the knee replacement surgery?