I was scheduled for TKR 2 years ago...canceled because the anesthesiologist didn't like my EKG which, I'm guessing, they never looked at until 14 hours prior to my surgery. To say I was PO'd would put it mildly. Fast forward almost 2 years, both my knees are bone on bone now but I decided to finally see the Cardiologist and he said their canceling the surgery was BS. So, for the past 2 months I've been doing PT and acupuncture several times a week. It's not going to grow cartilage but I have managed to reduce my NSAIDS
to almost none. I believe there are alternatives to TKR so will continue to wait for them to be approved by Medicare. For today, I'm happy with a
wait and see approach and use a cane sometimes and I'm 75. Good luck!