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Waiting for Knee Replacement

rahaas
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 Joined: 2008-09-30

I have been told that I need a knee replacement when I am ready. I also have a completely torn ACL in the same knee. I was prescribed an Unloader brace which helps a lot. My question is - can I do too much damage if I wait for the replacement? It hurts when I walk and at night, but I'm not sure that I want the surgery yet. The Doctor told me that the timing is up to me, based on how much pain I can handle, and other tools such as drugs and the brace. I just don't want to screw up my knee too much so that the replacement won't be successful.

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Submitted by rahaas on Tue, 09/30/2008 - 15:04.

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justin45nwcc
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 Joined: 2008-01-17
the damage is done. you will

the damage is done. you will not affect anything by waiting that a total knee replacement will not fix. about the acl, it is cut during total knee so there will be no problem with having an acl insufficiency


Fri, 10/17/2008 - 20:50


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