Knee Joint Treatment for No Cartilage?

[daboozmann]

Had knee surgery yesterday and laying in bed with knee elevated as I type! This is my 5th knee surgery, 4th on one knee. My issue has been torn miniscus and calcification and worn cartilage.

I had a procedure done: microfracture, where they drill through the cartilage into the bone to stimulate new cartilage growth. I know nothing about the procedure, and was the first I heard of the procedure was in the recovery room. The surgeon sounded like this was going to buy me some time, because he told me that he would be seeing me again in 20-25 years for a knee replacement.

Hey TNCobra Im in Sac as well, if you need anything [like someone to driver your Cobra] just let me know!
Kidding aside I hope you all a quick recovery.
B

[oldman ohio]

As a temporary fix you might investigate a brace called the V-VAS.
This brace unloads the pressure at the knee joint.

http://www.anatomicalconceptsinc.com/vvas.htm

jack

[wideglidejoe]

"Supartz
I hope I spelled it right. That is the "joint lubricant" , it is derived from a rooster cox comb."

I have a coworker friend who is using this stuff. Old football and wrestling injury, and he's overweight, but its working for him. He's ~52, and he's wanting to buy some time before he does the knee replacement, knowing that knee replacements only last so long before you have to do it again, and he only wants to do it once. After getting periodic injections of the stuff, he went from limping and lots of pain, to no pain, and he's walking every day to take off weight.