philo wrote:
On 01/05/2014 11:55 AM, Bob F wrote:

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For the most part, I was OK with just taking aspirin or Tylenol
...but obviously I did not want to be on that for the rest of my
life. One other thing I did was to take a vegetable extract supplement
called Greek Island. I assumed it to be a scam but I was willing to
try anything...and it actually helped a lot and bought me one full
year.

Those glucosamine & chondroitin
capsules did absolutely nothing.

Did you try stem cell therapy? A friend of mine had very good
results on her seriously trashed knee meniscus. She's back to
playing (senior)volleyball with no pain.
http://www.regenexx.com/2010/09/dr-c...e-orthopedics/

Unfortunately, insurance doesn't usually cover this.
Peiople that haven't yet had replacement surgery might want to
research this possibility.





I heard of it but there is no way anyone would try that with me if my
insurance would not cover it.

My doctor claimed it will be a long time before anything like that
will get approved.

Knowing personally someone for whom the stem cell therapy had very good results
makes me less skeptical. Reading the book I pointed to suggests good reasons to
not have surgery. It also suggests things you can do to promote natural healing.