Norman Crow responds:
Hyagel or Hyagen or something close. An injectable joint lubricant that
works
for maybe 50% of those who get, according to the VA surgeon who set mine
up. I
had had cortisone, adn the VA is getting really, really leery these days
of
parceling out Vicodin, though I sometimes think I had loaded up on that
too
much when I interview for, and accepted, that job in Parkersburg.

Thanks Charlie. I'll look into it. Alternative right now is going for
gastric bypass, get rid of about 150lb., then go for new knees.

I try real hard to keep the Vicodin down. 2 in the AM usually keeps me for
the day unless I'm "pushing" too hard, then I may have to take 2 more in
late afternoon.

Yes. I used to take a 20 day prescrip in 10 days, then do without for 10 days.
Kept me from becoming addicted, of course, but sometimes that 10 days without
was more than uncomfortable.

Charlie Self
"Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy."
Edgar Bergen, (Charlie McCarthy)