dogtracker
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New to the site. Lots of info! Here's the story. Male, 70 yrs old. Had the three lubricating shots for the knee last summer . Worked great but did not last the time it was supposed to. Heed and hawed over surgery and went and saw OS. He gave him cortisone shot and said it would be a month before he could get another set of those lubricating shots and 3 months before they would consider any replacements! Well, cortisone shot has caused more pain even, given a week ago. Pain is in 10 range now - little sleep. He thinks the lubricating shots have actually caused bone growth on his knee! And yes, his knee does have a boney growth at the tender spot and it DOES seem bigger! Here's my questions: Has anyone had the cortisone shots and then went on to a replacement? If so, how long did you have to wait? I'm wondering if it's standard to wait as long as 3 months. Also, wonder if anyone's had a PKR with the new hand held robotics or with the new mini-incisions I've read about. Has anyone experienced any bone growth due to the lubricating type shots for the knee (cannot remember the name of the injections - three of them, once a week for three weeks). Any help or ideas would be appreciated.