Margie
new member
I have been having cortisone injections in both knees for a while and the relief from pain waas wonderful, but I have now apparently reached the stage where the only solution is surgery. I need doiuble knee replacement and the thought terrifies me. Not so much the op itself but the pain I am told will follow. I do not bear pain very bravely. Not only that but the Consultant admitted that the succes rate for someone of my age is only about 82%. (I am 86) and I do know of people in their eighties who have been worse off afterwards and a few who have had to resort to a wheelchair or electric scooter, and naturally wish they had never had it done, I am also terrified of picking up an infection which is so prevalent in our hospitals at the moment. Is there anyone out there who felt like I do, but found it was not too bad after all?