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I'm pretty sure the only part of the Pharaoh's post directed at you was "Is there actually such a place?"; everything else looks to me to have been directed at The Old Hack.

I had a rather disappointing appointment with the knee surgeon today. He based his diagnosis off of two X-rays. They showed that I had arthritis behind my left kneecap, plus I had bone spurs on the outer sides of both knees. They did not, however, show the bone-on-bone arthritis on my right knee. His recommendation: steroid shots in both knees, followed by physical therapy. Sigh. I went ahead and had the shots administered. They made the pain much worse. I had to put ice on my knees and take an oxycodone pill when I got home. Plus, the shots didn't address the pain I have on the inner side of my right knee. I'm also not going to go with the physical therapy - every time I've gone with that, it's done nothing but make things worse. He scheduled me for an appointment 10 weeks from now, but told me to come back in 2 weeks if the steroid shots don't help. At that point, he'll have an MRI done and look into doing arthroscopic surgery. However, he said that knee replacements are not an option. I have a feeling I'll be making that call in 2 weeks' time.