He's had bad knees since he was a kid. I think it started off as a birth defect, then he played too hard on them as a kid/teen.
By time he was in his 20/30s he needed to have surgery on both knees. One was not allowed to heal properly before he had to return to work. And now they are ate up with arthritis & almost no cartilage.
He needs a knee replacement but getting him to do it is another thing.
oh noo! ouch ouch ouch..there's not much more painful that cartilage on bone or cartilage on cartilage. I'm so sorry that he has that situation. It sounds like he needs two new knees. Is it the lack of cushioning material or cartilage? I've heard they had supplements that help to regrow that but probably not enough in his situation, his sounds too severe.
I'm exactly the same way, I'd be walking around with a cane before I had that done.
Other than that how are things, how's the weather up there?
He has very little cartilage left & his knees are ate up with arthritis. So far therapy seems to be helping. He has too little cartilage left to be able to regrow it. He will eventually have to get knee replacements.
howdy debralee! Well, I'm so sorry to hear about the bad condition of his knees but I'm glad that the therapy is working at least.