[aigel]

I hurt myself and ended up with an awesome ortho who is specialized in knee and lower leg injuries. We were discussing knee replacements - something 20 years out for me, I hope, but I wanted to know if technology is advancing to just "liners" and partial replacements instead of cutting the end off your bones for a full replacement. He said there was a lot of new things happening but in his view the best path forward for most cases was total knee replacement, with little change from 20 years ago.

Something to look forward to ...

I definitely would check into wear / expiration of the materials. If you are only early 60s, is it going to hold up to 80+? Would it be better to wait 5 years toughening it out so you can get to 85+, which likely has other issues slow you down by then?

G