When to have Op

[KCRoyals]

Hi, nice to meet you ll. I'm 74 and have had r/knee pain for about 8/9 years. I'm okay at home and can do about 3000 steps before it stiffens. With a knee elastic have done 10/12000 steps in a day with moderate pain and more severe pain the following days. Sometimes get a shooting pain in r/part of knee at various times. Osteo keeps telling me to get it replaced but I'm not sure. Just wondering from you experts whether I should carry on or get myself put down for the op. Plus what sucees rate is there?

Thx

Tony

[DorsetLady]

or get myself put down for the op…

Not sure you mean it to sound like that… 😊… by why not go for operation if it’s causing pain… mine [and many others] are very successful. If you get shooting pains, it could also cause your knee to jar and cause you to overbalance and do yourself more damage.