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kenmac
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I wish you the best ! I'm just now getting somewhat back to normal. Start PT next week.Saw my surgeon today. He agreed with everyone else that I have been working with on the knee which is to replace it. He sent the scheduling person into my room to pick a date. He asked how Dec 12th would work and I said fine but if you get a cancellation, please consider me. He then said would Monday work? Whoa! I jumped on it but then he said that we needed clearance from my cardiologist. I have some blockages but they are not getting any worse and I take meds for my BP but that is well controlled also. I had not thought about an issue there and I wished that it had been brought up before but o'well. Turned out that my heart doctor is on vacation so I have to wait until he comes back to the office. The staff felt that I would not need to come in as it has not been that long since my last visit but now it's back to Dec 12th.
This stem cell injection was pretty bad. (painful!!!) Caused a lot of inflammation within my knee.
I wasn't allowed to take anything to knock out the inflammation as he (Dr) said this is how the stem cells work.
I'm not so sure if I would have not been better off with replacement.
Dr says the only real way to know is to do a follow up MRI, and you guessed it, Insurance won't pay ! LOL
So, he says time will tell, but studies have shown a very good success rate.