So, you'd rather have lots of surgery that costs
thousands of dollars and may not even help the
situation and lots of recovery time over a knee brace
that costs a few hundred dollars that can be warn when
needed.

--- "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Chester,
> 
> A brace keeps the joint mostly immobile, making
> walking difficult.  It might
> not relieve the pain from walking either.  I don't
> know whether flexibility
> and manual dexterity are problems for Trisha, but I
> know I couldn't put on a
> knee brace.  Depending on the type Trisha needs,
> they can also seriously
> limit clothing options.
> 
> 
> On 9/6/07, Chester Worwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > If a knee brace would keep the knee cap in place,
> then
> > why have surgery?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Kendall
> >
> > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
> >
> > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
> the unreasonable one
> > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all progress
> > depends on the unreasonable man.
> >
> > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
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