OK.  I hope ortho does suggest other things other than
surgery.  I had problems and pain with my ankle once
and the only thing doctors told me was to have
surgery.  I begged for a brace and got it and after a
few years of wearing it the pain went away to the
point where I don't need the brace anymore.  They
didn't know if the surgery would help with the pain
either.  That's why I believe in braces before
surgery, but was told from other doctors that ortho's
believe in surgery before braces.

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

> If the knee brace isn't going to be something I can
> put on
> effectively, won't relieve pain,  may make walking
> more difficult or
> dangerous (especially up stairs), and the surgery
> has a reasonably good
> chance of success, yes.  The cost isn't something I
> take lightly, but
> overall quality of life with the two options is
> something that needs to be
> considered.  Surgery shoud be the last option, but
> any orthopedic surgeon
> worth his/her fees should have explained all the
> options up to and including
> surgery.  If Trisha's doctor hasn't done that, I'd
> suggest she get a second
> opinion.  I didn't mean to say that Trisha shouldn't
> consider a brace, just
> that there are reasons that it might not be the best
> option.
> 
> On 9/6/07, Chester Worwa <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> > > >
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> 
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