EllingFamily:TogetherWeThrive

I would like to be clear, my doctor did not want to perform replacements on someone so young. I'm sure others in his profession thought he was doing a disservice for me, but I disagree. Doctors do not want to perform knee replacements on young individuals (young could mean 60 yrs of age) because replacements do not last indefinitely. In my case it isn't the prosthetic that will fail, but my bones will slowly loosen away from the prosthetic. And honestly, I did not want to go through the surgery this early in my life either. But I did want to get my life back. The way I look at it is: handicapped now or handicapped later. My life was not going in a good direction. My knees consumed my every thought. I wouldn't have chosen to have children - it was too hard. I wouldn't have advanced professionally. If I walked too many steps in a day (around 100 at a time was too much) I had difficulty forming coherent sentences - who wants a worker, a wife, or friend like that? And did I feel like putting a resume together - no way! It was simply too hard to consider. I did not want to go anywhere or do anything. Everything took too much energy or hurt too much and for me it was a horrible life. Bottom line is that I couldn't walk anymore and I needed to fight to be me again.