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Question about end stage OA in both knees (sm)


Posted: Feb 21, 2016

I have bone-on-bone osteoarthritis of both knees.  I need to lose weight before they will do a replacement.  I am 69.  My calves hurt when I walk, not just the knees.  They seem very stiff.  Is this a result of the OA or is it probably something else?

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OA - Had a TKA

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I had horrible pain down the back of my calf and the surgeon said it was a Baker's cyst; they come and go. Get that weight off and run, don't walk to have your knee replaced. Best thing I ever did and I suffered for over 4 years with it. I was 67 at the time I had it done and that was 15 months ago.

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