The doctor wanted to replace both knees though one at a time but my cardio doctor said no to wait . try to lose more weight and go back to the accupuncturist and pain management treatments first. Well the accupunture is helping and they also do electrical and massage and accu pressure warm heat and now I've start repair-vite. then he wants to work on my liver then the thyroid. There is help out there before jumping in with both knees ! Still have bad days but not using advil ( not supposed to anyway ) and the lido derm patches for pain. Going next week for a differint type of accupuncture , the needle will have some type of herb on tip. praying this will make the final difference and dh will let up on wanting me to go ahead with the replacement surgery. Lord knows.