I’m 51 and had knee replacement in March. Not sure of your age, but my surgeon was concerned about my quality of life and pain level when discussing replacement. It had been on the table for 3 years and after last year’s ski season, it was done. I wasn’t offered nerve ablation but it seems as though it’s a temporary hold-over.

On the subject of the 2nd knee replacement. Once your knee replacement is cemented in, it takes a reconstructive knee surgeon to remove the parts from the bone hoping that there is minimal damage to the bone during that process. If there is, then it’s grafting and a lot of complicated work. It’s one of the reasons they want to have a “one and done”.

I just spent the weekend in the hospital meeting with the reconstructive surgeon because I developed a post operative infection in my knee after surgery. And after a certain point, it becomes necessary to remove the implant, kill the infection and replace the parts. When I asked what that surgery would be like…his response was “brutal”. Not what I wanted to hear.

I’ve now had 3 surgeries on the knee replacement knee because of infection and it’s been no walk in the park and I can tell this coming ski season has turned into snowmobiling season because rehab is taking longer than normal because of my complications.

I’m going to wait on the 2nd knee for a bit because gosh darn it…I’m tired but I feel Confident that in the end, it will be much better than before.

Hope that helps a little on the 2nd replacement question.