Originally Posted by MikeTLive

Keep yer chin up and keep looking for 2nd and 3rd opinions.
do NOT take the first one and live with it. And if the sole reason for no repair is age tell em to pound sand!!

keep asking questions.
start a journal and write down everything you do that makes it hurt more, or hurt less, or does nothing. Write down the weather too. (weather knees are for real)

I am very aggressive when it comes to my own health. I wish my wife was the same with hers. Some day perhapse.