I am caught in what feels like a never ending chain of events.  I have had multiple TKR's because the OS thought I was infected.  Evidently no one in Florida has been briefed on AF.  I actually had to bring the information from this site to my OS.  I have been out of work for 2 years, we struggle to survive with just the wife working.  I have three teen agers who all are doing dual enrollment in college. 

I need to go back to work.  I can't with my knee so we are living very conservatively.  I want to visit Dr. Noyes, but don't have the funds to travel and definitely cannot spend weeks in Ohio for treatment.  I cannot leave my kids alone while my wife works and we don't have the money to send me to Ohio.

I am so frustrated that this seems to be never ending.  I see some of you having many more surgeries.  I have had 3 OS in the past 2 years and all have the same opinion that I should live with it, not worth the risk of more surgery.

I just finished surgery to remove scar tissue and immediate aggressive PT which was probably the wrong answer.  I was miserable doing PT 5 days a week for 2 hours or more each day.  The OS indicated I had to keep the leg moving at PT and on a CPM 24 hours a day starting 5 days after surgery.  I was doing aggressive PT with the staples still in my knee.  So many mistakes....so much money and I am no closer than I was 2 years ago.  My wife is young and beautiful and I am aging a decade every year dealing with this. 

Russ