Originally Posted by
DaveSSS
Just a few weeks ago, I found out that my left knee joint will need replacement within a few years, so I'm quitting. I'm getting treatments to reduce the pain and stiffness until the replacement. Hopefully, I'll make it to 62 ( five more years) before the knee is replaced.
Obviously it's your knee, and your life, but have you thought all this through with your Physician? Cycling is a relatively low impact sport, and I can't see how you could do much in the way of aerobic activity that would be better for your knee than cycling, other than perhaps swimming.
So if you don't ride for 5 years, are you going to get largely sedentary, and if you do, are you going to put on weight, which may ultimately be worse for your knee?
My wife's a Rehab physician, and her advice regarding joint replacement is that you do it when the pain from the joint you're replacing is bad enough to prevent you from doing what you want. Following that advice, I'd ride as long as I could, then replace it.
But as I started its your knee, and everyone has their own priorities.
And, can I have all your campy stuff?