Hello all and Happy New Year. I don't want to bore you all with a list of injuries that I have managed to incur over the years but after 2 left knee surgeries (fractured knee cap and ACL) I have been having lots of knee pain while walking and doing stairs etc. Climbing poles and towers for 37 years has not helped either. While riding my bike if I wear one of the elastic knee braces with the hole cut out for the kneecap I seem to do pretty good. I went to see a knee specialist a couple weeks ago and after several x-rays he said I am at the point of having a knee replacement. As he put it " You are standing at the door, you just have to walk through it". There is bone on bone and it's not going to get better. I can still do 30 - 40 miles on a ride averaging between 12 an 14 miles an hour. I don't ride with anyone and I certainly don't push for speed, I just enjoy riding. Just asking those of you that have had a knee replacement, how did it go and how was the recovery time until you were back riding your bike, did the pain go away and do you have any regrets ? Having had several shoulder surgeries and also a spine fusion, for some reason I am having a lot of anxiety about the knee replacement. I appreciate your advice and input, boomer.