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Geez, I don’t know...I often ask myself when I have a cold or something like a knee replacement or a bad rash, what would have happened a century ago when medicine was more primitive? I have a specific reason for this: in college (UCLA) I worked in an ice cream parlor part time, slipped, fell and dislocated my knee cap (ouch). After that, with weight gain over the years, etc., it just deteriorated plus added extra stress to the other knee (I’m getting that one done next spring). It’s at the point where I just can’t walk well anymore and the only solution is surgery. There are different “levels” of surgery so my ortho will go in hoping to just re-surface but may have to totally replace. Wish I could say it was from being a jock (I did work out a lot when I was in the Navy) but it’s from injury and weight gain (though I’ve lost some of the weight this year to make the recovery easier).
Would be happy to let you know how it goes if you’re interested...thanks for asking!
I did know that weight gain does play into it though...which makes sense when you think about the distribution of weight when walking etc. The lady I worked with was constantly told she had to lose weight because it was a good part of why she had the pain level she did.
It's a difficult thing for people to lose weight, I would guess for some it takes a medical ordeal to make it possible for them to come to grips with that their weight is hurting their health.
Another lady i work with was always dieting and successfully so only to start eating again....this week she was told she now has diabetes's so she's on a diet yet again. Scared her this time so now she's taking it quite seriously.