Hello I'm Jacki and new to all of this. I've recently had a knee wash out and was told that I had osteoarthritis and was bone on bone and this meant i would need a new knee. I know that I can only have this done once and it will last for 12 years. I'm only 56 and don't know whether to have it now and make the most of my 'youth' or to put up with it... more