I've had 36 orthopedic operations, have two fused ankles, my knees, hands and wrists don't work, I now have a fused spine, other than that, everything is great.
I retired because I had a knee injury, my cartilage was wearing out, it was painful and I couldn't put in the four hours of practice each day that I needed to.
Osteoarthritis is a tough thing, brother. If my knee was broke, I would have had it fixed. But my situation is totally different. It's painful as hell is all I can say.
I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.
My mother-in-law had a pain beneath her left breast. Turned out to be a trick knee.
I have osteoarthritis so bad... I can walk up a hill; I just can't walk down one.
Once I got both my hips replaced, I could start working out and going Pilates, and it's helped me be more active and youthful.
I got a finger that's literally bone-on-bone. This bad boy, it gets smaller. The more and more I do, it grinds bone-on-bone.
Sports men and women need hip replacements. It was all those years of classical ballet and forcing turn-outs. It can be quite detrimental to your body.
I am falling apart. My hand is falling apart. I can't shake hands. I had arthritis, and I had an operation for it.
I'm going to be wearing the Stryker hat because I'm a walking testimonial to the fact that you can get your knee replaced and still play at a really high level and get your life back.
My 'new' knee now feels like a bionic knee compared with my old one.
