Not all surgeons operate equally, and one of the key predictors of success is who you choose to do yours.

Now that I know I’m committed to knee replacement surgery, I need to understand what the procedure actually entails, how it works, and who it benefits.

Even though we live in an era of second chances, I don’t think most people get into late middle life, and in response to the pain of wearing out body parts, turn immediately to, Okay, it’s time, let’s just replace the suckers.

I have close friends and family members who would prefer that I chill and take up shuffleboard. Maybe just be normal for once? But if you hang out with the people I’ve spent my life around, replacing broken-down body parts is not a novel concept at all. It’s more of a when question than an if.

In the summer of 2025, I had double knee replacement surgery because it’s what geezahs do, and of course, to give me something to talk about on the early morning tram at Snowbird. Everyone I’d asked about it said it would be a breeze. They were wrong. It was a shitstorm.