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Knee pain? Just walk it off.

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    RealPlayer
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    I’m going to need a knee replacement. The arthritis has gotten to the really painful point. I’m only walking short distances and using a cane. Have seen one doctor who offers a robotic technique but there’s a $4,000 copay I’d have to pay. A relative who’s an orthopedist (2000 miles away) suggested I keep looking. So I’ll be investigating other options.

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    • R RealPlayer

      I’m going to need a knee replacement. The arthritis has gotten to the really painful point. I’m only walking short distances and using a cane. Have seen one doctor who offers a robotic technique but there’s a $4,000 copay I’d have to pay. A relative who’s an orthopedist (2000 miles away) suggested I keep looking. So I’ll be investigating other options.

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      Bernard
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      @RealPlayer Oh, no, RP. I'm sorry to hear that you are living with pain. Hope you find a good solution soon.

      The industrial revolution cheapened everything.

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        @ShiroKuro

        You can make the toe any width you like with a pair of inexpensive shoe stretching gadgets from Amazon.

        One if the best purchases I’ve ever made.

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        @Steve-Miller said:

        @ShiroKuro

        You can make the toe any width you like with a pair of inexpensive shoe stretching gadgets from Amazon.

        One if the best purchases I’ve ever made.

        I'll have to look. The curse of wide feet in a medium width world.

        “I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
        ― Douglas Adams

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          @Steve-Miller said:

          @ShiroKuro

          You can make the toe any width you like with a pair of inexpensive shoe stretching gadgets from Amazon.

          One if the best purchases I’ve ever made.

          I'll have to look. The curse of wide feet in a medium width world.

          ShiroKuroS
          ShiroKuroS
          ShiroKuro
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          @Mik there are tons of plastic ones but I like the wooden ones. Something like this:

          https://www.amazon.com/KevenAnna-Premium-Professional-Wooden-Stretcher/dp/B01A6VM190/ref=mp_s_a_1_6

          @realplayer I’m so sorry to hear about your knee troubles!!

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            @RealPlayer Oh, no, RP. I'm sorry to hear that you are living with pain. Hope you find a good solution soon.

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            @Bernard said:

            @RealPlayer Oh, no, RP. I'm sorry to hear that you are living with pain. Hope you find a good solution soon.

            +1

            'But as they said in one of the later Rocky movies, "Time...it's undefeated.".-- Mik

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              My feet are freakishly narrow. Nike made N shoes for decades and recently quit. It's the same thing with dress shoes not that I wear them. I can only conclude the market is so limited that it got to a point where companies decided it wasn't worth it for them.

              'But as they said in one of the later Rocky movies, "Time...it's undefeated.".-- Mik

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                As a tall slim guy, I have found that it’s easier to find clothing in unusual sizes than it was 20 years ago, but you have to do it online. The corollary is it’s harder now to find unusual sizes in physical stores. I’ve all but given up buying pants and long sleeve shirts (casual or dress) off the rack. They just don’t have anything that fits me. Oh and ‘big and tall’ is just that. Tall AND big. It’s not ‘big OR tall’. So I find nothing in those stores.

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                • J jon-nyc

                  As a tall slim guy, I have found that it’s easier to find clothing in unusual sizes than it was 20 years ago, but you have to do it online. The corollary is it’s harder now to find unusual sizes in physical stores. I’ve all but given up buying pants and long sleeve shirts (casual or dress) off the rack. They just don’t have anything that fits me. Oh and ‘big and tall’ is just that. Tall AND big. It’s not ‘big OR tall’. So I find nothing in those stores.

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                  RealPlayer
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                  @jon-nyc Jon, what do you do about suits or sport jackets? Do you go to a tailor and get custom fitted? I imagine it’s hard to get a good fit either online or off the rack.

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                    I buy bespoke sometimes but also will find some suits in department stores that can be tailored to fit me. I get the jacket good (like a 41 long) and the pants have to be taken in dramatically. Basically recut. Fortunately they purposely make the legs very long and untailored on those suits figuring any customer will want it sized perfectly over dress shoes.

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                    • R RealPlayer

                      I’m going to need a knee replacement. The arthritis has gotten to the really painful point. I’m only walking short distances and using a cane. Have seen one doctor who offers a robotic technique but there’s a $4,000 copay I’d have to pay. A relative who’s an orthopedist (2000 miles away) suggested I keep looking. So I’ll be investigating other options.

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                      CHAS
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                      @RealPlayer OUCH! Sorry you are in pain. Hope you get that resolved soon.

                      Illegitimi non carborundum

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