Information and opinions on health from MaineMom at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/3854/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/3854/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/3854/index http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoarthritis/c/3854/12927/living Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:09:00 -0400 MaineMom My name is Kerry and I was diagnosed with degenerative osteoarthritis, in the spring of 2006. I was only 42 at the time and was not surprised at all by what the doctor told me. I lived in pain, there were days I could barely walk upstairs to my bedroom, bathroom, etc. I would cry myself to sleep. I tried to hold off on surgery but it just got worse. So on November 17th, 2006 I had a right total knee replacement and on June 27th, 2007 I had a... http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoarthritis/c/3854/12927/living