DrNed
The mountains are calling and I must go
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Nick - As your virtual friend I would say first, I have no personal experience and I don't know of anyone as young as yourself to have a total replacement. I do know that there is little data to determine who will benefit and who won't as you can read here. If I understand what you've said here your reasoning is based on lifestyle, meaning you want to be able to hike pain free again and it's not due to a lack of normal function. That's where the decision making gets difficult. Is the replacement going to provide lifestyle improvements because it's likely you'll have less range of motion, but my experience is with older people so ask your surgeon on that. If you've done everything else there is to do, by default it's the thing to do. Good luck to you brother.