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To: teevee who wrote (116048)	11/9/2014 2:48:04 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 116555

Just as you found, one orthopedic surgeon wanted to slowly document the need for a knee replacement implant, another wanted to slice-off bits as you had done. Both wanted to inject Kenalog (corticosteroid) to "reduce inflammation" but also speed progression of the knee damage. All of the orthopedic surgeons I saw has NIH (not invented here) comments about Justin Saliman, which I think were made worse by how much younger he is. The resistance to new things in medicine is ferocious. They either flatly say the meniscus does not heal, which are flatly refuted by his needle videos taken at month eight, or there is some dark reason why I wouldn't want "his device in my knee", starting with the fact he has an ownership share in Ceterix which makes the tool. Of course they own part of the companies, or receive royalties from the companies which make the knee implants they have designed. I've uploaded a page of my arthroscopic surgery photos at the end of this post. Just amazing. You can see the end the abraded and torn tissue and the tool in some of the photos. More people should know this exists. When you look at the month eight videos, you can see the cartilage-like tissue has completely grown over the sutures. Justin Saliman designed this tool for otherwise impossible meniscus repairs, but only 49 other Doctors use it besides himself. List of Doctors who perform this type of meniscus repair: ceterix.com My lateral meniscus before repair was a complete train wreck in the damaged area, from a fall off a wall. No wear seen on non-injured parts. cedars-sinai.edu justinsalimanmd.com

To: teevee who wrote (116048)	11/11/2014 10:07:14 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 116555

Placebo knee surgery is just as "effective" as a Partial Meniscectomy. nejm.org

To: teevee who wrote (116048)	12/29/2014 6:22:46 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Respond to of 116555

I'm not sure how well the meniscus repair I had done would work for most people over 55 without having either injection human growth hormone or IGF-1 (insulin growth factor - which HGH causes the liver to release). According to research, it's IGF-1 rather than HGH which causes cartilage healing. After doing one injection of HGH weekly I went for 2.5 weeks without HGH and the discomfort in the knee rose as I did physical therapy and walking and sitting during the day until it was quite painful. So I did another injection of HGH and woke up the next morning pain free. Unfortunately, Serostim growth hormone is $358 per 6mg vial, with 7 vials in a box (so $2,507 for a box). The surgeon said the surgery alone would have a slower healing time in older people with a higher failure rate. Ironically though, higher levels of IGF-1 in older people are associated with increased risk of cancer as cell regrowth is driven faster the immune system and cell mechanics can repair replication errors or kill the defective cells in older people. news.harvard.edu Reduced caloric intake reduces IGF-1. People with a particular gene can also lower their IGF-1, insulin resistance, and VO2 through two 20 second bursts of intense exercise 3 times a week, but others see little or no effect. Medicine will become increasingly personalized.