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You had to ask, didn't you? ;-)<br><br>It's hard

to tell, since there's some confounding factors in

my case. Pain and function wise, things are no

better, and probably a bit worse. However, I'm not

dissing the glucosamine, since there's more going

on.<br><br>The knee was feeling pretty good until late December,

when I felt another " pop " in there when I was just

standing. The knee hyperextends about 10 degrees (think of

a female gymnast's legs on a " perfect "

landing--ouch!), and it does that whenever I put weight on it in a

standing position. (It's done that ever since the original

" injury " in February 2000, but docs have sworn everything

inside is just ducky.) This time, I think something else

went 'poof " , but my doc has discounted the pain and

continued instability. (I think that the fact that it's a

worker's compensation case--I did the original " oops " at

work--is making this particular doc look the other way.

I'll know more on Tuesday when I see a doc I'm paying

for!)<br><br>Anyway, there's more stuff going on in my case, so the

glucosamine and chondroitin may be fighting a losing battle.

(It tries to make things better, I keep tearing it up

just by walking.) This just underscores the

individuality of each case and of each knee. It makes research

difficult, since the researchers have to be so careful

weeding out confounding factors like previous injuries

and other structureal differences.<br><br>TMALSS--I

can't tell much difference, but I still think there's

enough evidence out there to keep me taking the

glucosamine and chondroitin.<br><br>Cheers!<br><br>Joe

B<br>the bolanbiker