Fingers crossed, someone out there is using a knee brace. I could barely hobble for more than 20 feet before the brace, the pain was so bad.
From the 20th October I've been wearing the NHS brace all day due to my tibia having osteonecrosis. The brace lessens pressure and weight on my tibia. Being positive, pain levels are reduced.
No-one has told me what is waiting in the wings. I'd much prefer to know and face whatever it may be.
I hope someone can give me the low-down. 
The physio told me to stay off my feet for 6 weeks. Yet, the man who fitted the brace said I should walk about, otherwise there'd be no point in me having a brace.
My DH is desperate for us to ride on a steam train I'm unsure if I should say yes or wait till to hear what the physio says in 3-4 weeks.
To whom do I listen? What would you do, in my place?
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Hi roseqartz - it was the physio who told me I'd have a NHS brace to delay or prevent further damage. I don't know from who she'd take advice.
Thank you for taking time to respond 
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Hi (Tanith
Thank you for taking time to respond . I'll try in a minute.
Our surgery is extremely busy. If in terrible plain I'd be told a doctor
will ring back within an hour When he/she rings back, the Doc will determine the level of urgency. I wouldn't be able to speak my doctor.
I might contact him via snail mail. The surgery has 11,000 patients
so email isn't an option. So I'm reliant on DH or a friend to drop the letter in for me.
Can't drive with a brace.
I'm so used to being independent.
Are/were you a Dennis Wheatley fan? I was and remember, in "Devil Rides Out", one of the characters is called Tanith.
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