Hi my name is melody from Hawaii and in 2006 I fall down in front of KTA store as years passed I never had this kind of pain unto now in 2012 I had an accident with my working van I drive handicap kids and for 6 years driving!! Just that morning I was going to pick up my students so happened I seen this tire from far away I slow down and thinking that tire will go straight a cross the street while coming closer to it the tire made a L shape came straight to my me the tire hit my van I was on the road that time when the tire hit my van with the hard hit my van face to the ocean I get hurt at that time my neck and my shoulder was hurting not my knee after 3 months my knee was really hurting me a lot I told the doctor that my knee is hurting so bad she told isn t in the report but I was still hurting a lot where I couldn t do anything so my regular doctor made take a x- ray to find out I had a meniscus tear so the doctor did a surgery on my right knee ARTHROSCOPY my knee didn t heal good I started have pains all the DOCTOR S check up it was still yet hurting me I took the shoots and it didn t help me at all pain meds didn t help also it driving me in since I m 46 year old I have no life I can t enjoy my grandkids and my family I always in bed because of the pain going down my leg and doctor wants to a same surgery that I had the first time!! I feel its going to the same thing again.. doctor my question is because of my age why can t I have a knee replacement and why I need to wait unto I m 55 years old? Doctor please give a answer why can t I get a knee replacement its because I m to young to a knee replacement if it going help me to get my life back I be happy !!!