Good luck, I'm sure you'll be on that Lightspeed soon.

Like others here I'd be sooooo reluctant to do surgery. I'd get a 'bent before I hung up my road bike. But then I'd look at the Mondonico and think "oh why not?".

My orthopedic surgeon told me that surgery for my arth would be a steep slippery slope leading to worse condition, it'd be the last option he'd do. And he reccomends for anyone who "will do the hard work" and work out to just find a way to keep moveing.

I like him, he's the opposite of knife happy.

I'm sure you've explored every other option from physical therapy, massage, accupuncture, water therapy, tai chi to hanging upside down from the rafters like a bat to ease the pressure.

I'm not kidding about that last bit.

I know you'll do everything you need to do afterward to keep moveing.