How would you find a doctor for knee surgery that won't try to sneak in vaxxed blood?
My faith in the medical community is near zero.
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I'm going to throw you a bit of a curve ball. Statistics show that, now with the advent of regenerative medicine, fully 70% of orthopedic surgeries are unnecessary. In addition, knees are the most successful joint to be treated with regenerative medicine (hips have the lowest probability of success).
That said, I would only trust Regenexx-certified affiliate doctors. You can find the closest one to you here: https://regenexx.com/doctors/
The one caveat is that the procedure is not covered by most insurance. I would expect a single-joint procedure to run in the neighborhood of $2,500 to $3,000 -- depending upon the severity of the case. I'm being treated for both hips and lumbar spine.
An older fellow who lives down the road from me walks his dog while riding in his ATV. He was so bad the Drs. didn't give him much of a chance of survival. He needs a heart transplant and they will not give him one because he's so bad. So, every morning he's driving forty miles to a major hospital to get stem cell injections. So for about four months he's been getting up in the early morning and arriving at the hospital at 5am. Now, he's doing very well. The stem cells have finally taken hold and you can tell he's able to do a lot more walking around his house and tinkering on his cars. I'd say go looking into becoming an experiment participant for stem cells. They might just be able to inject them into you knee and it might regenerate your damaged parts. Just a thought.
Stem cells, on average, run about two-and-a-half to three times more than PRP (platelet-rich plasma). They are finding that most cases can be treated with PRP, as the growth factors in the platelets can induce much of the same as with stem cells, albeit at a lesser amount.
I did have the initial treatment for both hips with stem cells, with six-month PRP boosters. Statistically, most orthopedic treatments are "one-and-done," with the more challenging cases requiring follow-ups.
I know someone that has had dozens of these procedures done and while they do work, some conditions are degenerative and don’t want to spring back. He has some strange back issue after falling on his handle bars years ago and his body didn’t like all the chiropractor works over the years. He still struggles to stand for long and things just start hurting because the ligaments are not holding the vertebrae in place.
Sorry to hear about the trouble your friend is having. I believe what you're describing is the precise reason I would only recommend Regenexx affiliates. I have had the degenerative disc treatment on my lumbar spine, and one thing they treat directly is the posterior ligament that keeps the vertebrae aligned. I know this works because before the treatment, I could shift my vertebrae when doing traction, and after the procedure, there was no more movement. PRP needs to be placed right where it is needed, as it will not "travel" if placed generally. Regenexx uses sophisticated imagery to place the needles, and many other physicians performing regenerative medicine use no imagery at all.
This posterior ligament is also critically important with degenerative disc cases, because the slackness created by the compressed discs will allow the spinal process (held together by the posterior ligament) to squeeze the nerves in the epidural space. By treating the ligament, it strengthens and "shrinks" it which moves the spinal process back into place, and opens up room for the nerves.