The knee is OK, considering it's been there since 2002. One rotator was also an injury and it was a painful recovery, but that was in 2005, so no complaints there. The other one, the Doc said was bone spurs but they told me it was a rotator, in the recovery room. Not good news, but also just wore out, so relatively easy recovery on that. The first achilles happened just walking down a steep hill. I thought it was a pulled muscle, but finally had an Ortho Doc look and he confirmed that it was torn. Got a walking boot after surgery, with about 7-8 wedges in the heel. Every week, or so, he would take a wedge out, till, i was down to flat again. So, I have my Ortho stories, but all have had happy endings. Sometimes you just have to give in to the calendar, and get'erdone!