Hi. I am a 42 year old female with arthritic knees, especially the right knee. I have had 3 arthroscopic surgeries on my knee, my last one being 15 years ago. Over the past 6 months, I have had my knees lock up on me, scrape and become dislocated. I went to my family physician and he wanted me to have Euflexxa shots done after a shot of cortizone (which did not help). He refused to do an MRI, which I thought was odd. My insurance company denied the Euflexxa and now I am just stuck with extreme pain in my knees. My left one just started grinding last week, my guess is because of compensating, and I can barely walk up and down my stairs, let alone exercise. In all of this, I have gained 40 lbs due to lack of activity because of the pain. Where do I go or even begin to fix this?