What next for knee pain?

I woke up 5 years ago with limited motion and quad pain. I could always touch my heel to butt. Now 8 inches away.  After about a year I went to knee surgeon. Xrays revealed little to no cartridge in medial part of knees. I got Cordizone injections, 6 months later did it again. This seemed to take pain away from quads and move it to medial part of joint. Six months hyaluronic acid knee injections. Six month went to stem cell doctor. Repeated above followed by body fat and blood platelet injection. This was followed by platelet injection 6 months later. Nothing has changed. I'm good as long as I do no put my knees in straight position. I hobble around. I can lift or push heavy item at work with little pain. I feel this helps from atrophy. Walking and standing long period hurt medial part of knees. How long should stem cells take? I have heard so many bad thing about knee replacement. I am getting more bow legged. Could I have something beside OA? I was checked for pretty much everything in including RA. I have tried almost everything from fire ants to DMSO with no results. Has any been done this same path? My surgeon say wait on surgery until  can not live with the pain. He says 55 is too young. I take nothing for pain since nothing seems to take away pain. Advice please.

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