If your knees and/or hips are beginning to hurt, you are not alone. As the Baby Boom generation moves full-speed ahead into their senior years, joint replacement is becoming one of the fastest growing medical procedures. A number of people considering joint replacement surgery attended a joint replacement class at North Country Hospital recently. Thomas Varney MD (seen in the photo), an Orthopaedic surgeon at North Country Orthopedics in Newport, explained the procedure. Other members of the North Country medical team provided information, not only about the procedure, but what to expect following the operation.