Jim -

First of all, Best Wishes for a successful surgery and rapid recovery.......

Asking for medical experiences is asking for extremes of the spectrum. You can talk to 2 women about child birth and hear from one that it was the most excrutiating thing imaginable - and the other will tell you it was no big deal.

I think the 2 keys are having the right Doc (doing the correct procedure) and being diligent in the therapy.

My uncle had his knee replaced last year. (He's 82) While going through the therapy he made a decision to have the other one done too....... He thought with whatever time he had left it would be a great trade-off to be pain-free when he was walking around.