re: Anybody have friends or family who had a knee replacement?

I have had a couple of coworkers and a grandparent who have had them...every single one of them said that they had waited far too long. Coworkers were back to 100 percent within 6 weeks or so...and these guys do some pretty physical stuff for a living. Grandmother wouldn't do her physical therapy, so she always walked the same way that she had before surgery (pretty bad limp), but she said there was no pain after the surgery.

As I said earlier, every person I know who has had a joint replacement says they waited too long and endured far too much pain as a result.