@debbraw : thanks for the reassurance. Yes, I can also do a mean weather forecast with my knee! I am just frustrated with the progress to a certain extent. But then again, I had arthro surgery on the same knee 11 months prior to TKR, and never, ever got to be pain free or fully functional, so I guess my current state is a big improvement. Still working on the extension - I can easily get the knee fully extended with some slight and painless pressure when sitting with legs extended, or when lying flat, it just does not quite want to do it without this little help. It will come. Most everything else is hunkey dorey. Like you, I detest opioids (bc. of the constipation factor, and the limited pain relief, when I still had to add Tylenol). I had a prescription for 42 pills, took 22 of them, so probably no more than 5 or 6 days. Regarding compression hose: somehow I very quickly and easily learned how to put them on and take them off, so that was not an issue, other than the somewhat unpleasant feeling of having to wear them 24/7. I wish you all the best for your 2nd time around, please keep us posted how it goes!