It’s been almost a year since I had my right knee replacement. I thought I would have the surgery and be pain free, not the case. My recovery as been difficult, I did PT at home with a physical Therapist and then outpatient therapy for three months. My range of motion was good but I was still having a lot of pain. The therapist said it was all in my muscles and that they just didn’t want to stretch. She said I could continue with therapy but they did everything that they could, and I could do the exercises by myself at home. I decided to try water walking and exercising in a pool. I join a gym with a pool and started waterwalk, and exercising in the pool. I have been doing this for 10 months and it’s helped me tremendously. I was able to give up my cane four months ago. I still have pain in the inside of my knee. I can walk pretty good but not for a long periods. I do great with a shopping cart. My surgeon said I am a slow healer and I about 4 to 5 months behind the normal patient. My other knee needs to be done, but I am not sure I want to go through with this again. They say it can be completely different. I have 76 and I don’t want to be stuck not being able to take care of myself I am still deciding on whether I should do the other knee or not . I am finally starting to feel better as a whole and I don’t wanna go back and experience what I have this past year. They say everyone is different and some people have no problem at all. Others have lots of problems with their recovery even if they do everything they are supposed to.