I’m six months post-op from right knee TKR and ambivalent about having had the surgery. I’m a 69-year-old woman in good health at a normal weight. I had bone-on-bone arthritis in both knees but, while my left knee hurt only when I walked more than a mile, my right knee hurt all the time, even at rest, and often with throbbing pain. After trying all the pain relief options my orthopedist offered, none of which helped, I opted for TKR. I’ve had worse pain and inflammation and for a longer duration than the average patient. And despite being as conscientious as I could be about prehab and rehab, I’ve achieved flexion of only 102 degrees so far. I can’t walk downstairs normally, can barely cut my toenails, and need an elaborate process to get in and out of the bathtub. I did Pilates for 15 years and loved it, but now I can’t do many of the movements. I still have a lot of pain from the surgery but I hope that will go away once I’m 12-14 months post-op. If the pain doesn’t subside, the surgery will not have been worth it. But even if I end up pain free, I’m not sure having such restricted movement will have been a good trade off.