I have a friend who had a traditional knee replacement and a rough time and slow recovery too. She did the jiffy knee on her second one 5 weeks ago and is thrilled with how much faster she has recovered. Less pain also. She is telling everyone how much better the jiffy knee surgery was and what a huge difference between her first one and the jiffy one. She says no one should ever do the old way because this was so much easier and better. Several others I know also are very happy with their decisions to do the jiffy knee instead of the traditional. My husband has had both his knees done the jiffy way also and is so glad he didn’t have to go through the traditional way. Look up jiffy knee.com and the jiffy knee fan club on Facebook. It is really worth looking into. Minimally invasive is not the same. Good luck!