I agree with everyone who said we aren't told how slow recovery will be! When they told us we'd be walking the day of surgery they made it sound so simple! In reality, it takes 6 - 12 months to feel normal again. I also felt I'd made a mistake by getting the knee replacement. It took a couple of months to recognize that I was going to feel stronger eventually. I recently read that a TKR is actually one of the toughest surgeries out there! I'm just over a year out now and I no longer regret doing it.