Having had so much surgery, you probably are well-prepared. The one thing I wish someone had clued me in on, is how important it is to have a reclining chair! Not just a recliner, but a reclining chair, with two arms! I went to my daughter's house after my TKR, in part because she has the reclining sofa. I had recently moved across country to a 55+ community near her, and hadn't replaced my sofa yet, and didn't have a reclining chair. At my daughter's house I got impatient about waiting for help getting up off her sofa, and because it IS a sofa, I only had one arm to push off and I twisted my back. That set recovery back. I went online and quickly ordered a reclining chair for my house. I needed something that could be delivered within days, and there wasn't much to pick from. Before the chair arrived, I went home and twisted my back AGAIN, getting up from my old sofa/footrest combination. I guess I'm a bit too independent. I struggled with trying to relearn to walk with a walker, AND back pain. I did a lot of things right, but that one oversight made recovery difficult and longer than it needed to be -- and I had never had issues with my back before!