Hi, Sue (@sueinmn) I'd like to think my plan (actually, my doctor's plan) sound manageable, at least at this early juncture when I've still weeks to consider the pros and cons of surgery. I'll confess (knowing "me" pretty well by now 🙂 ), I'm hoping in the end (Decision Day?) the pros will out-number the cons. I've mentioned to a number of friends the wild sense of exhilaration I felt driving away from the orthopedist's office minutes after he'd told me (with a good deal of appropriate cautioning) that he could help me (a TKR), but only if I wanted his help. As a person with large-fiber neuropathy, an incurable disease, I'm so used to doctors saying (variations on) "I wish I could help you, but … ", it was absolutely mind-blowing to hear a doctor say "It is possible I can help you." Words I'll not soon forget. Even if in the end I choose not to have the surgery, my orthopedist's words are words I'll not soon forget." –Ray (@ray666)