I had a TKR at Mayo Rochester 10 days ago and never took the Oxy. I did take tramadol day 1 and 2 as a precaution for my five hour drive home. I am only using Tylenol and an edible before bedtime. I ice after any activity for 20 mins. By end of first week I was doing 1800 steps a day. On day 9, I went to Kohl’s and Culver’s. I am only using a cane outside the house. I do the exercises PT gave me before discharge at least three times a day and the three months prior to surgery I religiously did the exercises given to me. I had less pain the day of surgery and since than I have had the last ten years and I am not even sure if I would call it pain that I have had since surgery but more achiness. Words of advice is if your hotel room or house does not have a chair height toilet to invest in a toilet seat riser. If you don’t have grab bars by your toilet turn your walker around and back it up to the toilet tank to use as hand rails. I do need help getting my leg up onto the bed, I do have swelling and tire easily some days but my experience is no where near the horror stories I read. I am 69 , overweight and was never an athlete.