I hope I can do half as well! Thanks for all the details. I see my a note to my surgeon asking about Conformist but I suspect I will stick with Mako. Your story is so encouraging, Debra. Two more questions: how much pain did you experience, and when? And did you have nerve ablation? I will certainly post with updates after the surgery. Take a look at Dr. Kay's 2 mim video on his recovery from Mako, I mentioned it in my first post.