Thank you for your encouragement. My TKR was done in Sept of 2020. I had a top Boston surgeon, and the surgery itself went fine, but once I was home, the pills for pain just didn’t even “touch” the pain!!! He did change the pain prescription three different times, but each time, I had a reaction (a rash, nausea etc) and none of them helped me. So, I could only take Extra Strength Tylenol. I was in *terrible* pain for several weeks and because of such intense pain, I couldn’t eat and became depressed (which had never happened to me in my life!!!). I was in rough shape!!! I had a hard time doing the in-home PT because of the pain. My poor husband was trying to help me as much as he could! I couldn’t sleep and kept going from a bed to a recliner all night long. I will credit my surgeon for having me fill out a form on allergies to nickel and the bone cement that they use. My nickel testing came out very high……bone cement was fine. So, my replacement had no nickel in it. I have read some stories on this site where people had to have the knee replacement done all over again because of an allergy to nickel. How awful for those people! I am 74 and other than my left knee (and back!) being a problem at times, I am just going to “live with it”, using OTC medications and salves, along with a knee brace when necessary and a cortisone shot every three or four months. Physically and emotionally, I just can never put myself through it ever again! All the best to you!