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Originally Posted by LWJ

From what I know about my wife and mom getting big knee jobs: Do the PT.

Some knees respond very nicely, some not so much.

Good luck. It will be months until you are doing the Watusi.

There was a guy in our old neighborhood. He had a knee replacement. He wasn't fat, but was fairly stout (like an old linebacker). I used to see him working in his yard all of the time, almost daily. THen he get a second knee done, and I almost never saw him outside after that, or if I did, he carried a little stool to sit on. The second knee kicked his rear. I'm not sure when he had them done, but I think 7-8 years apart. I'm not sure if that was mid/late 50s - mid 60s or what. His wife didn't say but implied that he didn't work as hard the second time, getting in shape ahead of time, working hard to recover after, etc....

I think preparing physically (lose weight, exercise, stop smoking, etc..) and then doing your PT afterwards are both huge.