Blues dog- they feel pretty darn good today. My hamstrings are a little tight, but that is the only difference I notice.

Cycle zealot- I was a runner when I was in my 20's. I think that my daily started the downhill slope for my knees. Things started to get bad in 2001, but I gimped along until last summer when I decided I had all I could take when I couldn't even walk a block to the beach on our family vacation.
After the surgery, the doctor and the physical therapist told me that it takes a full year for complete recovery. Considering that I was on a walker for 4 weeks and on a cane for another six weeks after that, I think that bike riding at 7 months is great!

Denver Fox- congratulations to your wife! My knees were too far gone to have anything but total knee replacements (the kind where they saw the old knee out and replace the whole she-bang with titanium. I had gotten very bowlegged from the arthritis so the ligaments were under quite a bit of stress. I had 3 months of physical therapy and I continue to work out at the YMCA daily. Considering that I walk quicker and with less pain than I did before the surgery, I already say that the surgery was a big success.

I am a happy girl (old fart-ess!) today!
Becky