Keith - It's pretty brutal what they do to your 'leg bones', so it takes your body a while to 'get over it'. I've got one knee scar much longer than the other knee scar, so I asked the doc 'Did you get cut happy on that one?' He just laughed and explained that sometimes it just takes a bigger incision to get all the damaged parts out. You had a bunch of hardware to remove besides the knee so I would expect your recovery would take longer. You'll get there cause you're determined. It was eight weeks for me before I was somewhat 'functional' and the swelling was gone. Your walking 'geometry' has changed radically I'm sure, so it will take a while for your body to sort it out. Because I limped for so long it was mentally ingrained in my brain. I had to relearn how to walk 'pretty' as the therapist told me. I said 'Honey, I've done a lot of things, but walking 'pretty' ain't one of them!' They had me stepping over Styrofoam cups to relearn my proper gait. The docs put the stuff in, the therapists make it work. ;-)
