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Message: [QUOTE="gtcam, post: 2246178, member: 2844"] Fishy = can't tell if your being a smart arse or not -but it happened I walked up the stairs that 1st night with a cane, with crutches and holding on to a PTs arm (balance was a little off unaided) but still on my two feet - of course I had to use crutches at times for a few weeks because I would tire but I could walk/hobble without the crutches - the PT people were amazed but not the first they have seen - doesn't mean I was walking unaided right away - that would be crazy. The knee was sturdy from the start - it's amazing. There was pain, but weird how it didn't really hurt until day 4 or 5 and then it was most likely due to the fact that I overdid it. My PT was always telling me that I was crazy for working so hard but he couldn't argue with the results. I'm not the first that it has happened to - it depends on how much you want to push yourself, what your pain threshold is, your overall physical condition going in and how your body accepts the surgery etc. I think that perhaps I was lucky in some aspects. All I did was walk/hobble around the house for hours every day and grew stronger every day. My goal was to work in my garden by April 15 and I did Oh yeah - my ortho - Dr Reardon - had me drinking protein drinks twice daily for 4 weeks before surgery and three weeks following - I can't help but think this helped [/QUOTE]