Stan

So, you know, make me feel good here.

So I had, you know, mine done, you know, in my early 60s.

Am I going to, is my knee out going to live me or stay tuned?

Yeah, well, that's a good point.

You know, it's interesting.

I, um,

I can reflect on a question that I remember asking you, Dr. Fisher, back then, and then also what I've been sharing with some patients lately.

It's typically how your brain interacts with your knee, okay, when it's had surgery on it, when your knee's had surgery on it.

And I asked you, I said, how long will it be before I don't have to think about walking?

In other words, I can get up from a chair and just go without having to think or be careful or whatever.

And I remember you telling me it can take up to a year for the brain to forget about your knee and then think about something else.

And I remember it was about 10 months afterwards.

I was in a restaurant with my wife and

Actually, I got up and I started walking and I said, wait a minute.

I didn't even think about this.

This was great.

And it was at that juncture where things were back to a semblance of normal again.

The other thing is, and Clarence, you'll appreciate this too.

It's like the recovery, especially for some elderly patients,

it's really what I've been able to share with them.