@SusieShoes - it is good to hear someone else has been told the knees will continue to improve. Gives me hope. I agree with your assessment about "recovered enough" at 3 months. I think that doctors should provide more realistic expectations and tell you at the beginning that the operation can entail a significantly longer recovery period. If I hadn't found this forum, I would have been in complete despair thinking I was the only one. A neighbor of mine had both knees done a month ago and one week later she hosted a card party at her home. I could never have done that after one week. I so appreciate hearing that your doctor believes your knees will improve even after a year as I don't know what to believe anymore - worried, as you said, that the doctor is telling me what I want to hear. Thank you.