Hi Spinfanatic, your OS no longer takes Medicare. No one that does revisions will see me until the one year mark. I did see my OS and he is concerned about the increase in pain, does not feel it's infected but did draw fluid from my knee, ordered blood work. He will call when he gets the results back. He recommended the the blood tests for metal allergies but need to wait until the year mark thinks patch testing is a waste of time. Says he has done more revisions for smith & nephew's ceramic knee and said it would be better to live with it! He was insulted that I asked how many revisions he does! At least I will have it checked for infection. Glad to see you are doing well. Best to take it easy to give your knee time to heal. I am still icing several times a day, still with pain. Hip pain due to blower back, seeing my chiropractor 3 times a week. It is getting better, I no longer cry with the hip pain! Keep up the god work.