I had the cutest surgical assistant counsel me today. I asked him if it was HIS mother, what would he recommend and he said go with the total. He said if I was older and had health issues, the recovery time is only 6 weeks for the partial and would be a better fit for me. He is confident I can do stairs within 24 hours and be home. I sat there slack jawed, but hopeful. He thinks my age and physical health will let me manage. They do NOT like to do double knee replacements, as the lack of mobility is not conducive to full recoveries. Whatever the hell that means. Bottom line was better results doing them separately.
i didn’t have to decide NOT to have both hips done simultaneously, bc my doc didn’t do them, even though both hips were bone on bone as far as the arthritis. So i had an 18 mo period between them. but a guy i work with had them done closer together than that, maybe 6 mo apart, and i do know a woman had her’s done at the the same time. I think like i said, that the recovery from the second will be easier bc you will have one pain free knee at that point.
and i think it’s wise to go the whole way with it. I knew people who were going to wait bc the lifespan of the hips was like 20 years, i said, well if i am 70 and need them re-done i will do them again, but i am not going to live like that and delay having them done, just bc of the lifespan of the replacement.