Up date, both knees up for replacement, left first, right next in two stages for the right they have to take out A BUNCH of screws and plates then let that heal then do the right knee replacement,,, looking at the end of march before I can get in for surgery, I think the va is going to out source the surgery, Mercy does a lot for the Vets and this dr. does a lot of veterans, so hope it all goes well, total time for both replacements and the prep on the right knee is 6 mo. long drawn out affair. but i bet worth it in the end.