@rthomps posted:Paul...Thanks for the perspective & the advice. It's so important to "one facing the knife".
My right knee is just fine - that pesky left knee -an athletic injury 50 years ago - has come calling. I'm told that I will be out of the hospital by 6 p.m. on the day of the surgery (around 10 a.m. - "hips go first", as I was told. )
Thanks again for letting me know your experience.
Good luck. I moved mine up to Nov. 5 - originally planned to delay it until after York and Trainfest. When Trainfest got cancelled, I moved it up to the end of golf season.