I had my full knee replacement 16 months ago and wish I hadn't bothered! I needed to have it done as I had had a regular annual appointment with the top knee consultant and he finally said it was time as my leg was bending out at a tangent, but it wasn't terribly painful. Unfortunately, this consultant didn't do the op, as I had had my pre-op day and the time was running out and I hadn't been called in for the op, so, rather than not start again with another pre-op day, I agreed to let another consultant that I hadn't seen before, carry out the op. I have had pain ever since and a very unstable knee, which has developed an unsightly bump on one side. It is still numb and about two weeks ago I stood up and the knee sort of gave way, with excruciating pain. I managed to get an emergency referral to the hospital for the next day and saw the on-call Doctor there, but he didn't seem to be able to figure it out and told me to rest until I had a scan, which was booked for about 3 weeks later. I rang the scan department and, fortunately, they were able to do the scan a few days later, on a Sunday, but they told me it would take about 4-6 weeks for the result to come through and I was sent a follow-up appointment for early November! In the mean time, I am stuck here with a painful and unstable knee, which has already popped out of place a second time, so I am terrified to move. I have also developed a painful lump at the back of my knee, which wasn't there before. I am usually a very active person, but I am so terrified my knee is going to pop out again, I am afraid to go out on my own and I hang on tight to my husband. I have had to cancel my gym membership and we haven't had a holiday since February. I am afraid something will go wrong while we are away and it will cost a fortune, even if my travel insurance does cover it. Our daughter and her husband live in New York and would like us to go over for Christmas, as they are just buying a flat in Manhattan and probably won't be able to make it over here this year, but the thought of the flight and the cost of medical treatment over there fill me with terror! I feel as though my life is on hold!