11 days ago i had both knees replaced thanks to kap for letting everyone know ,today i walked into the doctor:s office no walker or cane . yes there is pain but they have good drugs to control that ,have been doing in house pt and hope to start outpatient pt on monday.i want to thank everyone for their kind word and all my hunting partners for their calls. it will be a long road back to detecting but i will get there just looking at my xcal makes me push harder, again thank you all ccodder aka dick