Twelve weeks?! Who TF told you that (rhetorical question, I can guess pretty easily). That just makes me mad. Doctors have given me similarly ludicrous estimates on more minor things, but that's just so wrong. I guess whatever they tell you, whether it's three days or three months, multiply by four. No wonder you've been frustrated and discouraged! Why in the world would they tell you it takes half the time to recover from a TKA than it does for a "simple" ACL repair???!!!

Anyway - hope it's more manageable now that you've made some progress, and now that you know you're in for the long haul, but it WILL be worth it. The beach is waiting!