Can you still do the things you did before the replacements, like pack out elk? Good luck and heal up fast. Also look at taking an herb called Arnica Montana, its great for helping the healing process of surgry, it takes out inflamation and really helps things heal. A lot of plastic surgeons put their patients on it before and after the surgery it works so well and its cheap too! Its available at most health food stores, I like the Homeopathic version by Boiron, it comes in a small clear blue plastic container the size of a tube of chapstick, it looks like little white BB's, just follow the directions on the bottle. It typically runs $7.50 a bottle and has about 85 pellets in it, you generally take about 5 three times a day. Its good for all kinds of musle aches and that sort of thing, also comes in a gel form for topical use, works great for back aches.