Has anyone's parent had a knee replacement? And could you tell me what their recovery was like? My mum is determined to investigate whether a knee replacement would help her, admittedly shocking, mobility. She has a consultant appointment next week. I'm completely baffled by how her recovery could be managed. I have asked her about how we would manage and she just says she doesn't know. I suspect she thinks that I and my children would rally round. I am an only child, I work full time and live three hours away. My dad is alive but very frail. Literally every time I try to discuss it she just says she doesn't know and changes the subject.