My wife has had both of her knees replaced, one each year several years ago. She had a real rough time with both surgeries/rehabs, probably mostly because she cannot take much in the way of pain meds. We used a huge amount of ice to help her pain for some time after the surgeries. It took her months both times to get so she could get around fairly well, and that was with the other kneed either not worked on yet or pretty well healed. I cannot imagine how she could have recovered anywhere nearly as well if they had been done at the same time. She is doing quite well with the replacement knees now, with almost no knee pain, but that first year for each knee was sure no picnic.
Her surgeon would not do both at one time either. A few years before, he had lost a patient that had insisted on having both done at once. The doctor said never again.
On the other hand, a friend of mine had both knees done at once with no problems. In fact, less than a month after the surgery, he was climbing stairs alternating feet and no longer using a cane. But my guess is that he is an exception, extremely healthy except for worn out knees.
It depends on how well you heal, how well you take pain, and probably a bit of luck. If I ever need new knee or hip joints, I will only do one at a time, but that is just my opinion and I am pretty conservative about most anything.
What does your doctor recommend? Hopefully the doctor has done many similar surgeries and has a good handle on what works well and what isn't so good. I would listen to what the doc says, and then probably still decide to only have one done at a time. Good luck!
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