your mom is elderly and ti is not, that’s the difference. it is much more difficult for them, i am not surprised they want Ti to go right home to stairs. I was in the hospital with 80 year olds when i had my hips done, believe me, it is very different as far as recovery time.
True, she was 74 when she had it done.
I had the cutest surgical assistant counsel me today. I asked him if it was HIS mother, what would he recommend and he said go with the total. He said if I was older and had health issues, the recovery time is only 6 weeks for the partial and would be a better fit for me. He is confident I can do stairs within 24 hours and be home. I sat there slack jawed, but hopeful. He thinks my age and physical health will let me manage. They do NOT like to do double knee replacements, as the lack of mobility is not conducive to full recoveries. Whatever the hell that means. Bottom line was better results doing them separately.