pain sucks but it sounds like you are doing well under the circumstances. I have never spent a day in the hospital and never broken a bone or had any severe anything. I would probably be drugged out my mind and still whining if it was me.
hang in there. when all is said and done maybe you will get a pleasant tingle in your knee whenever fine Busse steel is near. Or pretty ladies! with the new improved knee you won't have any problems going after them. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />