Thanks Ginnie, for all of your advise and kind words. Thankfully I have lot's of pain med's that I take daily for my knee. This really helps with the arm/hand/neck pain too. I have everything from anti anflammatory's and muscle relaxers to narcotics. I also have lot's of deep penetrating muscle rubs. This is a bad cold, it seems that everyone is getting sick this time of year. Thankfully my doctor dose not need me to repeat the preop testing. I will use this time to bake my christmass cookies, that I thought I would have to miss out on this year Thanks again, Karen