Pre-op in 10 days

It rather depends on how soon they discharge you.  I had a rather slow start, and when they discharged me at nine days i was still really unable to walk or climb stairs.  Most people are much quicker at this. Some people walk by day two, and climb a few steps by day three.  I found travelling by car not easy, although I did have the whole back seat to myself.  Even so I was unable to bend the knee much so it was a bit of tight squeez.e  It was about an hour and ghree quarters from the hospital to the house.  If you are still in the first floor flat with stairs, I should make this VERY clear to the hospital, and insist they don't chuck you out until you are able to climb, albeit one step at a time, otherwise it's going to be very difficult to get into your home!  I have five steps up to the front door and found it very difficult . . but as I say, I was a lot slower than most people due to a lot of swelling and nerve damage.  Make sure you put a couple of pillows in the back seat of the car, so you can prop yourself up comfortably, and perhaps keep your operated knee up on the  seat . . . hope it's a four door car???  Otherwise, it will be the front seat pushed all the way back to give you as much room as possible to stretch your leg.  Hope it all goes well for you.  It does seem a long time from the pre op to the operation!