I didn’t - but my husband did it last year, when he was 62. He had the posterior approach - the anterior approach heals more quickly but my husband is very overweight and in his case, the anterior approach has a higher likelihood of infection ( due to the fat that would be hanging over the incision) which negates the benefits. He had general anesthesia and it was robot assisted surgery. He started walking the same day and was released the next day so that he could get a session or two of physical and occupational therapy before going home. He used the walker for a week, maybe two and then moved on to a cane. He had 2-3 weeks of PT at home and then a couple of months at a clinic. The only thing he regrets is not getting it sooner - what finally prompted him was a trip to Disney with the grandchildren where he was in so much pain, we wasted a couple of days tickets to stay at the hotel ( and if you knew my husband , you’d know how much pain he had to be in to do that). By eight weeks , he had no more restrictions. Now it’s almost a year later, and it’s almost like he never had or needed the surgery ( except he needs antibiotics before dental visits). The people he knows who did not recover so well didn’t do the PT the way they were supposed to.