Interesting Norm,
Just shows that the 'body spare parts' product market, is still very much a work in progress.
I've had enough of pain too, so I'm up for a double knee replacement in Q3 next year. Arthritic knees, a legacy of a bike crash when I was 24.
Have gone back on to private health insurance for this, as the public patient wait lists will have blown stupidly way out.
Surgeon selected; haven't discussed hospital yet, but it will be somewhere like The Avenue Private, or the Alfred.