 Hi everybody, I am Captain Ravi Shiv Shankar, retired from Indian Navy. Right now I am giving this bite at the Manipal Hospital's Karate in Pune. The reason why I am here is it's been about precisely 97 days, 3 months. A little more than that since I have undergone my bilateral total knee replacement. So, this is quite a telling chapter for me. I had hurt my leg along the way many many many years back. I started in 1987, undergone bilateral ACR reconstruction in both my knees in 2007. And of course there was not much respite. So, my true and loyal friend through this entire course was pain. So, pain has been a constant friend of mine. I am 53 years of now. So, generally I am giving this bite because I just feel that some people should be educated about what I have gone through and bust certain myths about this whole thing about taking care. So, like I said pain was constant with me. Every waking moment, every sleeping moment, I was always in pain. And I realised that enough is enough. My overall quality of life was really taking a real, real low down. So, that is when after typically researching through on the net and you know I came across this fine doctor's reviews from Manipal that is Dr. Srinakumar Bhaskar. Without batting an eyelid, came across, met him and you know the level of comfort he put me through explaining about the prosthesis, the procedure, not hiding any facts. Giving me the pre-op story, giving me the post-op story. Giving me the very, very accurate timeline as to how I am going to be managing in the hospital and out of the hospital on my own. I didn't bat an eyelid after that and I underwent my bilateral totally replacement on the 2nd of May this year. So, you see one of the general myths is that you know, you are so young you know the knee will fail or something will happen or post-op you will be in misery. Nothing of that sort. What he has given me is something known as the titanium-eobian implant. It's called the Golni. It's been in the market for I think about 8 years so I have been told. So far 8 years running. And I believe it's got a life of about 45 to 50 years. So you know, it's ideal for these middle-aged people like us not to undergo this sort of pain, live this life in pain because I feel the nagging pain every making moment deteriorates your quality of life and the overall you know wellness, that overall wellness what they say. Because I have stopped being irritable. I was constantly irritable you know because of the pain. It was always an offset factor. But now, that's fine. It's all good. In fact, it's all great. So my opinion on the bilateral DKL is that nothing better than going in for it. One of the mantras which I've seen on the net is that it's not the prosthesis. Of course the prosthesis is important but the hands that use the prosthesis is also equally if not more important. So in my case, I can vouch for this 250%. Dr. Srinivasan is your man. So I'm not taking any sides here. I'm not saying that along the way, I mean there are all the better doctors in India and so on. But yes, if you want this titanium implant and you want comfortable you know pre-op, post-op. Of course post-op because the physiotherapy part you know it's not a better roses exactly. There is pain in the world but that pain is manageable. That's what I'm coming to. Your operation, your post-op, hardly a day. I spent what one and a half, two days, two days in hospital. Second, that is third I spent. Second with my surgery, I came back to my room at $1400. And on second, third on fourth. On fourth at again, $1500, that's 3 p.m. I was ready to be discharged. And my family members came in, took me back. So yeah, long story short. No need to suffer a life of pain getting to this totally knee replacement. I have undergone a bilateral, both my knees at the same time. And today is like I said 96 days post-surgery. Perfectly okay. So in case you do, God forbid you are going to go de-care but in case the situation does arise. This is the place I would recommend you to come to. Cheers, take care.