So, I'm having a knee replacement...

Yesterday, I took the plunge. My doctor had suggested a one off private appointment with a knee consultant to get his opinion on my knee as, although the waiting time for an NHS op isn't bad around here, actually getting on the list is somewhat of a challenge. Inevitably I've ended up using money from my Dementia Care Fund and am booked in at Spire hospital on 20 March. We are booked to go away on holiday on 25 April. In our caravan. For two weeks.

So I need advice from all you nice people who've had knee replacements. Will I be able to go? I know the 'van is comfortable enough (it's only a couple of years old and has all mod cons) and I should be able to manage the steps, but will the knee be healed up enough to not need dressing changed and stuff like that? Are there post op appointments which need to be kept? I assume I'll still be swinging along on crutches a lot of the time but I should have got the hang of them by then!