Hi UK86,
The procedure apparently took 20 minutes, I was out of the hospital 2 hours later! I walked out too, they didn't wheel me anywhere. I can do SLR and squeeze my quad no problem. Bending hurts but it hurts my scar, not my actual knee. Going to take a painkiller before bed and hope that I get a somewhat good night sleep.
Also, my surgeon originally said hardware could come out after a year, but my physio recommended getting it out earlier and when I saw the surgeon at 7 months he was happy with my progress and agreed to take it out earlier.
I'm really sorry to hear that you're still limping and having stiffness and swelling, hopefully your surgeon will have a reason for this? Keep me updated with what they say, I hope it gets easier for you!