Hip Surgery

At almost four months after hip replacement surgery, I wanted to collect my thoughts about the whole process, in hopes that hearing about my experience might help others who are considering or definitely heading toward a similar experience. The lead-up: I notice that my pain is more frequent and more disruptive of daily activities about two years before surgery. I go to physical therapy, hoping that will be enough. It is very helpful, but not enough. I take time to make a list of possible doctors to see. I see four hip surgeons over the course of a few months. They all tell me I need hip replacement because of advanced arthritic changes in one hip, and they think I’ll need it in the other one too (but I don’t think so). I choose one of the doctors based on two friends who had surgery with him, plus I liked him and his staff at … Read more