Nicknoc I’m so sorry to hear about your hip illness. I guess we are both in the same boat.
I have a hip impingement with bone spurs and my pelvis has to be shaved down. I’m not overweight, it just my labrum is all ripped up. It like hot rods going down to my knee. The ortho want to repair it or depending on how bad it is remove it all together. I have seen several doctors all have different opinions. But my last doctors was very honest with me.
He said removing that labrum or even cleaning it up will set you up for a THR. There’s a reason why it’s there. It stabilizes the hip. Moving it around or even debriding it could really cause so big problems down the road. Not only that, he also said yes you will need a THR. So why put yourself though it twice.
Also THR for women fail twice as much. Men seem to handle it better. So I have about 7 years left till retirement. I’ll live with the pain. Besides my hubby had 2 back to back THR. He’s not the same, and never will be. We can’t travel, we can’t even go out to dinner, he’s always in pain. I don’t want that for me.
I would my on my own with no help. Who would do the cooking, cleaning, cutting the grass, repair work, bills. I could go on. And who will pay the bills? I’m stuck. I have to work till I drop. That’s my life right now. If I bring up anything as far as pain, I get that look that says shut up, you don’t know pain.
So I’m with you. I hope my story helps .