One thing I forgot to mention was the fact that after the left hip surgery I experienced a rather painful left heel (back of heel). I am not certain if the leg was pulled up during the entire 1/1-2 hr surgery thereby placing extra pressure onto the left foot and heel, but this heel pain, feeling like a red hot throbbing blister lasted for four days, being especially painful when trying to sleep at night. Come to think of it, the left foot was actually covered by a padded tea cosy shaped pillow for the first 24 hours after surgery. For the next month I take a daily dose of blood thinner (5mg to prevent those dredded post surgery blood clots) as well as blood building Ferrous Gluconate plus one blood test per week for 4 weeks. My new hip feels wonderful, problem is, the other one does not.