Jill - don't be deflated. I had posterior and couldn't be more chuffed with the result. My OS explained he favours this approach for the precisely the same reason (so the dog can see the rabbit). My recovery has been as smooth as silk with a beautifully healing scar and great mobility already.
one day doing too much is three days extra recovery. It is definitely lovely to be home though no matter how well you are treated in hospital, there is no place like home.take care 
to the land of 2 shiny new hips! Sorry you are bored in hospital - hope you can get home to your lady lair soon! I'm curious why you got the epidural. But don't worry about details now my dear. Glad you have already been up and walking - that's great! Hope you can get some good SLEEP SLEep sleep sl......... 
and Congrats!!
Well, of course you are.....in a few hours you'll be striking up conversations with all the staff and nurses and that will end the boredom! 
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(literally 1 hr a day for all 4 days). Things got a little better by the day I went home, but boredom was never possible. So I am thrilled that you feel good enough to be bored. 
Hope you will be home soon and with your loved ones and in your familiar surroundings!
United States It's so hard to take the chill pill. Thoughts on feeling bored while waiting to heal. I could not/cannot focus the brain for any in-depth reading. I dislike day time television. Being on the internet gets stressful to me after a while and I, again, am not able to focus. I now divide my time between puttering around the house (sans walker or cane 
) surfing the web and coloring in my "adult" coloring books. The coloring completely absorbs my concentration and yet my mind freewheels. It's a lot like doing yard work for me. I'm using my hands and passing time while still relaxing (if that makes sense). Hurry up and Wait ... get the hips replaced and heal. My OS told me when he said that I needed THR on both hips, "You want to get your life back". I certainly do but I didn't know it was going to be a slow go. Hoping you will be set to go home soon and begin this journey in comfort. Circulate the life energy that is all around you and BE BORED. --julie (who is practicing in this life to be a guru in the next life) 
@Jillie422, I just wanted to second what @Miss Muffet said about the posterior approach. I too was disappointed to learn that my surgeon uses the posterior approach, but honestly I am extremely happy with the outcome. I had two THRs, eight weeks apart, and am now walking pain free and enjoying greater mobility and quality of life than I had for years prior to the surgery. There are some restrictions, of course, but those are lifted eventually and the difference between pre and post surgery is absolutely incredible.
