I just found you guys on line. I had both of my hips replaced this year, 2006. The first one was Jan.24, then the other one Mar. 31. I have gotten along very well. I was in so much pain before, that I had been walking with a walker. I had broken my left hip in 1990, and they pinned that hip, therefore they had to remove all of those pins before they put in the new hip, so that had an incision about 12 inches long. The right side was done with minimal invasive surgery, the incision is only about 3 inches. The problem I have had is with the foot on my right side, it is giving me pain, with shooting pains, and constant pain at night. I think that has something to do with the nerves, and when I told my surgeon about it he didn't seem to concerned, so I guess that is one of the things that can happen. It is a lot better than having the pain like it was before. As soon as you have surgery, and they get you out of that bed, the pain from the bad hip is gone. They don't do both hips at once around here. They do both knees. I go back to see my surgeon May 31 so I should find out something about that foot. I just got done with P.T. and they didn't seem concerned with that foot. It is very important that you take the Physical Therapy. Good Luck to all of you!!