@Doner
I am here to tell you...I had the same experience you did. My Dr said that I would be so happy after the fact. I'd get up and walk right after surgery. Umm, SO not true. This is MAJOR surgery. I was so disappointed that I just didn't automatically feel good. This is a long huge process. I am 6 weeks out and will not return to work at the earliest, beginning of August. I still need pain meds. I still need strengthening. Thank God my Dr agreed and gave me more pool pt. I am sure having a lot of lower back issues and my left hip done last July has something to do with it.
I am basically saying I get irritated when I hear people say it's an easy operation to heal from. I tell them, let me describe this surgery to you and then tell me it's easy!!! I think all of us hippies are one hellava strong group! For the record my surgeon did finally say at my last appt that it takes a good year and a half to recover from a THR. Any surgery that takes that long is no small surgery!!
Hope this finds you well and you have many, many good days ahead.
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The doctor saw me yesterday and was quite pleased with where I am. I was a complete basket case when I saw him 2 weeks ago, with unmanaged pain and quite depressed. I got thru it somehow. He has removed all restrictions and said there's really nothing I can do that would hurt my hip at this point except for one bizarre yoga move I could never do anyway! I still am listening to my body and icing as I type this. I will slide back to work Thursday 2or 3 hours a day for about 2 weeks.....if it is too much he will write me a note that keeps me off as long as I feel is necessary. He is very happy to work with me on this. I was semi successful in painting my toenails this morning, thank God I can't see them really well but I felt very accomplished as a week or two ago I could not even lift my knee up. Sleeping is better on some nights other nights I still use half an ativan just to get me there. All in all I am doing awesome in his book. I even examined my xrays up close which I had much difficulty in doing a couple weeks ago. Still on 2-3 tramadol a day and cannot wait to get off them so I can have uncomplicated BMs again. Still an issue despite 10 million prunes and stool softeners :( . I'm so happy this is behind me as the anxiety I had for the last year was crippling. I am so grateful for all the hand holding you fellow hippies have given me. 
