I lived with severe osteoarthritis for over 10 years because i worried so much about the recovery time being as im self employed . I was one of the stupid people that watched the youtube videos . I actually watched so many i think i could have done the surgery myself . I didnt have a problem watching the videos until the last week then it got real and i stopped watching and found this site and it has really helped me. I had my surgery 6/7/17 and am recovering right now and i really cant believe i put it off as long as i did . I expected to feel so much pain and have felt such little pain that i cant believe i didnt do this years ago . They have to give you the possible complications but this surgery has become so routine that very few people have any issues . Different people have different pain and im thankful my pain was basically non- existent . Since i had the anterior and have hardly any restrictions, i have had no problems getting up from any chairs, cars,my bed or the toilet.We also have a two story house and have no problems going up and down . Im using my walker because it makes it so much easier to walk. Everybody i talked to that had this done also told me they should have done it way earlier . The only thing i worried about was infections so i followed the sugeons instructions perfectly . If you make the wrong movement dont worry your hip will let you know pretty quickly . I never heard of any foot drop even after watching about 200 videos and researching this for over a month so your probably ok on that one . Dont look back , i did and was barely able to go anywhere except work due to not being able to walk more than a very short distance without pain and clunking and clicking in my hip . Even now using a walker, my joint moves like butter . Good Luck and follow the surgeons instructions , they were very accurate with the info .
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