@toughstuff, you can read through my recovery for some comparison with my fairly active, but not athletic, life at 43 years old.
One thing I want to point out though, although I try not to complain about it, is that I've had a LOT of chronic pain in my life. From tons of back pain beginning in my early teens to debilitating neck pain in my 20s and 30s, and now hips and shoulder, I've had my share of opioid doses, tylenol, and advil experiences. Trust your doctor but communicate your drug concerns.
Because of my chronic pain, I tend to tolerate pain more than most people.
At two months, I was able to hike but I remember being quite sore, and I felt I had a fast recovery. I found multiple "sessions" of light walking much easier to do than a similar distance all at once, and ice was effective. At 2 months I think I still used the Vicodin as needed. I'd also take a day off of activity if I overdid it.
Now at almost 5 months, I'm able to ride dirt bikes, hike in mountains, and work every weekday. I dont use any medication for the hip now. The soft tissues still have some sensations of having been manhandled.
There are still days where I'll get some rogue hip pain, or twist or move wrong and get some very short term pain. My quality of life is drastically improved compared to more than a year pre-surgery! Yours will get better. And then when you think it's good, it'll start feeling even better, more often.
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