i thought I'd do a quick 3 month check-in. At this point, normal life is far more prominent than thinking of the hip replacement. I am doing more than I did before surgery, though I know my stamina and, to a lesser degree strength, aren't what they should be (which I attriibute more to loss of conditioning due the the arthritis and pandemic than to the surgery). Will be super busy until Aug 14 when we do a belated (post Covid) wedding celebration for my daughter. Then I'll be pushing to walk with more regularity and go back to swimming. Still using the cane for distance walking which is up to 1.5 mi at a 20 min mile pace.
A couple notes. I did need to go to a session of PT. I noticed that I am swiveling toward the operated leg. Fortunately I have a brilliant PT (she isn't in my insurance now and was actually worth doing private pay for) who quickly diagnosed some muscle tightness that was causing this and gave me some exercises. Hoping this is final piece in the full recovery picture. Well, that plus time and more exercise.
I also realized something about my earlier recovery that I hadn't noticed before. I was having a number of ectopic heartbeats which I attributed to coffee and poor sleep. Well they have been gone for a while now and out of curiosity I did a google search. Turns out this is common after hip replacement and usually, though not always, goes away. Just more evidence of the stress on the body and I didn't even have a general or need blood or oxygen after.
I want to thank everyone for the support and information here. It really helped me get through the experience. Good luck to everyone with whatever is ahead.