Hip replacement questions?

I had mine done in Bozeman three and a half years ago at 48 years old. I did cortisone shots in the fall so I could waterfowl hunt. Mountains were out of the question at this point.I went in to operation room at seven am and was walking at two in the afternoon. A massive improvement on quality of life for me.
 
My best advice: find a total joint fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon that does only total knees and hips. Let them make the decisions and do exactly what they say.
 
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I've done hundreds of medical consults on post-op joints. Patients getting elective hip replacements are usually the happiest people I talk to with the least pain relative to before the surgery. If I needed a hip replaced, I'd be upset that I needed it, apprehensive about the PT, but not at all scared of outcome.
This thread is really helpful, thanks for the good news. I probably need a new hip after years of hiking and hard work. Gardening is very painful and should be enjoyable. Where in Wyoming/Utah/Idaho is a good place to get this done?
 

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