Don't know your history..but I had a hip replacement last March. I don't even know the joint is there...! Its a God send...However I need the other hip done and both knees. The knee hurts the worse but they won't do the knee until they do the other hip....so thinking of three surgeries gets me down and so right now I do nothing. I use my walker, take tynenol and just keep moving....Hope your hip is better.. Oh and that same year I had back surgery.......For me its getting older and bad genes!!!!