Do you have plans to do the second hip as well? Do you have any pain that radiates down your legs to the tops of your feet from the bulging discs? I have S1L5 especially at 5mm. I am wondering if your recovery has gone well with the bulging disc issue.

January 5th 2023 was the anterior at the groin. I had very bad sciatica in my butt and calf for ten months. After seeing the surgeon and having an MRI on my back, he suggested my back was the issue. My back has been an issue since age 14, now I am 67. Another Doctor in his practice did an Ultra sound on my butt and found scar tissue was trapping ,my sciatic nerve and my femur bone was jabbing the nerve as well.
He went back in on October 5th 2023 Posterior freed up the nerve and put a different ball in to keep the femur bone from hitting the nerve.
My disc's have not worsened. They have not hampered my recovery.
I will say I hade a better recovery with the anterior approach.
Hope this helps.

For your information: Mayo (Mark Pagnano et al) reviewed/contrasted outcomes for the posterior and anterior hip approaches several years ago and published the results. These surgeries were done by surgeons experienced with their chosen approach. I believe the results showed that outcomes were essentially equal.
Pagnano did two knees and one hip for me. All three went very well - easy. I did not have any of the issues that were described by a few patients in these papers. I was walking sans walker four days after my hip (mini posterior approach). You might find this and other articles interesting reading. Go to PubMed and search on A. Hart, J Arthroplasty Nov 2019 34(11) 2681-2685 Epub 2019 June 27