mariesplaine22,
I had terrible pain before my hip replacement. I’m a hiker and was on a group hike with 20 people including my 7 year old grandson when the pain became truly intense. My grandson made me a walking stick from a tree branch.
That’s when I decided to have the hip replacement. I interviewed three surgeons and knew the third one was my guy. The surgery is intense, but hey, you’re asleep. I watched a video of a hip replacement before I had it. I advise against that.
Recovery went very well and all pain gone.
I also have osteoporosis and was on Evenity at the time of the surgery. The surgeon seemed to know a lot about that.