I was in the hospital 3 nights 4 days each hip. I was allowed to stay an extra day because I had no one at home. My first surgery included a fracture and the surgeon admitted he might’ve pressed too hard when he put in the implant. So he wired it at that time. That recovery took three months for all the surgical swelling to resolve. And a transfusion in the hospital. I am prone to transfusions. The second surgery, the surgical swelling went down in a couple weeks. I was back in my pants and no transfusion. It’s helpful if you like your surgery to use the same surgeon. It was clear my surgeon learned my body. Period I never thought a moment about the fracture that may have been doctor induced, however after my cervical surgery where my bones fell apart, I realized that the doctor may have not understood entirely the condition of my bones because the DEXA scans we do are not exact unfortunately. I know for sure I have the top hip surgeon in all of my area. Wherever I went, people exclaimed what a great surgeon he was. My suggestion is always to get multiple opinions and research your surgeons. Make sure you trust and are comfortable with every aspect of what you can know 12 years later. I’m thoroughly happy with my hip replacement surgeries. Surgery is an art form and surgeons make miracles happen. But they also might be responsible for necessitating revisions and so it’s helpful to go to other surgeons in the area to find out if they have a record, which is what happened with my lumbar surgery. The guy who was supposed to do my lumbar surgery who turned out to be impossible to work with turned out to have a ton of revision surgeries. I found this out by going to my fourth surgeon who ended up doing the surgery. By the grace of God I went.