I'm not considering hip replacement. I'm wondering if my lower back pain usually on the right side is really due to needing a hip replacement and everyone is missing it. Really no pain in the hip joint itself, but I do walk gimpy with that being due to my right leg and foot drop. This morning my right foot was as cold as ice, but the left was more normal. FWIW the CVI seems worse in my left leg than in the right. I will bring it up when I see the pain doc in a couple weeks.