Wow, I feel like I had some really bad luck after your accounts! I am 18 months or from a girdlestone procedure and can only stand for about a minute. I am in excruciating pain. My infectious disease Dr just ordered a CT scan. I need the full time help if my husband just for daily living. I'm unable to get on a commode and haven't been able to shower or drive this entire time. We had to purchase a van modified to carry the wheelchair that I am now in full time. I know that others have not had the extremely successful outcomes that were shared here. I think outcomes are individual unlike in the case of hip replacements.