I’m 36 I had a girdlestone procedure after they removed my hip implant.Due to mrsa . it took me about a year of daily exercising to get muscle back in my leg to be able to walk without assistance.. I do use a cane in public cuz if the limp but don’t need it. My surgeon thinks be cause I’m doing so well without the hip joint that doing another one would just be too risky I guess.. I could get the infection again and be screwed.. so that sucks