Hi my husband had a double hip replacement when he was 40, mainly due to wear and tear through football. After this he was great and then about 4 years later he tripped over a seatbelt in a car and broke his femur in 4 places and shattered his left hip. Since then it’s been one infection after another, namely staph and now a yeast and fungal infection. He also developed cobalt poisoning and had to get another hip replacement around 2 years ago and the metalwork removed from his leg. Now we are at this stage and the hope is that the antibiotics have cleared the infection and he may get another hip mid-November. We were advised that removing the hip would be the best way of fighting the infection, but as the infection grows on a prosthesis the likelihood of recurrence when it’s put back in is high. They can’t give a timescale. It could be 6 months or 3 years, no one knows. The hospital did say that the only reason they are trying to put it back in is due to his age. Good luck with your visit to the hospital tomorrow / today and I wish you all the best. It’s worth knowing that other people have shared the same experiences and this site has made me more positive for what’s to come, despite what the future holds.