I had bilateral hip replacements in my 50's, about 6 weeks apart. My doctor used a posterior approach because I am very small, and he needed to see the whole joint to position everything perfectly.

I was back at work 3 weeks after the first one, 3 days a week. Having the second one so quickly took a lot out of me and I was off for about 5 weeks. 3 months later I was on a week long cruise, complete with dancing and off-ship excursions. I would say it took 9 months to be completely healed. I did PT at home every day for months to get my strength back.

Sue