Thank you very much Sue. My sister-in-law (also Sue) is afraid of replacement surgery due to risk of infection, it is rare but happened to one of her friends. I've tried to convince her the risk of infection in joint replacements is low, 1% for knees. I'm concerned if she doesn't get her hips replaced, the femur and socket will continue to wear down and could break. Then she'd need surgery anyway.

Her gait has been drastically affected. And that puts added pressure on all joints beneath the hips and the hips themselves.

Maybe water exercise will help. It can't hurt. I hope she builds some strength and then gets the replacements, which is what I did with my knees with incredible success. And I think overall recovery from THR is much faster than for knees.

Thanks again Sue.

Joe