@hopefulwife1 Yes, revision is scary - especially if you do not know why the original implant either stayed loose or became loose. Years ago, I had one of those "everything is fine" surgeons - until someone else found the problem! Let me just say that I made it through revision (on both hips) and am doing fine 11 years later.

Fortunately, you and he are in the best possible hands. There is every reason to believe that the new surgeon will get it right, using a technology to help assure success of the new implant. The best thing you can do is take a deep breath, and approach this as the solution, not a continuation of the hard times past. I know that is hard to do, and after surgery every little twinge will have you both on edge for a few weeks. But Mayo would not go ahead with revision if they didn't feel it will be a success - they would sit you don and advise you that there was nothing more to do.

Before my revisions, I heard lots of horror stories about "harder" "riskier" "longer to recover"... The only one true was the last - my body was tired from the bad implants & what they had done, so it took longer to get my energy back. I also had been limping badly, so needed extra PT with gait and strength training to realign everything.

I wish you both luck. You are on the path to a solution!
Sue