I had a total hip replacement and then 7 years later it needed replaced because it was a DePuy and my blood levels were showing cobalt and chromium increasing. The second surgery was a revision. I was in my 60’s for the second one. My local surgeon did his internship at the Mayo Clinic. Everything went great. I never needed any physical therapy except in the hospital and I did fine. I was driving after 4 weeks and carefully golfing after 4 weeks-just using a 7 iron and putter at first. The only limitations after 8 weeks was “Don’t hop on that leg and don’t fall down when riding your bike”
I am a person that doesn’t like a lot of fussing when I am healing. I needed help at first to shower-we have the shower chair that you can sit on and slide into the shower. I needed the toilet riser,
I appreciated my hubby bringing me cold drinks, hot soup, and keeping the house clean. I never felt like an invalid and didn’t want to be treated as one.
It is nerve-wracking before surgery because of all the things you imagine. 2 consult surgeons told me that they could not do the revision through the front-they would have to go through my long original incision. But my local surgeon said he was sure he could do the less invasive incision through the front. He had done about 5 of them. It all went well. Focus on the outcome of having it fixed and being a relief from pain. Best wishes.