hello all of you, have read all the posts on the hip surgery and am frightened to go ahead with THR, tho 5 physicians now say that is what is needed, tho reading everyone's posts, this surgery seems to be replacing one pain, for MORE pain and suffering! Seems a shame to me that my thigh bone , good bone, will be cut off at top, then a replacement socket installed all just to replace cartilage that is non existent, if they can do all that cutting and cementing, why can not there be cartilage replacement? Isn't missing cartilage the issue? I am so empathetic for ya'lls suffering, and the thoughts you must have on fixing the issue, more pain, more meds, more attempting to recover, plus your physicians will take NO accountability for what they have done. Perhaps checking into the type of implant could answer questions? I did have bone marrow transplant at Mayo but the procedure did not help. Am 71 years old, so age may have been the cause thanks for reading, Martha