First, the hip replacement. Then recovery and therapy will follow. Then, on to the train room. Just another in the long list of set-backs.
I know the feeling Bob. A hip replacement, a knee replacement and just recently a shoulder replacement have interfered with starting my new layout for the past 3 1/2 yrs. Finally I'll be able to get started this winter.
BTW the surgery is a snap, it's the therapy that's a b#$%h.
I couldn't help nosing in on this. While therapy is a pain, make sure you do all they tell you. My mother went through it a few years ago, and is glad she dis. A neighbor farmer her age had the surgery, but gave up on his therapy, and ended up in a home. His son told them he attributed the move to the home because his dad gave up on his therapy.
Thanks. This isn't my first rodeo. Two knees, left hip, both corneas. I've got more new parts than a complete rebuild on a lionel steamer. This hip will be very complicated. I've got a titanium rod implanted in the right femur, that has been there since 1970, and there is a very high probability that it isn't going to come out. This means the approach to replacement of the hip must take on a very altered method, practiced in Finland, but not much here in the lower 48.
Bob,
Sounds like you are the 6 Million Dollar Man!!
Since I started this topic, I say we can get off topic. 
Actually it is on topic because it relates to how you answered the topic question. 
