Update!
Well I'm off home later today!
Approx 70 hours after my operation, fantastic.
Have progressed really well, doing a set of 8 different exercises 4-5 times per day and walking "the lap" here at the hospital after each set for a further 10 minutes.
Any pain has been purely restricted to the surgical side of things, the hip itself feels fantastic.
Have been really lucky and haven't suffered any of the constitution/urine retention problems but then I have eaten nothing but Bran Flakes, fruit and vegetables and religiously taken my laxative as instructed
The physio at the hospital reckons my biggest problem is going to be keeping the reigns on myself and not to overdo things, I am aware I must be careful!
Overall I am really, really pleased with the result, my only regret is that I didn't re-arrange things 14-16 months ago and have the procedure then rather than soldering on and putting myself through months of horrible pain and drugs that made me feel terrible.
Good luck to anyone with a procedure coming up, you won't regret it
To anyone dithering over the merits of being operated or not, don't even think about it!