Someone should write a book on the seven stages of HR.
1. Deciding if and when (researching, wondering and asking a lot of questions)
2. Getting a surgery date (relief and somewhat uplifting)
3. Before surgery (anxiety) and then going back to #1 (researching, wondering, and asking a lot of questions)
4. Day of surgery (tired because you didn't sleep, then wiped out after surgery, but when you wake you are relieved again)
5. Primary recovery (emotional from the drugs and the stress, again releived, but maybe some pain, getting used to the recliner and poor sleeping arrangements)
6. Secondary recovery (uplifting because PT is good, the hip is starting to feel better, a glimpse at your future)
7. Life as a Hippy (awe, awe) and the clouds parted and a beam light shines down from the sky, you have become one with your new cobalt chrome hip and life begins again.
BTW - Aerial and Boomer your emotions are perfectly normal, we all felt that way. You'll do fine so don't be anxious.