I had my right hip replaced on Monday morning without complications, felt great the rest of the day. I wasn't able to sleep that night because they seemed to wake me virtually every hour to check my blood pressure, take a blood sample or feed me meds. I can only sleep on my stomach but my nurse told me that was disallowed, I had to wait until she went home before I turned over.
From what I had read about hip replacement I expected to feel awful post-surgery but if anything it felt less-invasive than my BHR on my left hip 4 years ago. I ended up getting discharged just 27 hours post surgery. The next day the pain hit me but after taking lots of meds i was able to get on top of it. My first PT session is tomorrow(Friday), I'll report how it goes.
Dr Snyder says he now prefers the Corin mini-hip to resurfacing because he believes the pluses outweigh the minuses. It is implanted through the anterior so no muscles get cut, it grants a greater range of motion than resurfacing, and it has a ceramic head so there is no issue from the metal on metal ion problem getting so much attention in the New York Times. I suspect the ion issue is overblown by lawyers looking for new revenue streams in a lagging economy but time will tell.