Pat;
Thank you, sincerely.
This site has been incredibly helpful. Many, many questions that I would have had to run by my physician absent a site like this, have been answered here by this community, and allayed so many fears and concerns, by realizing what I was experiencing was routine, and many others had been through before. Your site and efforts have saved me from extra anxiety and consternation, and the hassle of trying to get a hold of extremely busy medical teams who are not easy to reach due to workload.
The HR experience can be a lonely one while recuperating at home and accepting the big changes, and not at all trivial in terms of the psychological impact based on all the changes that bad hips bring, but I have felt a part of something larger here, and something so very unique and helpful, that has made a tangible difference for me. This is not an easy thing to go through, and the hazards are real, potentially severe, and at times very scary, and knowing this has been here made this much easier.
I have been a part of other online "communities" in the realm of work and such, but none of that compares in the slightest to this one, and I owe a supreme debt of gratitude to yourself and all the people that take their time to share here.
Thank you again.