Today is my 1 year anniversary of my first BHR, and it has been quite a year indeed. Starting with the presurgical jitters (Ok, outright panic at times) for a couple months leading up to it, through the first few rollercoaster weeks of recovery after #1 which were far from easy, the rush of having no more OA pain on that side, the many little bumps (which seemed huge at the time) and many small and celebrated victories along the way, then a second BHR 4.5 months later, have all added up to a markedly improved, super smooth hip action that I could not even conceive up prior to all of this. If I had known how well this would have turned out, I would not have waited so long to get it done, and certainly would have not worried so much about it.
I have followed all restrictions, did all the post op exercises religiously, walked every day a couple times at least, and gone about all my normal vigorous outside and inside work and fun pretty much as normal, with simple muscle soreness and stiffness that subsides over time. My October 2011 BHR is only sore now when I do too much, and rarely stiff or at all troublesome. All squeaking has subsided (the other hip never squeaked).
I feel amazingly blessed to have had such an incredibly good surgeon and surgical/recovery team, such a supportive and tolerant spouse, two everpresent canine "therapy assistants", and of course all the outrageously superlative, massively informed, unbelievably unselfish, really funny, and supportive Hippy's here, that all combined to make a very, very difficult situation seem simply easy. I am humbled and eternally grateful to everyone here for your help and support, so Thank You from the bottom of my acetabular cups, particularly but in no way limited to Pat, Boomer, Hernanu, Kiwi, Curt, Tin, Woody, Danny, 2fer, Dozer, Biscuit, and so many others. You are a unique bunch of people and the bond that exists in this community is beyond description, and the profound appreciation I have for all of you will remain with me the rest of my life.
There are a number of frosty beverages in my near future to celebrate this, probably combined with some aglio olio, cobalt-chrome enabled "gymnastics", and a huge campfire as soon as possible (but not necessarily in that order).
Best regards.
Dan