[ElDiabloJoe]

My very close friend just had this done about 12 days ago, on May 29. He lives in Tennessee. They did his left, he will go back in a few months for the right hip. It was a one-day in and out procedure. He definitely needed someone at home to help him (and drive him to/from the procedure) for the first, oh just under a week. Every single day brought huge gains in recovery. He went from hunched over his rolling-walker to walking without it entirely within a week. He bought himself some kind of icing machine for $200 that he swears by. It's attached to a little ice chest. Lemeee see if I can find one on the web real quick....

Ahh! Here it is: Polar Active Ice(R) 3.0 Extended Coverage Hip Cold Therapy System, 9 Quart Cooling Reservoir

He hates being under the influence of anything, so he weaned himself off the Oxy after about 4 days. So far he is really relieved it is behind him and really happy he got it done. The pre-op pain was horrible.

Oh, and yes, he was initially doing P.T. three times a week, he is only doing it twice a week now.

Hope this helps you some.