How bad can it be?
My grand daughter had a total hip replacement starting at 7:00 this morning. They had her up and walking to the bathroom by lunch time. She's planning to come home tomorrow. I think that's amazing.
My wife has a total knee replacement 2 weeks ago today. She can walk unaided but uses a walker most of the time because she doesn't want to fall. We're planning to go to a recumbent rally the first week end in May. That looks do-able so far.
I, on the other hand,broke my femur 7 years ago. My surgeon didn't want me to put ANY weight on it for 6 whole weeks. I don't know if it was due to the surgeon, the nature of the repair vs. replacement or just how much orthopedics have improved in the meantime. I feel like I've had a good result so I'm going to be happy with that.
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My greatest fear is all of my kids standing around my coffin and talking about "how sensible" dad was.