don't think they have titanium parts..

thanks for the encouragement. at this point i'd prefer to wait until the fall but i don't want to do anything against my ortho's advice. so i'll have to let him decide.

thanks for the advice. my problem is that although my ortho surgeon says i should have it done soon, i'm not in any real pain/discomfort. if i had a choice i would wait until the fall. with the virus messing up his schedule it might be set back by a couple months or more anyway. but i would not like to be laid up during the good weather.
good to know your replacement was so successful. i've heard a few horror stories.

@callmedubious I was pushing to get back into martial arts training within 3 weeks. Felt fine. They wouldn't let me for 6 weeks though. That's how quick you'll recover. Just get an experienced surgeon and do your physio.In terms of when, I'd say that if it is interfering with your sleep get it done now or if you are taking antiinflamattories get it done now. Those things stuff your kidneys and I ended up with mild but permanent kidney damage because I postponed mine so long.

@Cyklone , thanks for the advice. doesn't really interfere with my sleep & i'm not taking any inflamattories. i'm taking some meds for hi BP & AFib so can't take them.
good to know that your recovery was so quick.
apparently my CT scan looked bad enough for my ortho to put me fairly high up on his list, & yet i was able to walk 12 holes of golf last week. i've been doing floor exercises for my right hip since my surgery for the fracture so that probably accounts for my relative pain free mobility.

@callmedubious if you can do 12 holes of golf you're fine for a bit. I couldn't walk 200 metres without resting it by the time I had mine done. My surgeon recommended stainless steel at the time but I think that depends on age and activity levels. I was very active.

how long before you were fully mobile? i used to golf with a guy who had both hips done & he could walk 18 holes, no problem.
did you have any complications? i've heard a few horror stories. another guy i golfed with had his 2nd hip done & the surgery turned out good but he had the circulation cut off in his ankle & now drags his right foot & needs to ride in a golf car.
did you have any choice of the material they used? i remember Jack Nicklaus had a hip replacement & they used ceramics. it didn't last & he needed another replacement a few years later.

@callmedubious
I have arthritis everywhere & that's what ruined mine. I struggled for 5 years with agonizing pain, lock-ups, groin pain, some numbing in my inner thighs & across my lower belly, & using stairs was on all fours. I am not able to take much more than useless Tylenol, because meds have to be kidney friendly for me.

My right hip was done first, 6 inch incision, & there are 6 months of rules to follow. You must do the exercises. Within about 2 weeks my pain had lessened considerably, & I was able to begin walking around the house without the walker.

By my 6 week check up, the left one decided it should get more serious, so it did some interfering with recovery from the first, but I still did quite well despite that.

The second one was a 12 inch incision as the ball had almost fused into the socket & it took a lot more work & different tool to get the thing out. Even after all that, my recovery went well, & even with my age, I'm fully functional. I can get myself in & out of a bathtub, [hate showers] use the stairs, & enjoy having no pain anymore.

I had mine done in Prince George, where the waiting list was somewhat shorter than Kamloops. 9 months for each, as opposed to 3 years.

Mine are titanium, & plastic, & my surgeon is wonderful .

@Lilac-Jade , sorry about your bad arthritis. i didn't have that medical issue but when i fractured my hip some blood vessels were torn in the bone (femur neck) & now the bone past the fracture is slowly disintegrating.
good to know your replacements went well and you regained so much functionality.
i'm not really in any severe pain but if it were not for the virus i think i would get the replacement fairly soon. maybe it will be put off until the fall & i'll be able to get some golf in in the nice weather. providing, of course, they ever re-open our GC.

@callmedubious Well this virus seems to be throwing everything off for surgeries, but I hope you can get it done before things get too much worse. Obviously replacement reasons are different for most of us, but I've had amazing good luck with mine, & wouldn't go back to not having it done.

Normal life was non existent, & I had to have help with everything. Couldn't walk without support, couldn't stand in the klitchen to get a meal together, couldn't walk the stairs, had to shop on my mobility scooter, couldn't stand up straight, & pain was terrible.

The hips affect so many other movements too, so trying to avoid hurting them was impossible.....from being upright, to sitting, just shifting in your chair a little, raising your arms.....everything.