First couple of days were just painful as h-ll for me, now it's down to an even painful as h-ll. Lol!

Seriously I way underestimated the pain levels, once I reconciled to that fact and adjusted my head, it's been much better. In the long run it will be great, and considering I was barely walking on the old knee because of the pain, well this ain't so bad after all.

Roger, the best advice I can give you on your hip is to not wait too long, as your hip wears the recovery becomes more painful, at least that was my case. Right now every day gets better for me, I figure in a month I'll be back to normal.

I'm on the road to recovery now, got a great doctor, his staff and the hospital gave me V.I.P. treatment. I can't wait to be able to stand and walk without a sh-it load of pain again.