I had an emergency hip replacement. Cancer tumors had weakend my hip and it fractured. I had no problems with the hip surgery. My advice would be to make SURE that you are turned every two hours during the night and that you request an air mattress to sleep on while in the hospital. Reason being is that I developed pressure sores that took two visiting nurses daily for six monthes to heal them. Also, keep with your exercises! I joined an Aqua Walking/Exercise class at the Y and it helped immensly!

I am pain free in that hip now. YOu woudn't believe how much pain I was in before it fractured.