Not quite to pain-free yet, but much reduced, along with much greater mobility. I can walk a mile (a thrill in itself) and a 6-hr day in town doing chores and shopping doesn't have me in tears at the end of it. I've also been told I look about 3 inches taller...hadn't realized how hunched over I'd become.

As to broken femur .. I think it's a chance you have to take. My surgeon warned me of it, and he is an excellelnt, highly regarded hip guy.