My wife had a terrible time with this disease for at least twenty years. She was a brave soul though, and seldom complained. Ultimately, it was complications from it that caused her death almost four years ago.

When she had her knee, and her hip replaced, it was like she was born anew. No pain, no limitation on walking, both operations were a Godsend. Long story, and I won't go into it here, but she, as far as we can tell, had a broken hip for twenty-four months before it was discovered. She had a high tolerance for pain evidently and even the doctors were amazed that she bore the pain. Incidentially, at the time her knee was replaced, we are fairly sure the hip was broken.

DougR