Welcome to the club!
I had mine done back in 2012. Without a doubt, the dumbest thing I ever did was put that surgery off. My doc said he would fix me and he did indeed.
I never think of the hip replacement except when I see the big ol scan on my hip as I step out of the shower. The old adage that chicks did scars can't be true. Every time I drop my pants to show my scar ladies run and scream!
My doc told me not to ski, either water or snow, and no jogging. After 13 years, it is just wonderful to have zero pain. Before the replacement, ever step was OUCH. I too had just raw bone on bone, and just blood as a lubricant.
I figure the real bonus is if I am ever abducted by extraterrestrials, they will know I am from an advance civilization with titanium parts in me. Of course with my luck, it will the the extraterrestrials that are mining for titanium, and they will just cut me up for parts. I don't worry about that much.
