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Got a new hip for Christmas! Well I had been contemplating it for a couple years …. despite the awesome running weather in our Florida winters, the only time I could be away from work and it’s not going to hit me directly in the pocketbook (during the Christmas – New Year’s time-frame). So here I am, about 80 hours post surgery and I was able to walk about 10 minutes today with a walker, 20 minutes of basic rehabilitation exercises, and attend a Christmas Eve church service. Now the immobility and pain are at least a “moderate” while doing nothing to “significant” when I attempt to move my left leg. I had a posterior approach done; plastic ball into titanium cup. Local orthopedic who I’ve known for years and lots of trust there! So while I am optimistic, I know that it is early and I am journaling my experience on my progression. This blog post has been an awesome resource because as many of you have said, there is no definitive information out there as to our athletic futures and we all are indeed “experiments of one“ -George Sheehan. One thing that is easy to “glance over“ from the numerous authors is the description of the pain… It is real! do not underestimate what you were going to feel like as I am still only 80 hours in! Merry Christmas and happy running to HipRunners!