First ride in over a year

[peterbaron]

I had the hip surgery 4.5 years ago and I've put 22,000 miles on a 750 lb 'sport touring' bike in the last 18 months.

Hasn't been all roses, still weaker on that side. Just recently I've been able to 'throw' that leg over first.

I did drop it twice on that weak side, but that's what crash bars are made for LOL.

It got me out of pain....that above all else makes life livable imo.

This is strange...all my friends have no complaints after short recovery, even with two new hips.
In April I had complex (3 in 1), total knee replacement, as a result of m-bike accident 50 y ago.
Surgeon restored leg length, alignment and knee replacement, and major recovery took long/5 mts, now another several months to bring back "all leg/knee details" into perfection....
While taking physio sessions, I met a 71 y o lady, who had all 4 joints replaced in the past 4 years = one/year, no accident related just wear or.. ??? and no one would ever say, she was after 4 operation, waking normally according to her age.
Statistic says, patient satisfaction after hip replacement is about 90-95%, but after knee, only 55-60%. Life is a cuss...
Wish you recovery of 100% !!