Diary
- Revision Hip Replacement: When a Hip Is Redone, and What It Involves
June 18, 2026
A revision hip replacement swaps out a worn or loose artificial hip. Here is why it happens, how it differs from the first operation, and what recovery is like.
- Driving After Hip Replacement: When It Is Safe and How to Know You Are Ready
June 17, 2026
When you can drive again after a hip replacement, why around six weeks is the usual mark, and the practical checks I used to know I was genuinely safe.
- How Much Does a Hip Replacement Cost? A Plain Breakdown
June 17, 2026
Self-pay hip replacement runs broadly US$10,000 to US$40,000+, while public systems are often free or subsidised. Here is what sits inside that number.
- Daily Life After Hip Replacement: What Changes for Good
June 16, 2026
Sleep, driving, sex, kneeling, sport, and the small habits of living with a new hip, from my own months and years afterward and checked by a surgeon.
- Sleeping After Hip Replacement: Positions, Timing, and Getting Through the First Nights
June 14, 2026
How to sleep after a hip replacement: safe positions, how long back-sleeping lasts, and the small tricks that got me through the broken early nights.
- Preparing for Hip Replacement Surgery: How I Got Ready
June 11, 2026
A practical, lived-in checklist for the weeks before a hip replacement: prehab, home setup, the equipment that mattered, and what the pre-op appointment covers.
- How Long Does a Hip Replacement Last? What the Registry Data Says
June 9, 2026
Most modern hip replacements last 15 to 25 years, and around 90 to 95% are still working at 10 years. Here is what changes those odds, and how mine has held.
- Pain Management After Hip Replacement: What Actually Helped Me
June 9, 2026
How pain is controlled after a hip replacement: the multimodal approach, what each day felt like, weaning off opioids, and when pain means call the team.
- Returning to Work After a Hip Replacement: How Soon, and How
June 9, 2026
When you can return to work after a hip replacement: desk work around 2 to 6 weeks, physical work around 3 months, plus the sitting, commuting, and pacing details.
- Hip Dislocation Precautions: The Movements to Avoid Early
June 2, 2026
The hip dislocation precautions after a replacement: don't bend past 90 degrees, cross your legs, or twist, usually for the first 6 to 12 weeks. Here's why.
- Hip Replacement Surgery: What the Operation Is, and What It Was Like
May 29, 2026
What a hip replacement actually involves, from the operating table to walking again, told through my own surgery and checked by an orthopaedic surgeon.
- Exercise and Sport After Hip Replacement: What I Went Back To, and What I Let Go
May 19, 2026
Cycling, swimming, hiking and golf came back after my hip replacement; running and contact sport did not. Here is how I judged what was worth the risk.
- Hip Replacement Recovery Timeline: Week by Week
May 19, 2026
What my hip replacement recovery actually looked like: walking the same day, crutches for weeks, driving near six weeks, and feeling normal by month three.
- Hip Osteoarthritis: What Wears Out and How It Leads to Replacement
May 14, 2026
What hip osteoarthritis actually is, the symptoms that creep up, and the slow path from a worn joint to the point a replacement is offered.
- Hip Replacement Risks and Complications: What Can Go Wrong
May 14, 2026
Hip replacement complications explained, from dislocation and infection to clots and leg-length differences, with the real rates and what lowers each one.
- Hip Replacement Surgical Approaches: Anterior, Posterior, and Lateral Compared
May 14, 2026
The cut a surgeon uses to reach your hip shapes your early recovery more than your scar. Here is how the anterior, posterior, and lateral approaches actually differ.
- Anaesthesia for Hip Replacement: What I Chose and Why
April 22, 2026
Spinal or general anaesthetic for a hip replacement? What each one feels like, how the choice is made, and the questions I should have asked the anaesthetist.
- Hip Replacement Exercises: The Moves That Rebuilt My Walking
April 22, 2026
The hip replacement exercises that actually rebuilt my strength, from the ankle pumps on day one to the standing work that got me off the crutches.
- Hip Implant Types and Materials: Bearings, Fixation, and What Goes In
April 8, 2026
What my hip implant is actually made of: the metal stem, the ceramic and plastic bearing, and whether it is cemented, explained the way I needed it explained.
- Alternatives to Hip Replacement: What Actually Helped Me Wait
March 11, 2026
What I tried before hip replacement, from exercise and weight to injections, and how to tell when a non-surgical plan has genuinely run out.
- Questions to Ask Your Hip Surgeon Before Saying Yes
March 11, 2026
The specific questions I should have asked at my hip replacement consultation, grouped so you can use them in the room, plus what good answers sound like.
- Signs It's Time for a Hip Replacement
March 11, 2026
How I knew my worn hip needed replacing: night pain, a shrinking walk, painkillers losing their grip, and the daily tasks I could no longer do.