Originally posted by normhead I'm hoping you're wrong. the other one was much worse before surgery.
Yes, getting things like this done are never high on any list of things we want to get done. But as joint replacements go, the hip has the best success rate. Sure it is a serious procedure, and the recovery painful, but now that I have settled into mine I haven't any regrets.
Oh, and yes, the right one was worse, but look at that margin. Uneven, tight at the bottom, a bit irregular. If it doesn't give you trouble then by all means, leave it be. After getting the left one done the surgeon asked me when I wanted to get the other one done. When I asked why he felt it needed replaced he showed me the x-ray. It looks a bit like your good one, only a bit more even.
I told him I would make an appointment when it gets s bad as the other one was.
By the way, are you right or left handed?