For me and the hip job, I lost groin pain but gained shorter leg, femoral nerve damage and IT band damage...worse OA knee, and foot OA. some tradeoffs, huh?

Maybe that's what these surgeries do. My neighbor had a fusion about a 1.5 yrs ago and when I see him ask how things are and he says his hip is giving him problems...but then says he won't do a hip surgery.

A woman friend had a knee replacement a couple yrs ago and we check in and she still has pain but can now walk her stairs better. Then says she would never do the other knee which gives her fits.