Firstly. Thank you all so much for your warm replies to Leannes update.

The doc's let me come home today, 5 days post op, that is the minimal amount of days they will let you out of hospital after a total hip replacement, its normally 7 -10 if everything is going ok.
The next day after the op i done a little walk with crutches then back to bed pretty quickly, exhausted, but being the determined bugger i am i was up and trying again a couple of hours later,[ they want you to move and not lay around in fear of blood clots forming and breaking off and going up to your lungs] by the third day i was doing complete laps of the whole ortho ward, by day 4 i was doing 3 laps and the same the next day.
I am still pretty sore and swollen & bruised, but getting a bit stronger each day, getting a bit tired now so i will catch up with you all a bit later.
ps - Bob, that was funny

THANKS EVERYONE

Brian