Everyone tells me "dont wait" due to muscle atrophy and eventual back issues due to compensation...
I'm using over the counter (Excedrin) and some PM stuff to sleep... You can do it... I suggest you watch the videos and then sync up with that surgeon, he is the one that brought this process to STL and is now training other Ortho surgeons in the metro area on the technique... 3" incision versus 12" and the tendons that keep the hip located are left intact, minimal muscle damage due to the incisions being with the muscle grain and not across...
Get er done...
My left hip went from pretty good to bone on bone in just under one year, I guess due to favoring the right side... I feel like I waited too long BUT if I hadnn't I wouldn't have ended up with this surgeon/technique...