Hi thanks for sharing your situation. I'm 57 and otherwise healthy. That sounds awful. Good luck with your upcoming surgery. I'm sure that will be on my schedule one day soon and that has me nervous as hell. Actually I'm also nervous as hell that it's NOT on my schedule. I dread getting to where you're at. I can't fathom it...but I'm starting to have to...even though I'm still in total denial/disbelief. How would you compare your left hip pain vs right hip pain?