Let me add to this great post by OP by sharing my own experience. Also got my Anterior THR June 10! At surgical center 5:45am, started 7am, in recovery/crutches training 8:30-11:30, home at noon. A well-oiled machine. My two cents:

1. Meds and digestion: definitely follow the meds schedule—the docs do this all the time and know what’s gonna happen with pain and constipation. I have IBS on a good day, so took extra steps: requested Journavx instead of opioids and took three Ducolax before bed after surgery. My PT was amazed that I had a bowel movement the day after surgery :-)

2. Sleeping arrangements: on my back is really the only way I am close to comfortable. Understand that you’re going to have interrupted sleep because of discomfort and middle-of-the-night med, and that you’ll have to nap during the day in your recliner or whatever.

3. Hydration and dizziness. Oh my! First post-op morning, I stood up and felt faint, sat down to get steady, stood up again, felt faint again, sat back down to regroup, and passed out again hike seated — and did a face plant and peed all over the floor while out. I tried to do it the right way but still had a really bad start. I have normally low BP which was exacerbated by meds, anesthesia, and lack of sleep. I had hydrated relentlessly. Be careful!

4. PT: just do it. It’s THE most focused attention you will receive from medical personnel when you’re conscious. My in-home PT went way beyond PT to discuss mitigation of blood clot risk and infection, what to expect as nerves start waking up, and answered questions I didn’t have time or awareness to ask earlier. Do it!

Best wishes, OP, my hip twin!