A collection of hippy emails about recovery and emotions are posted below

How Fast Will I Recover by Patricia Walter

Everyone Recovers at a Different Rate

Surgery experiences and recovery rates will be different for
each person having a hip resurfacing. Many of us were very
fortunate to have good experiences in the hospital and have
fairly quick recoveries.  I guess we are the Rabbits.

There are people that have experienced very difficult
recoveries and their return to a normal life has been very
slow.  I guess they are the Turtles.

Some are lucky and have an average recovery which puts
them right in the middle of the Rabbits and Turtles – don’t
really know what to call them but Average Joes.

There is really no way to predict what your surgery experience
will be and what your rate of recovery will be.  I do think
that people who are …