My wife got her right one done the second week of January and is about 85% limp free at this stage of her recovery. She's returned to work and we hope that by June she'll be riding her horses again.
She's free from the joint pain and back pain that she had for the past two years prior to surgery.
She also had the direct anterior procedure performed; it is best if done on younger, non-obese, and physically fit patients. It requires less cutting of muscle and soft tissue (consequently less severing of nerves) which translates to less post-operative pain, faster healing of the surgical incision and a shorter rehab time with less physical therapy.
The traditional procedure is more in the posterior and the wound is slower to close because the patient is sitting/lying on it more with the associated pressure to the area. Newer and more progressive orthopedic surgeons use the anterior procedure when it is appropriate for the patient (i.e. case by case).
Hope you are also back in the saddle soon.
Good luck to you, sir.
