Here is another way on how to tell it is time for you to have your hip replaced.
Over time, my hip was getting worse and worse. I was doing less and less and, not surprisingly, complaining more and more.
It was early on a Saturday morning and my wife asks me take out the trash. I said, “I have a bad hip! I will get to it later.”
My wife pauses, looks at me for a short period of time (that’s how you really know a whammy is coming) and says, “No! You have a bad attitude. Get off your butt and go see the doctor.”
Moral of the story, your spouse will know that you need your hip replaced before you do.