she's having her hip replacement operation today. She went into hospital yesterday and her op is scheduled for today at about noon (their time).
We had a long chat on Sunday and she's really very upbeat about it all which is good. I think she's looking forward to the (hopefully) big change in quality of life as she's been in quite a lot of pain for too long now. She'd been putting off the visit to the doctor as she always though it wasn't all that bad but when she eventually went - after much nagging from us kids - even the doctor said she should have come to him sooner! She's usually quite active, walking or cycling into town but this last year has been quite restrictive for her because of the hip so it'll be nice once it's all done for her to get that fitter lifestyle back.