Hip, hip........ho hum

OK, so how fair is this? Because of years of contracted leg muscles, courtesy of MS, the osteoarthritis in my right hip is now so bad that even an operation to remove the head of the femur won't help - they would have to remove the top third of the femur to give even a 70% chance of some reduction of pain, in a long and complex procedure with no guarantee of success, and an estimated recovery time at least a year. Ermm, think I'll pass, thanks. So the only alternative is more codeine. And I never wanted to become a junkie. Ho hum