I read my chart last week at the pre-op.
It says bilateral, which means both; but this is very common when arthritis is so bad in the first hip.
Right hip is bone on bone, and is concern #1. Right knee is concern #2, and one of the doctors unofficially told me that it will have to be next. Left hip has borne the brunt of a lopsided gait and 90% of the weight bearing for 13 months now, and it is now protesting, but is still the least compromised joint.
Let’s just get through the first one. I’m not even willing to talk to the surgeon about anything else until my 2-month post-op. If even then.