I am frustrated because I saw the orthopedic surgeon yesterday to see about scheduling a hip replacement in December (this is not the dick ortho bro who I saw for my hip earlier this year; this is a different ortho bro, who was friendly and not a dick), and he said that he would prefer to wait until February or even March because my cervical spine surgery was so recent. I told him my spine surgeon cleared me to have hip replacement in December, but that doesn't change Nice Ortho Bro's own preference to wait.
And I do understand his caution. It is kind of crazy to want 2 surgeries within 3 months of each other. I just really wanted to get this behind me. There are other ortho practices in town, and University of Cincinnati has a very good one, and maybe I'll see if I can get in with them after vacation, and maybe they can do it in December. But for now, I am going to pack and tomorrow we head to the beach.