My elderly friend broke her hip in a fall and, rather than aiming for a repair, she was advised to have a full hip replacement.
She was walking in the ward just a few hours after surgery.
When I picked her up from the hospital, she had no real problem getting into my car and seemed perfectly comfortable during the hour and three quarter journey up to Norfolk to collect her beloved two dogs from the friends who'd been looking after them for her. (I suggested just driving her to her flat, 12 miles from the hospital, with me then going to pick up her dogs on my own but she wouldn't hear of it).
On the way back from collecting her dogs, we stopped off at a big Tesco supermarket, so that she could stock up on food. I offered to do her shopping for her, while she waited in my car, but she refused. She then proceeded to do quite a lot of shopping in Tesco (almost filling a big trolley), walking without any real difficulty at all.
She took her two big, strong dogs for a walk the next day.
So, based upon my friend's experience, it probably won't be very long before you're dancing the can-can again, Ferlew ;-)