What's the deal with two surgeries in succession?

You might wonder what the outcome was to have two surgeries in such quick succession. Well, remembering the fundamental equation, that hip surgery = ass surgery, it is an insult to your ass, because the incision is re-used, and partly healed muscle and tissue is cut... Ouch. Dr. Ferrante closed this new incision with staples, rather than sutures and steri-strips (which he had used for the initial one).

The biggest concern is infection, with rates apparently reaching 10%, because of the greater difficulty of sterilizing the area plus the plain reality of re-exposing traumatized tissue to the environment. I did have a bit more tenderness, and a day or two extra of mild evening temperatures, but so far it looks like I'm ok. 

Other than that, the two surgeries have left me in a slightly curious hybrid state, as there was some healing from the first surgery that I retained and that wasn't reset by the second operation. So for that reason and because each hip and each surgery can be different anyway, it's a little hard to index my progress this time against progress after the surgery I had two years ago on my left hip. All in all, the net is that I'm a little more sore and weak this time, probably reflecting the additional trauma.