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I'm back, I've just spent 14 days in hospital after falling downstairs and breaking my left hip, and it still bloody hurts let me tell you. |(.

Its called a Hemiarthroplasty, I looked at the know it all medical staff in bemusement after that announcement and said "will I be able to go home tomorrow then or what" stifled laughter and a display of
a large selection of needles convinced me that this was going to be a bad day...... a really bad day.

Hemiarthroplasty means replacing the femoral head with a prosthesis (false part). The femoral head is the rounded top part of the femur (upper thigh bone) that sits in the hip socket.
The procedure is often the preferred option for intracapsular fractures (inside the socket of the hip joint), which occur in people who already had reduced mobility before the fracture.
In this type of fracture, a replacement is the preferred option, as the fracture is unlikely to heal well.

I've been given strict orders to stay indoors and take it easy for the next 4 to five weeks or I'll be back in hospital having it fixed again.