It seems like just last week that I had the surgery, but 5 weeks later, this new hip is the real deal!  Literally, after each week, the significant progress is amazing.  I say that, because after the first hip replacement, (left hip), I know that I said the same thing, but the technology took a big step forward in the last year and a half. The biggest item that I still have to conquer, is raising my right leg up to my chest.  I put on my first pair of socks on yesterday; they were loose socks, so I could stick my toes into them while they were on the…