u/dillicious

I am getting both hips replaced on the 22nd. Bilateral Osteonecrosis. I'm getting it done two hours away where my girlfriend lives. Basically I can stay there indefinitely to a reasonable extent. I don't want to move in and I have my own house to maintain. I'm just wondering if I can drive there, rehab till I need to come home and drive home or get picked up and dropped off at home in case I can't drive home and be stuck leaving my vehicle there.

Would I be safe to drive after a week realistically? I know they say 3 to 4 weeks but I hear about people driving the next day but with both being done I'm sure recovery is going to be a little more intense.

I've been sitting in my house since January and slowly losing my mind and keep coming up with questions so I apologize for my blabbering. I am smoking weed for pain lol.

I have a rat rot Firebird that's an absolute blast to drive. I like the ratty style and not having to give a shit so much around MB roads as it's not pristine, but scoots when i put 1/3 jet fuel (bad joke..)

I'm just looking at some options as to where to buy the parts from. I can get everything online if I want but I don't know every nut and bolt I would need so it'd be nice to talk to someone who knows what they are doing.

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I'm re doing the interior and want to try and bring the dash pad back. What should I use? I'm going to give it a good cleaning and order up some new guages and center stack (that will be blank. I don't have HVAC or radio).

Here's the ratty old gal on the outside...

Old mental hospital turned college

While I'm here does anybody know how to install the headliner, or is there a different way? I actually have the headliner but I have no idea how to install it. Is that a question that makes my post not low effort? I thought long and hard about this.

Live in Canadian Prairies if that matters. Natural gas. It’s time to renew my home insurance and to get the preferred rate I need to update my water heater. It’s over 15 years old so I’m okay with it. I live in a 4 bedroom house by myself. Should I just get a regular tank or are people going tankless these days?

Thanks!

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Would that be beneficial or is that not enough separation?