Unless you are over 70 or have an underlying and continuing medical condition, you are not vulnerable.
You may have physical weaknesses and limitations on your stamina after your operation, but that does not mean that you are at a high risk of complications if you get Covid-19. A hip replacement is that and no more.
If when you get to work you have to stand more than you can cope with, then ask for a chair or transfer to a different role in the business, but a hip replacement does not put you in the vulnerable category.
It is daunting going back to work after a long lay-off, espcially under current conditions. Do not make a decision about twhat to do until you have made the effort aand been back at work for a few days. You may find that once you are in the shop and busy working all your worries and fears will disappear.
Which British song sums up the 1960s for you?


