Chasing my tail - 67 days post-op

Yesterday after having several days Of nerve pain in my hips and legs I went for a swim at the YMCA again. I've been doing 30 minutes on the exercise bike a few times a week and have been feeling okay in the hips. But unfortunately the pain radiating down my bum and legs, especially on the left side, continue.

I swam 750 m with my trusty sidekick Lucy swimming with flippers next to me. I had the floaty thing between my legs and I wasn't kicking as instructed. It was good to get the exercise in and my back did seem to feel better for the run.

But as has been the case for God knows how long, sitting for any length of time gets the radiating pain happening again down the legs.

I went into my doc about something else today. He was the bloke who got the surgery rolling. I mentioned I still have the same back/pelvis/leg pain. He wants me to get an MRI with a view to a CT-guided injection.

I don't know what to do. I seem to be ticking lots of boxes. I'm sure my hips will be terrific after it's all said and done. The surgery seems to have been a success even though I'm still achy and twinging the hips every now and then. But I wish I didn't still have the this radiating pain down the legs. I was certain the hip surgery would rectify this problem.


If you are reading this blog and have any thoughts or comments, good or bad, I would really appreciate it if you could add your comments after any of my posts. I feel like I am on my own with this and would love to hear from people in the same boat.