Hi All,
I made the trip to Columbia to see Dr. Gross on Tuesday. After new xrays and a thorough examination, he said the implant was perfect, no issues there. He did think I had bursitis on the operated side, and gave me a shot of cortisone (ow). That is still pretty sore and he said it could be a week before I got relief there.
He did not think hip surgery or any exercises were the cause of my upper thigh pain or my groin/pubic pain. I have to mention that I had mesh removed from my right groin in March '11 from a bad hernia surgery in '09, and Dr. Gross thinks there may be a connection there. My only contention is I didn't have this awful groin/pubic pain until I started going to the gym and doing straight leg lifts and other phase II exercises. Anyway, I am going to see a physiatrist next week to see if he can sort out my pain (plus I have a little back issue he needs to look at).
I did tell him I thought the straight leg raises were not a good thing and may have irritated my groin, but all he said was if they hurt, don't do them. He also said I could have a massage since I was past three months...I thought it was six months, but I'm sure I don't want any ultra aggressive massage at this point.
So here I sit, still in pain, taking pain meds (wish I didn't, but I can't stand the pain right now).
Tis all for now,
Mindi