I am 6 1/2 months out and I have suffered glute pain since surgery, I have come to terms to the fact it is part of my healing process as my body gets stronger.
I am able to do so much more than before surgery and the pain is different than before surgery, bearable 0 - 4 depending on the day.
As with you, my surgeon and my physio can’t give me a time line for when the glute pain might disappear.
I started training my dog in agility a month ago and my friends say I have improved so much, I was limping when I first started back, five weeks later I am running with my dog. The activity helps me mentally, but it can fire up the pain in my glutes but also can sitting around doing nothing, so it is better for me to get out now and carry on with life.
You ask a lot of repreated questions and I sense you are dwelling a lot on the pain, I have done this in the past, when you focus your energy on the pain it makes the pain stronger, for me what broke the habit was a death in the family, my mind was focused else where, my pain was less as I wasn’t dwelling on it.
I hope you are able to refocus your mind and do some things you enjoy. There will be up and down days, I have them both.