Oh Poodle, I'm sorry. If it helps, many of us had a setback that took weeks to settle down. But it does settle.
As you are finding out, patience is the most important exercise for you currently.
I agree about our beloved pets, especially dogs. They are very intuitive when we are ill or injured. My yellow lab got me through both of my THR's.
Pittsburgh is a great city, isn't it? We live on the eastern side by Philly and keep promising myself a long weekend there.
Hang in there, things will start looking up, as one of my colleagues says, It's just a blip in time.