What you're describing is perfectly normal for someone who is a mere two weeks out from major surgery and who is over doing it in terms of activity. Sorry to be so blunt, Baybee, but please go back and reread the recovery articles posted for you
earlier in your thread. Pay special attention to the information about how long recovery takes. You're pushing it by trying to work and not resting, icing and elevating. And it's obvious with that groin pain that you should still be on some type of pain medication. You have surgical pain! You're still healing both inside and out!
Please ignore the people (yes, even your surgeon if he himself is telling you that....or is it one of his staff?) who are advising you to cut back on meds. Put aside those guilt feelings about work or home chores. This is your time to heal. Your body must be allowed to mend. You have pain and it needs to be managed. If your surgeon is insisting that you need to taper off whatever medication he has prescribed, ask for a step down medication such as Tramadol. Or work with your GP for pain management. You have the right to insist that your medical team helps you manage your pain. If you've tried using the full dose of Tylenol (1000mg each dose up to 4 times a day at least 4 hours apart) and that's not working, it's time to communicate that to your surgeon or your GP. They should be your partners in this healing process.
You may notice that I have merged your two threads. We like to keep our members' recovery posts all in a single thread. That way it's easy for us to go back and read your history before responding to a question or concern. In addition, the thread becomes a journal of your recovery for those who come along later and want to read about you. So, please post in this thread from now on when you want to give an update or ask a question. If you decide you'd like a different thread title at any point, just post what you want here and we'll get it changed for you.
Oh, and you are definitely NOT a bad girl for not doing your exercises at home. Walking about is plenty of exercise for hips and to do them when you are hurting will just make things worse. Get the pain under control and then you can think about increasing exercise.
What exercises have you been given to do at home and how often? You know, hips don't really need a lot of formal exercises. They do just fine healing all by themselves supplemented with some walking.
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