@Josephine , thank you for the questions you posed and taking the time to do so. I believe, after reading your opinion, you are spot-on. Disclaimer: You will recall I had my surgery on June 25th, and went back to my office job with a cane, five weeks later, part-time, then at Week 7, full-time, still with the cane.
In late-November, so 5.5 months from the surgery, my husband was diagnosed with State IV throat cancer, and life went crazy. I took over all physical needs at the house, including walking the Labrador 30-45 minutes per day off-leash (so no pulling), which hypothetically should be good right, since walking is one of the best recovery tools. I am responsible for walking the dog every day, usually get one day off if my husband is up to it; dog walker is not an option for us. Joe had 35 sessions of radiation and chemotherapy at the same time; again, absolutely all physical stuff at the house fell on me (dog, trash, laundry, etc.) Looking into what it would take for me to fully recovery went to the back-burner, for my husband's health crisis.
I just still have the massive acute pain under my posterior incision, which feels like a lump. For the past four months, I thought once my Saphenous Vein was ablated, it would fix things; no, not one impact. The pain runs down my operated leg's outside thigh, and my extensive, non-medical research says it is the IT Band.
1. Pain is always at a 3/4; I periodically receive Norco, which I take when things are really bad, but basically I take Ibuprofren 400 mg x 4 per day. I feel gross by the end of the day with so much Ibuprofen combined with the lack of full pain relief it provides. Undeniably, Norco works.
2. Pain is always at 3/4, at the end of a work day (again, office job so sitting), I am at 6, easily. I get up and walk all day, but my first steps are complete limping. I am physically exhausted when I get home from the pain and limping. The longer I sit, at home or work, the longer and worse the initial limping is.
3. Daily activities: Full-day's office job (though, get up LOTS, I never sit more than 10 minutes at a time), basic housework in between housekeeper's weeks, dog walk daily; I am not a person who sits.
4. I am not doing any exercises, only the extensive walking of the dog. Bought new sneakers to insure I was not walking in pre-surgery shoes. Same with my work shoes, all new; no heels anymore. Yes, I did all of the exercises early on, and as a result, I can easily sit cross-legged (actually feels good to do so), do clamshell lifts. Straigtening out the operated leg results in incredible pain under my incision site.
Josephine, thank you for taking the time to read through my history. In October, you will recall, I had debilitating shin pain and plantar fascitis and tight hamstrings; I thought all of this was related to the vein issue. I see, now, based on your images, that they are all connected. Which doctor should have figured this out? A year later and YOU are diagnosing the problem correctly, not doctors who see me!! As with just about everyone else on these Boards, my OS says the Implant is fine, so this residual pain, he feels, is not in his jurisdiction.
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