Disheartened before Christmas

I'm 8 months out and I still have an achey pain. Sometimes at the top of my hip and sometimes at the top of my thigh. I believe it's just surgical pain. Maybe all the muscles healing and pulling.

Don't push yourself so much because then you overdue it and you'll pay for it later. Take your time and listen to your body. I couldn't lift my leg straight out either at your time because it felt so heavy and caused groin pain and my surgeon told me that if I ever start to have groin pain to stop whatever I was doing.

So don't be too hard on yourself. You'll get there!

Good luck!

That pain you're feeling may be the Psoas muscle, and that isn't a muscle you want to get upset. It helps activities where you raise your knee or lift your leg, and can be quite painful once you aggrivate it - I am trying to settle mine down from physical therapy almost 2 weeks ago now.

Just be aware when you get in and out of bed, chair, a car, or are climbing stairs.. take it slower than you normally would and put some ice on it when you're resting.

It's easy to get discouraged after a month. It seems like forever and you should be walking fine since your scar is mostly healed, but there's still a lot going on.

Chin up, and let your body tell you what it can and can't do, not a therapist or your family/friends =)