I am definitely getting stronger in PT, and my c-section pain is virtually non-existent at this point. However, regardless of my strengthening, my glute and hip pain on my fused side is getting no long-term relief. I feel much better immediately after my exercises, but then I have to drive or shop and the pain returns. I am still taking lots of motrin (day) and alleve (night), along with Percocet for break-through pain once or twice a week. After I finish my PT referral this month, I am going to ask for some new imaging if the pain is still consistent. It's been 2 years since xrays and 3 since an MRI. I'm sure I could go to pain management and get botox in my piriformis and maybe get something for my hip, but I don't want to do botox every three months for the rest of my life. I want to get better. I realize that may never be in the cards for me, but I want it anyway. Not quite willing to accept defeat yet. After all, I pushed and pushed until I got through with the SI pain, and now the residual, related imbalances are the only pains I have left. Yes, they can be debilitating too, but not as much or as often as the SI pain, which was intensely crippling full time. I'll update again once I get imaging complete.
However, I can now say I believe that the pregnancy did not make the problem better or worse, which I am happy to live with. I have new hip issues, but my PT thinks that's just life and aging, rather than either my fusion or my pregnancy.
