@dinahj How in the world did you get bruises on your thigh? I agree that it may be adhesions. I almost always have internal scar tissue problems later down the road from surgeries. I had no idea how bad they could be until after many operations for cysts on my ovaries. I finally had a hysterectomy. My usual OBGYN tried to do the procedure vaginally, but my insides were literally glued together with adhesion. He had to open me up. I did have the therapy to break up the remaining adhesion through deep massage therapy. It was intense, but I believe it helped. Is there any way you can maybe look into a medical advocate to see if you can get on an "extra help" program for assistance? I have done that before for medication etc. I so sorry you are in such pain.