@heyjoe415 Thank you for empathizing with me. I think my pain killer restrictions are the same as for all of us who have a chronic kidney disease. Aspirin is a NSAID, too.

I think either hip bursitis is in remission or I was wrongly diagnosed. I still have hip pain but a new reason: pseudogout aka chondrocalcinosis. Like gout (which I also have) it's another form of arthritis. I had bilateral total hip replacement for advanced osteoarthritis. After a very long, incomplete convalescence, my nephrologist sent me to have a Dual Scan CT which revealed deposits of pseudogout throughout my pelvis. I was still limping along and unable to take the long walks we enjoyed.

Then I had my second ever gout flare. I have a bottle of the gout painkiller colchicine on hand so I took it even though I wasn't sure it _was_ a gout flare. I was right and the toe stopped hurting within hours. To my complete surprise, my hip pain faded away because colchicine is also effective for pseudogout. I was finally able to do the PT I was supposed to start 17 months earlier on Day 5 after the first hip surgery. I'm about half way through the expected number of PT sessions and am feeling much stronger and more flexible. I was able to walk three miles about a month ago. Hurray!

I do wonder if hip pain, including bursitis, is difficult to diagnose and incorrect diagnoses make for persistent pain.