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How much of the day are you keeping your leg elevated? How high? How often are you icing, and for how long?

I think your body is reminding you that it is healing, and you need to treat it gently for a while.

Having had 5 hip surgeries and numerous others, I iced 20 minutes on/20 minutes off day and night for the first two weeks, and several hours a day for at least 6 weeks.

In addition, whenever I was seated or lying down, my leg was elevated so that any accumulating fluid could flow back toward my pelvis.

My first day back at work, 4 weeks after surgery, I thought I was "fine" - left the ice machine home and sat with my foot down. It took my body 4 days to recover, and for the swelling to go down. And the doc made me wear compression stockings to work for the next 4 weeks.

Hip surgery is a major insult to our bodies, and healing the bone, miscles and nerves takes a while. Have you ever had a joint replaced before?
Sue

Gout is extremely painful! Have dr do a uric acid level by having a blood test which if high will confirm
I got a special boot for foot to wear cause it was so bad I am on allopurinol for gout and during flares have prescription strength anti inflammatory to take and also Colchicine which is last resort drug and dangerous finally I asked to see a nutritionist who gave me all the foods I need to not eat and since following the diet I have not had a flare up