I had a very aggressive lumbar fusion on 4/7. At my follow-up appointment I asked why both butt cheeks hurt and the surgeon whom I adore admitted they fixed a 58 year old injury which required some intensive handling. The pain is now gone but I have a hematoma on my right butt cheek near the surgical site. I've been icing but it's not getting smaller. Actually, I'm now getting occasional knife-like pains sometimes when I move my right leg. Thankfully it's not all the time. I'm still using a walker and not driving. I have no family in the area so I'd have to ask someone to take off work to take me. Uber and Lyft would be about $50 one way to schedule appointment with surgeon.
Anyone experience the sharp knife like pain in their hematoma? I do have lupus anticoagulant (not lupus, a blood clotting issue), but blood clots are warm and this is not.

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