Crikey...mine was in the mid 70s
Often ask myself what the world missed.
The patient seemed to have a perfectly normal procedure, but with this residual pain. He's not given to fussing over minor pain, so it must be quite bad.
The surgeon has never encountered this before and is somewhat perplexed.
HD said
"You said it would feel like a kick in the balls.. but not from an elephant!" It's a long time ago but I recall it was painful for quite a while.
I guess that gives some hope that it will settle down, but patient is also suffering long term back pain, so all attempts to fight that are hampered by further temptation to rest.