Hi Bio, get yourself a diary and begin to record each day your pain level, note when it goes up and what you were doing and what medication you are taking and times taking it. Note when pain reduces etc. pay extra attention to describing what type of pain it is, ie dull,piercing, throbbing, intense, knifelike, constant ache etc etc.make notes of each attempt you make to do your post op PT exercises, PM doctors like to know you are making an effort. As soon as they think you are just drug seeking they shut you down like a dirty old fish n Chip shop! Describe how your pain is before attempting exercises and what it is on finishing and then again an hour after. I know this may seem excessive but on this site we have all learned the hard way how best to communicate to doctors who are either terrified of being sued by family members down the track or they just don't believe us...