Jackie: I'm thinking now that the pain we're feeling in the battery area may actually be inflammation based. I took a steroid for allergies yesterday (steroids are also a great anti-inflammatory) and the battery site felt MUCH better all day until the steroid wore off. So, I'm thinking that it's inflammation from the surgery and that we need to give the inflammation time to go away. You could try an over-the-counter anti-inflammatory and see if that helps. I can't as I have to take so many to get results that it gives me horrible heartburn.

By the way, I'll be 52 in November.

Thanks Fiona .....yes I do take an anti-inflammatory too. But you know you could well be right. Its still quite sensitive to touch and if I lean back against it too. My husband said it does look a bit bruised still. Im hoping thats all it is and it will pass for us both very soon.
Sure we are only young ones you know Although at times I feel 90

Yep as Jackie and Fiona are hitting on target, inflammation and swelling due to the recent surgery can sure be the aggravator. Give it time and the swelling should abate as it has with me. This doesn't mean that foreign body [sorry PJ] in my backside is an unwelcome accompaniment, but there can be some soreness even when the surgical pain and swelling has fully abated. Probably we will always be sensitive to the area, but less so over time as with me. Yep.

Mark56 PJ