[Lani]

are you "well-upholstered" or relatively skinny?

Hip pain is usually felt in the groin. If what you are describing is pain "north" of your thigh and "south" of your waist located on your side in the area that hurts when a skinny bony person lies on a hard surface, it might be trochanteric bursitis.

You do not say if you are taking AIs (notorious for causing musculoskeletal pain) but even if you are not, taking chemo forces most into prematrue menopause and the lack of estrogen seems to bring on a varying degree of musculoskeletal complaints in women. These often include tendinitis and bursitis evidence of the problem can even be picked up on MRIs.

There are a variety of options for treating it IF(and I said IF) it is bursitis ( I am not saying it is--just throwing something out for you to consider) without NSAIDs if you already have had an ulcer. These include ultrasound treatments and injections into the bursa.

I may be barking up the entirely wrong tree, but people who complain of pain in the "hip" when they sleep on their side may be referring to their trochanteric bursa area by a misnomer.

Feel free to pooh-pooh me, as I am certainly speculating.

Glad you feel great otherwise! Keep it up!