Will it ever feel good?

I had my left hip replaced in 1/31/25. Was healing pretty good. Was using pain meds but sparingly. I had to wind up starting back to work 2 weeks after the surgery. Financially I really didn’t have an option there. I did well for a few weeks. Then two weeks ago I did…something. It’s started becoming extremely painful to get up from a laying or seated position and walking upstairs was torture. (I’m a nanny for two babies so it can be a little labor intensive). I made an appointment with my surgeon. After some X-rays and an exam he determined I had tears in the new scar tissue I had formed. He prescribed a steroid pack for the swelling and told me to “take it easy”. I took the next 4 days off and I’m back to work as of yesterday.

When is this shit going to pay off? I’ve had the arthritis pain for 5 years and this surgery pain since 1/31. Am I ever going to be pain free? I’m feeling extremely pessimistic and it feels right now that I’m fighting a losing battle. I can’t just lay flat in bed for a month like some can, I have to work or my family doesn’t eat. Will I ever feel good? Instead of you feeling like I’m getting by?

Edit: My husband was DOGE’d two weeks ago, in the midst of all this, so at this moment me not working isn’t an option if I want to feed/house my kids.