Hi Martin,
Indeed the pain did settle down after having the nail removed. I would say it took two months for the bursistis to settle. Unfortunately I had a fall on some ice in November and landed right on my weaker hip (still a void in the neck where the nail had been) causing another fracture. This time it was at the narrowest part of the neck, it was fixated using 3 cannulated screws. I was completely non weight-bearing for 6 weeks but now it seems to have healed pretty well. I do have another complication, one of the screws is actually poking through the end of the femur into the hip joint and is aggravating cartilage. That screw is being removed next week. Hopefully it will be a quick recovery and will be back at it by February.
Sorry to hear about your spine, heal well! Injury sucks…