Hey, this happened to me last summer and i am sitting here at work and without meds for the most part, it scared the beejeezus out of me too as it was my first major non-spinal involvement too (aside from my heels). My left hip became so badly inflammed i wanted to take my leg off and kill myself with it, I couldn't walk, i had never in my life experienced pain like it, it was in my groin and in my thigh, the deepest most intense pain ever, but it took about 2 months of increasingly niggling pains to get that bad. Like always I left it a little late before i saw my rheumy and I ended up being signed off work for 5 weeks to rest it. But, after the first couple of weeks of resting it the pain pretty much went back to your normal AS level pain and my mobility improved dramatically. Now, I do get twinges and i can't really lie on my left side because of it, but its ok.
So, don't panic, but do try and rest it if you can to settle the inflammation, and get to your rheumy asap?
I'm rooting for you, i live in fear of that pain returning, but, touch wood, nearly 6 months on, it hasn't...
Put that leg up
