Tailbone

Re: Tailbone

• flamingosrpink member

  July 2014 edited July 2014

  Hi, I'm a long time lurker (I should probably intro after this) but when I saw this post I had to come out of the shadows! Since delivery, I have struggled everyday with tailbone pain. My process has gone like this: X-rays -didn't show any breaks 3 months of physical therapy (didn't really help much pain wise). More X-rays ordered by my general Dr. - this was about 4 months after the first set -still didn't show anything. Sent to a neurosurgeon. Had an MRI, everything came back normal. He suggested surgery to remove the tailbone but I declined because he said there was a 50/50 chance the pain would still be there and the recovery process would be pretty rough. He then referred me to a pain clinic to at least try and manage the pain. After talking with a great Dr. at this pain clinic we set up a plan of action. This was a relief, I felt like I had been passed around from doctor to doctor and finally someone was going to help. I have since had my first injection and will get my second this coming Monday. The injection is a combo of steroids and lidocaine. He uses an X-ray machine during the procedure to get the exact spot. There was some pain but I had an IV in so I was somewhat loopy. Three days after the procedure my pain decreased significantly. I started to cry when I realized I could sit on a wood chair and not be in extreme pain. So I highly recommend this. I'm so sorry for the obnoxiously long post but I'm hoping I can save you a few steps in this process. I hope you start feeling better very soon! Edit to say I can't figure out how to get this to not be one big paragraph

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