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    HELP!!! My TAILBONE hurts!!

    It's been hurting for exactly 3 days now. I've tried doing an online search, but everything talks about being preggy or falling and hurting your tailbone.

    I haven't worked in weeks, so now I coudn't have hurt it at work. It's been hurting for 3 weeks. It's a really intense pain, kinda like someone holding a heavy weight on it. If I move to fast, it's excruciating. I have to get up from my seat like an old woman. I can't even sneeze (damn you allergy season) because it's to painful to my tailbone.

    Why is this happening? I'm in agonizing pain right now. I just need some help, advice just SOMETHING please!!!







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    Default Re: HELP!!! My TAILBONE hurts!!

    Go to a DR

    It could be sciatica, infection or pilonidal cysts. Do you have a rash of any kind? Is there a hard lump under the skin on the tailbone?
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    lol^ or that
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    Default Re: HELP!!! My TAILBONE hurts!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Scarlett.Oz View Post
    You're growing a tail!!!
    Don't say that

    Sophia, I can't afford to go to the doctor I'm not in school so I don't have any insurance. And no, I dont have a rash. I only have pain when I sit down in the chair.







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    Default Re: HELP!!! My TAILBONE hurts!!

    Go to a free clinic. There are ways to see a doctor without having to pay too much. Seriously, that doesn't sound good. I bruised my tailbone once and the pain didn't go away for years. Back problems can be crippling so much so that you are unable to perform regular daily activities.
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    Yeah, all I can think is advil and if you are still dancing then saving up...going to the ER. Because you'll be asked to do a CAT scan to make sure it's not anything serious with the bone. Shingles can cause pain like that though.

    Total it would be around 200+ for the visit, plus 300 for the cat scan..then more than likely they'd give you anti inflammatories + pain meds if it's something to do with nerve damage or the bone.

    Or you can do like TM suggested and going to a walk in ,then getting a referral to a CAT scan (again if not shingles etc) it would save you at least 200 bucks.

    Either way you need to be seen.
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    Default Re: HELP!!! My TAILBONE hurts!!

    I'm thinking possibly a pilonidal cyst. If that is what you have they'll usually suggest antibiotics, hot baths, and eventually possibly surgery to remove it.

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    Default Re: HELP!!! My TAILBONE hurts!!

    It really does sound like a cyst even though you might not be able to feel it with your fingers.

    Your local hospital probably has a low-cost clinic even if the hospital doesn't advertise it. You might have to ask. You can also ask for the charity rates.
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    Default Re: HELP!!! My TAILBONE hurts!!

    i had MAJOR tailbone pain when i was pregnant with the little monster... sitting on a harder surface rather than a softer one, actually helped me!


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    Default Re: HELP!!! My TAILBONE hurts!!

    Maybe a broken coccyx?

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    Default Re: HELP!!! My TAILBONE hurts!!

    I had pain like that for an entire summer. At it's worst, I couldn't get up and down from a chair without help. I went to the doctor and they told me nothing after xrays and everything! I took advil a lot to try help the pain and swelling. I also had to fly to Europe and back and had to sit on one of those geriatric donut pillows - I was mortified!!!!

    I also went to a chiropractor who tried to move my coccyx with his thumb but shoving ti under the bone. That was not fun at all!!!!!! And then I had to ice it a couple times a day!

    Anyway, it turns out that I had something called Coccygenia (sp) which is swelling of or under the coccyx. It was never diagnosed cause it was my doctor friend who told me about it. I just had to avoid sitting a lot and gave myself time to heal but it was pretty bad.

    If it's what I had, it'll go away eventually. It just takes time!
    I hope you feel better soon

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    ^ What caused your inflammation?
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    Default Re: HELP!!! My TAILBONE hurts!!

    I think that my tailbone curves pretty suddenly and if I sit badly or slouch for a few hours (like a long bud ride) it gets irritated. I'm short and it;s easy for me to slouch so that my feet can touch the floor while my back is against a chair.

    I was doing a lot of sitting a plane rides when it got irritated and then I couldn't stop working (sitting) so it just got worse. The Advil really helped. As son as I feel it happening now, I sit up straighter or try to sit on one butt cheek ( to the one side) to alleviate it a little. It helps.

    I just think that once our bodies develop a weakness, it's there to stay. I just have to watch for it.

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    I had a pilonidial cyst and that was EXCRUTIATING pain!!!! It just came out of nowhere. I was told you actually have it at birth, and that it chooses a time in your life to rear it's ugly head. I also had done nothing and BAM extreme pain and swelling. It sucks getting taken care of too. Go see a DR. but don't act all suprised when they stick a finger up your ass.
    Yeah, that wasn't nice to do to a 16 year old who had NO IDEA that's what you were going to do. Don't say I didn't warn ya!

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