OT: bruised tail bone

I think the Dr will be the best thing. Tonight you could try a pain reliever like Naproxen and maybe someone can run out to the drug store and get you one of those inflatable round pillows you sit on to take pressure off your tailbone. Hopefully it is just bruised (and nothing more serious)

I really hope you feel better soon!

SUZYQUE, you must be miserable. I would see my dr. and he may want to have x-rays taken for a correct diagnosis.

SUZYQUE

I did this in 1993 when I fell on a wet marble floor, I suffered for so long they finally told me I had probably cracked my tailbone at the time. There is nothing they can do about it, it just has to heal on it's own. Yes trying to get up out of a chair or trying to sit down it very painful. I'll try to be delicate here but it felt to me like I was carrying bricks back there. I took pain medicine for a long time but I'm not going to tell you how long because everyone is different and I don't want to encourage or discourage you.

One thing that helped me was brace yourself on both arms of a chair sitting and standing let your arms lift you up, it helps a little. I rolled to the edge of the bed and used 2 canes to lift myself out of the bed.

One thing you will do for the rest of your life now is watch every step you take and try to prevent another fall. It's been 21 years but not one day goes by that I don't think about it with every step I take.

Be careful and I hope you can get something for your pain.

It's possible you broke your coccyx or tail bone. It breaks easily in a fall. (Ask me how I know! I broke my leg slipping on a wet hill a dozen years ago and didn't realize I'd also aced the tailbone.)

Here's the deal--you can't do much for it except two important things:

1. DON'T GET CONSTIPATED. Ask your doctor what to take (like a softener.) The tailbone moves when you go. It will hurt like the dickens. I was scu-reaming on the throne. No one told me not to get constipated and because late DH refused to cook for me when I was not able to manage the kitchen or shopping, I was not eating right (with broken leg) so got stuck. Don't let this happen to you!

2. You can get a pressure memory foam pillow to sit on that relieves direct pressure on the bone. They used to be only foam donuts but recently they've made memory foam ergonomic pillows that are anatomically shaped and even better. You can put these on your chair or your carseat and they really help. You may need it a while.

If you haven't been to a doctor, is it your thought that you bruised your tail bone? I have back pain and see my doctor every 2.5 weeks. So Please see a doctor in case you've done more to your back than bruised it. I thought I'd pulled a muscle...please see a doctor.

Thankfully I have never had this happen BUT I would highly recommend getting a bedrail that goes under your mattress which will help TREMENDOUSLY getting out of bed!!! I feel confident CVS medical supplies or on the net will have one that will help at least those trips to the bathroom. I would also suggest that when you sit down, put a soft pillow under you to help get up and down and put a soft pillow in your car to sit on. Am sorry as know what it is like to have debilitating problems.

I cracked my tailbone when I got tossed off a horse - many years ago -- it did indeed hurt and there wasn't much that could be done. What worked best for me was to sit on a firmer surface. I found it really bugged me when I was in a soft chair or worse yet in the car. I wound up putting a book on the seat in the car and that kept me from sinking down onto it so much.

That's about all I can offer since it does just take time to heal.