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Claire
Posted 2009-02-15
Hi,
I've suffered from coccyx pain for a little over 4 years. It started after getting a serious bout of "flu". I spent a week sitting on my couch watching TV and not really walking around much. After recovering from the flu I realized that there was an annoying pain in my tailbone. At first I though the excessive sitting has bruised my coccyx, so I waited......and waited........
Finally I realized the pain wasn't going to leave, so I mentioned it to my chiropractor. At first he adjusted my tailbone externally. This really didn't do anything for me. He made me get the coccyx cushion for my desk and my car (life saver! especially in LA!) In the past 2 years I've seen 2 chiropractors (including Dr. Zail Khalsa who told me my pain was "attached to childhood issues with my father............."?!?!?!?!?) an acupuncturist (painful!) an orthopedic surgeon (2 x-rays and an MRI) and finally my family doctor, who sent me to a pain management specialist.
Dr. Fausett (see Doctors and specialists in the USA, California) is the only doctor who actually understood my pain because she's damaged her coccyx giving birth. After 2 caudal epidurals and one nerve block (minimum relief) we finally went for the "big gun" - a ganglion impar block. It's been nearly 3 months and even though there is a small amount of pain after excessive sitting, my pain has gone from an 8 or 9 to a 2 or 3. I am pretty happy about that, but I'll probably schedule another ganglion impar block just to get the last of the little bastard nerves that are causing that annoying pain. I highly recommend Dr. Fausett if you're on the west coast.
Thanks for reading this - and thanks to Jon for building this site, and to all of you for contributing your stories and showing that no matter what, there IS light at the end of the tunnel.