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Moya - moyanic@gmail.com
Posted 2011-09-18
On Monday, a year to the day after I had my coccyx removed in Paris and a week after my 44th birthday, I will cycle (yes cycle!!) to Art college to start a four year degree course.
This time last year I would never have thought I would be where I am now, relatively pain free and about to start a new life. I even went horse riding for an hour with my kids during the summer and suffered no ill effects!! The only place where I am guaranteed to have pain is at the cinema, and it is uncomfortable lounging for any length on a sofa. This all started when I was rear-ended in a car accident in November 2006 and I spent the next 4 years unable to sit down properly unless I'd just had a cortisone injection, which helped a little.
I rediscovered my love of drawing while in the Apartment next to Hopital St Antoin where I spent two weeks recuperating after a week in hospital under the care of Professor Levon Doursounian, of whom I cannot speak highly enough. It was his expertise that made my operation so free of complications and my recovery so fast and so complete. Within 3 weeks I flew back to Ireland, within 6 weeks I was driving and swimming and doing all my usual activities.
Prof. Doursounian is a most kind and caring doctor and he looked after me personally, changing my dressings and taking out my stitches, himself. His colleague, Dr Jean-Yves Maigne who diagnosed me initially and injected my coccyx on numerous occasions, was also fantastic, answering e-mails by return as does Prof Doursounian. This is unheard of in Ireland where consultants are virtually un-contactable!!
My story is one of hope for those who have a posterior luxation or basically a broken/dislocated coccyx that has slipped backwards. However if possible, go to the best people; Maigne and Doursounian (see Doctors and specialists in France), for the best possible result!! I cannot thank them enough.
Moya, Ireland.