See also coccygectomy page
Renee Oswald - My bowel had grown between the broken pieces of tailbone
Mary - Successful operation
Marnie - Update - Should I have surgery?
Trudy Brown - Coccyx pain - still recovering
John Lang - Update - Coccyx surgically removed - great success (so far!)
Taunya - Upcoming surgery, any advice? (now 7 weeks post-op)
Dan - Slow recovery from surgery, but now virtually pain-free
Annetta Lusk - Still in pain three years after surgery
John - My short story
Joyce - Coccyxgectomy for spicule/bone spur
Deb - Slow recovery after surgery
Lisa - Surgery and MRSA infection
Kathrine - Update - Reluctant about surgery
Sandhy - Update - Surgery on the 5th September
Caroline - Coccygectomy in France
Billie - Surgery follow up
DrGPetDoc - Had surgery July 12, 2005
John - The surgeon offered only one solution: coccyx removal
Veronica Miller - Fall caused extreme pain, but for the most part it doesn't bother me anymore
DS - Looking forward to recovering
Melissa - Update - Protruding coccyx bone
Candice - Pregnancy after coccygectomy
Marilyn - Operation in five weeks
Sandy - How long can I expect to be off work?
Anonymous - Having an operation in August - any advice?
Melissa - Highly recommend surgery - Iowa
BJ - Contracted osteomyelitis of the coccyx from multiple steroid injections
Kathi - Update - Doctors or surgeons in Washington State?
Amy - Had my coccyx removed, feeling great!
Astrid - Going to France to see Dr Maigne and Prof. Doursounian
Kirsten - Update - Surgery May 9!!!
V Taylor - Still in pain after a kick 20 years ago
Sharon - Should I have a second surgery?
Anonymous - 1 week after coccygectomy
Carol - Tail bone surgery
Kirsten - Surgery May 9!!!
Natalie - Post surgery - will the pain ever go?
Helen - Recent coccyx removal in the UK
Jennifer G - Advice before surgery?
Claudia - Surgery 20 years ago, now fallen on my bum
Anonymous - Coccyx pain + depression and surgery + a new lease of life
Marnie - Update - Should I have surgery?
Killian - Getting ready for surgery
Marie - Thanks for the site helped me
Donna - Operation turned chronic discomfort into pain - now had coccyx removed
Amy - Miserable one year after childbirth
Khrista - My surgery
Sonny - Operated on today
Susan - Part of sacral bone removed because it stuck out like a tail
Anonymous - 1 week post-surgery
Kelli - Had tailbone removed--having some trouble with incision
Daphnejane - Happy with the operation!
Paulina - My surgery experience...
Nancy - My recent surgery
Rhonda - Update - Coccyx pain after car accident
Kresimir - Tried everything before going to surgery
Amanda - Update - Endometriosis or scoliosis relationship to tailbone pain? - now had surgery
Sandra - Update - Surgery after nearly 10 years of pain
Teresa Fawcett - Still suffering from coccyx pain after surgery
Angela Ives - Recovering from surgery in September
Paul Dean - Lived with discomfort for 30 years, now had surgery
Kay Bartz - Doctor removed my tailbone that was floating
Fiona Baker - It felt like there was a firework factory in my backside
Wendy - Recent coccygectomy
Syrena - Surgery this morning . . . cancelled
Fritz - Coccydynia due to osteoarthritis, resident of New York, USA
Sandra - Surgery after nearly 10 years of pain
Gemma King - Coccygectomy has it's risks but it is the best thing that has ever happened to me
Carmen - Tried everything else, now considering surgery
Polly - Coccyx removal and natural healing ... it can be done
Wendy - Pain in the . . .
Jacquie - Had surgery 21 years ago, have new pain
Paula - My concerns with surgery
Tania Hughes - Nursing and coccydynia
Maeve - Surgery headsup
Marcel - The pain in my ass
Lauren - Update - Surgery soon
Cris - Post-surgery PAIN
Susan - Coccygectomy incision
Krystal - Motel bath rail broke
Pixie - Surgery soon
Kirk - Coccyx removal surgery after recent lumbar spinal fusion
Missy - Update - Coccyx pain, laminectomy not the answer
Cara - Roller coaster broke my tailbone!!!
Priscilla - More pain after surgery
Lisa - Wheelchair-bound (separate issue) with coccyx at 90 degree angle caused by a fall
Michelle R. Bouchér - Update - Psoriasis and tailbone pain?
Ian - Second surgery update - still a PITA
Donna - Upcoming surgery
Kathy - Coccyx removed - Miami, Florida
Mary Kornegay - Healing question
Sally - Releasing caught nerve ends
Kelly - Surgery failed, rhizotomy a success
Helene - Deformed coccyx - removed!
Karen - Had coccygectomy after other treatments failed
Jody - Operation by inexperienced doctor
Mike Davison - Success with the surgery
Marina - Update - Broke my coccyx 3 months ago. I can't take the pain anymore!!
Jen - Update - Dislocated and fractured
Michelle - Update - Fell off Water Slide.....OUCH!!!!!!
Hope - Found "my fountain of youth" with coccyx removal
Jolene - Successful surgery in Manitoba, Canada
Jen - Please help - I can't take it any more!!
Lauren - Persistent pain - going in for surgery
Angie - Going in for surgery
Sharon - Broken T-Bone and surgery to come
Jayne Gerrard - Piriformis syndrome post surgery
Dina - Success with surgery 4 months ago
Ashley Loomis - Tailbone removal
Nicki B - Tailbone pain caused by rare tumor called chordoma
Yvonne - Tailbone had done a U-turn to point outwards
Kristy Chapman - Pain for 5 years, now going to have tailbone removed
Les - Update - Coccyx woes in Aviano, Italy
Trudy - My history of tailbone pain and surgery
Kristen Beinlich - Tailbone removed November 5th
Jen - Burning and numbing feeling after surgery
Karen - Coccyx removed, but pain was caused by Tarlov's cyst
Christy - Injections helped, but not enough, so now had surgery
Annette Haas - Update - Tailbone pains in Denmark ;(((
Nicole - I am terrified of having surgery......
Tandra - Dislocated coccyx removed
Ian Hobson - My surgery
Dan Kuykendall - Still waiting for relief
Gail - Coccyx removed 5 weeks ago
Ally - Just had my tailbone removed 19 August 2002
Heather - Update - Pain returned after training for duathlon - now had surgery
Glynda Wells - Should I try manipulation or go ahead with surgery?
Mary - Had surgery in 1997...still in pain....but holding on to hope....
Cathy - Update - Tailbone pain, doctors stumped
Kristi - Surgery provided some relief, but still have pain
Kathy Ovide - Had coccyx removed - great results!
Tamela - Had surgery - tailbone was barely attached
Mercedes de Miguel - A good night's sleep
Kate - Tailbone removed 17 years ago - worth it, but pain now getting bad again
Cathy - Strange complications/infections since surgery
Nana - Impending surgery
Dominique Bazin - Coccyx removed in Paris
Jim M - Coccydynia after laminectomy
Jeff - Coccyx surgery
Emily - Dana, we're in the same boat!
Marcel - Long term pain in coccyx, awaiting surgery
Mary - Coccygectomy solved one problem but created another
Dana - Rear-ending caused coccyx pain, had surgery
Bettina - Childbirth after coccygectomy
Charlotte A. Jagneaux - Searching for a treatment
Lisa - Surgery imminent
Vicky Harrison - Dislocated coccyx
Lesley Fulton - Surgery next option
Kelly - Mountain bike accident
Shellie Golden - Having surgery January 16
Kelly - Coccydynia diagnosed in June 2000
Anonymous - Vioxx has helped, but surgery is an option
Kim and Alan - Kim is facing surgery
Linda Terry - I'm ready to get rid of it!!!!!!!!!
Dan - Killing nerves
Michelle - Decided to jump right to the surgery
Misty - Mystery pain
Pamela - I had the op
Anonymous - Pain, pain, go away- don't come again another day!
Maria - I've had the op, now let's hope I've lost the pain
Lori - Just had surgery
Lorraine - Coccygectomy
Anonymous - I am losing all faith in everything
Stacie Pouh - Pain free at last
Beth - Tailbone removal
Jon Miles - Update - Cycling accident in 1993. Coccyx removed 1999
Debi - Success in Lexington, SC
Wendy - Headaches can also be attributed to coccyx - cured by removing coccyx
Jo - Burning sensation in the tail bone area
Nancy - Tried everything but still in pain
Joanne - Doctor said operation could cause loss of use of bowel and womb
Rory Greenwell - update - Severe pain for over two years. Now had coccyx removed.
Jennifer - Pain turned out to be caused by a pilonidal cyst
Anonymous - Had surgery, seven months pregnant and can't stand the pain
Diane Roberts - Coccygectomy saved my life!
Kim - Surgery success in Arlington, Texas
Anonymous- Surgery Update - eleven weeks post-op
Candy - Coccyx removed seven years ago - no pain now
Anonymous - Pain came back after thirty-five years
Adele D Meyer - Update - Coccyx removed after nine years of pain
Connie - Coccyx surgery - two days ago - Optimistic about success
Greg Thibeaux - Update - Eventually had coccyx removed
Penny H. Craig - Coccyx pain during and after childbirth
Mary-Anne - Post-Coccygectomy Success Story!!!!!!
Karen Ramaley - Surgery and after
Louise - Partial coccygectomy, but no relief
Mary Bisagno - Update - Pain started in pregnancy, had coccyx removed
Susan - Tail bone shaped like a V - now removed
Kathryn - ten days post-op and doing fine
Mrs Weber - Wheelchair comfort
Carolyn - Coccyx removed, best thing I've done in a long time.
Monsi Hodgson - Questions before surgery
Molly - My pain
Kate Allen - Failed coccygectomy
Debra Hopkins - Update - Had coccyx removed a month ago - feeling great.
Cynthia- Started after miscarriage. Seen eighteen doctors, finally had coccyx removed.
Geri - Mobile coccyx from birth. Removal of coccyx cured headaches.
Linsey - Had coccyx removed, had to wait two years to get partial relief of pain.
Sarah - Fractured both sacrum and coccyx. Removal of coccyx not effective.