Slow recovery from surgery
C, Turkey
Posted 2025-04-06
My case: My coccyx has 3 segments, and minor subluxation between C1-C2. I fell in 2021. I tried injections, ganglion impar blockage, neurontin, lyrica and RFA couple of times. After a while the pain always came back, especially burning pain.
I decided to get full coccygectomy surgery on Aug 2024, after finding surgeon, I decide in 1 week to get the surgery. My insurance covered the full cost.
After surgery,
* I took 2 weeks off from my job, and 2 weeks work home office
* I laid on my sides and stomach for 3 weeks, the third week my doctor took out my stitches.
* I didn't get infection or opening.
* At 4 weeks I started to sit uncomfortably on cushion about max. half an hour.
* At 5th week I go back to work, but sit on cushion for maximum 1 hour and sometimes work stand up position. It was really uncomfortable.
* At 6th week my pain was 10 on sacrum and old coccyx area, there was some kind of electricity going through my legs, burning when I sit too long and lay back was painful.
* At 2 months, my pain was 8, when sitting too much burning pain through left buttocks, sacrum pain.
* At 3rd month, I sick of the pain, I went to my doctor and he takes MRI, told me the surgery is successful due to he takes all coccyx bones, but see the old coccyx area still not filled, and there is edema and inflammation. He made cortizone and anesthetic to old coccyx area.
* At 5th month, pain go down to 7, again with sacrum pain and when lay back too much pain.
* At 7th month, get a MRI again, this time my doctor told the hole from old coccyx is filled completely but still some small edema/inflammation, he said I shouldn't be in that much pain. He did a second cortizone and anesthetic shot.
* After 2 weeks from the last shot I started to sit without cushion with pain level 4.
* Now (1 month after the shot) I got pain level almost 3, sometimes 2 with minimum pain. I can sit without cushion at work for 8 hours. Still using cushion on only driving.
* I can lay on my back. Only if the surface is too soft I get a small pain after laying my back too many hours.
I hope this continues as it is. I was really depressed at 4 to 5th month, thinking I made myself worse, but it gets better and with also cortisone I believe.
Due to my insurance is cover and my doctor is nice, I took 4 MRI's to check everything is fine during the process. To be honest this takes my anxiety.
Hope to everyone to be better, be pain free, and full recovery.
Cheers!
Update, 2026-01-04
After 1 year I feel great and, except for my car and work place, I stopped using a cushion. If I sit for a long time on hard surfaces without cushion I have small pain but next day it passes.
I got surgery for pregnancy because my doctors told me pregnancy will be very difficult. In May 2025, I got pregnant, now I am at 9 months, waiting for the labor.
And had a fantastic pregnancy :) I can lay down, sit without cushion during pregnancy and had no coccyx pain in pregnancy.
