[Doody]

Here I was going to post today the results of my lumbar/sacral/tailbone MRI and last night I fell. Was at my daughters and walked down the stairs to their family room (with slick shoes on) and my feet flew out. I fell down several flights, hitting my tailbone and twisted to the left to stop the fall resulting in a badly bruised arm to boot.

I can't sit directly down at all! I'm on my tailbone pillow tilting forward.

Of ALL places to land on!!! 2 weeks after my tailbone MRI!

And I still haven't gotten a referral to anyone, still waiting for that.

The IMPRESSION (the abstract of the MRI) is:

Moderately severe degenerative disc changes at the L4-L5 level with a very large posterior disc spur complex. Moderate degerative disc changes at the L3-L4 level. Gross change from 9/6/2005. The sacrum is normal. There is a spur formation along the anterior margin at the junction of the first and second coccygeal segments compatible with old and possibly chronic trauma. Focal moderately severe degenerative changes at the junction of coccygeal segments 1 and 2.

I wonder if landing on my tailbone this weekend and then having the MRI would have made any different in the picture. Sigh.

It was REALLY hard driving home from the kids. Had to sit on my hip and try to hold myself up at the same time. Cruise control is good.

[moose53]

((((((Doody)))))),

Ouch!! That much hurt like 7734.

My husband fell off a motocycle (that he shouldn't have been on in the first place -- too big for him).

I shouldn't be laughing -- but, the motorcycle took off down the street with him hanging on -- he went full throttle up over the sidewalk and knocked our neighbor's lightpole down and crashed into their porch and broke it (the porch) and then landed on his butt and fractured his tailbone. He WAS a sight!! Luckily he was a barber and didn't have to sit down much until it healed.

If you landed that hard and feel THAT bad, you maybe should get an x-ray if it's still hurting in a few days. Looks like you already have problems in that area.

I won't offer to kiss your boo-boo -- but I will offer a BIG HUG. I hope you feel better.

Barb

[LizaJane]

I know someone who fractured her tailbone, and while surgery was recommended, she refused, and did very well with acupuncture.

[Curious]

((((doody)))))

you might have a fracture. how are you feeling now?

[Jomar]

kid no. 2 did something to my tail bone on his way out- his face was the opposite way from normal {can't remember if face up or down}.
anyway his head bruised or broke my tail bone.

The pressure from sitting or getting up and then sitting back down with that was way worse than the delivery!

I didn't go to the doc or even mention it to anyone , til after it quit hurting - then I told hubby & mom.

But in your case I think at least calling your dr and telling him would be a good idea. Better to follow this up now than to wait.

[Curious]

face up is opposite. all mine where "stargazers". back labor..and all tailbone bumpers. ouch!

pssss....i agree with jo...give your doc a call...a heads up on you falling.

[ejbpesca]

Back in the 80's I was diagnosed with a fractured coccyx..tailbone.

There was no xray or mri they said could diagnose such a thing.

What they did to me sent me into the wall and into anger I still feel since even though the diagnosis was clinically positive there's not a thing they can do about it.

Here's what doc man did. You know how we men have a check up sometimes for the prostate? Well...that same procedure happens for a fractured tail bone only while finger is in the doc flicks your coccyx to see how much pain that produces. I almost fainted from pain. He said, "Yep, you probably have a fractured coccyx. "So what do we do now," I asked. "Nothing," he replied.

I was mad as a wet hornet.