Is it common to expierence moderate to severe tailbone Pain and how is it treated?
I can't tell you when it started to hurt or if trauma caused it but Man does it hurt. I have an apt with my rhumie tomorrow but wanted to know from a patient's point of view what can they do, if anything?
hi Gizelle,
have you recently had an epidural? if so, that could be the problem. when i had my daughter 16 yrs ago, i had an epidural, and suffered for 2 long years with tailbone pain. then one day, it was gone. no trouble since. anyway, it was a thought. good luck! ~desiree
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Gizelle Sullivan
Wednesday, May 06, 2009 at 02:53 PM
Sindie
Monday, August 17, 2009 at 05:13 AM
Hi Gizelle
I have the same extreme tailbone pain, and my rheumy also does not believe that it has anything to do with RA, according to him RA doesnt affect the tailbone at all, but I am not convinced. I have heard of a number of RA pts with tailbone pain, I have read a previous post from someone saying that after she quit birth control pills she started experiencing tailbone pain, so have I. The pain is at its worst when i get up from a seated position. I can no longer sleep on my back because of the pressure on the tailbone.
I would really like to know more about yours and if it is getting better. I have had tailbone pain for 6 months now and have been taking metho 20mg, prednisone, coxflam and plasmaquine for 3 years successfully.
Good thought, but no my yougest child will be 8 in sept. I went to the rheumie today and he said he sees a lot of this but normally folllowing tramua so I don't know what to say but I don't remember falling on my toosh. He wants to give me a cortisone shot.... THERE!!!! Ugg