Tailbone pain
Very common and a real PITA. For some people, it eventually gets better on their own. I have not been so lucky. I'm currently in PT trying to help it.
Get a ****yx pillow (wedge pillow with a little cut out for the tailbone). They do help. I have the Tush Cush and I like it, other people here have used other models.
I bought this one at Amazon and could not survive without it. Make sure anything you buy is focused on reducing pain in your ****yx.
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Height: 5'-7" HW: 449 SW: 392 GW: 179 CW: 220
When I was younger and my weight fluctuated, especially after pregnancy, my pilonidal cyst flares up. For me it is congenital. My children also have it. The first time it occurred I was a teenager and it felt like I had fallen from a chair onto cement flooring. Very, very painful tailbone. Here is a website that describes it.
http://www.medicinenet.com/pilonidal_cyst/article.htm
I am scheduled to have the gastric sleeve in a few weeks. I'm hoping the weight loss does not cause my pilonidal cyst to act up. It's been a long time but I do sit a lot for my job. I had several friends that had it removed when I was younger. I decided the surgery was not an option for me. I think they have come along way with the procedure. They used to not stitch it close and allowed it to heal on it's own. It took one friend a year to close with a lot of drainage. Also you need another person to change the dressing. As a teenager, I didn't want my mother doing that. Too embarrassed. If you do not have a good surgeon, it can reoccur.