Post surgery concern.
Hello peeps, I have a question. I am 3 months post op and since the surgery I have had a consistent pain in the tail bone area. If I sit for a reasonable amount of time, about 30 minutes, it becomes more and more painful. I have to consistently adjust my position and that really doesn't help that much or for long. Once I stand up, or if I go lay down in bed, I'm fine. I know it's not a matter of weight loss, being I was fine up until surgery and not fine over this issue right afterwards. I wonder if the hospital bed had something to do with it. It was less than comfortable. I probably would have been just as comfortable on the floor. Anyways, I just switched insurances as of Jan 1st. and I expressed my issue to my new doctor and he went to the step of having several x-rays taken from different angles and the x-rays came out fine. Has anyone else had this issue and if so what was done about it? This is a pain my rear I would really like to remedy lol. Also on a side note, I was pre-diabetic prior to surgery, now my A1C is a little under 6 which is still on the higher side of the normal range but still in the normal range. (Does happy dance)
This is just my instinct and experience. I think it is nerve and muscle damage from the way you were positioned during surgery. I woke up with numbness and pain in my left thigh immediately after surgery. They could find nothing wrong.
Through trial and error I found that capsaicin cream got rid of it.
Real life begins where your comfort zone ends
If you find out what it is, let me know. I am having the same issue and it is painful. I went to the movies tonight and had to turn on my side. Thank god the theatre has recliners. Driving to and from work sucks and being at my desk all day really hurts. It feels broken. Just another fun side effect maybe? :P
Age: 34 / Height 5' 8" / Starting weight July 2015: 446.0 lbs / Surgery Date & Weight: 1/19/16 - 320.4 / Lost pre-op: 125.6lbs / Goal Weight: 180 lbs