Question:
Anyone else have a problem with their tailbone hurting?
I'm one year out. Down from 262 to 162 and all my chairs and sofa now just about kill my tailbone. It gets so sore! I assume it is just because I don't have as much padding back there as before, but it still seems a bit odd to me. Anyone else have this problem or have any input? — Sherry B. (posted on August 18, 2003)
August 18, 2003
Hi, Gosh I'm complaining about that all the time. I wonder what it is. I
weigh about 175 but I used to weigh 343. Maybe it is our lack of
padding...but it's really strange that you should mention it because I
definately have the same problem. I wish I had an answer though. Take
Care.
— Karen Renee
August 18, 2003
Funny you posted this, I was just complaining about this same thing last
week. I have drop 50 pounds so far (down to 226)and have noticed that is a
sit for very long my tailbone really hurts. I too have attributed it to
the loss of padding on my bottom, (however it sure does look like my butt
is the same size it's always been, LOL). Don't worry, you are not alone. -
Janine
— jmusser
August 18, 2003
OH MY GOSH... I just went to the doctor for that exact reason last week.
She did tell me that it is more than likely due to my weight loss but she
went ahead and sent me for X-Rays. I will get those results this week. It
all started one night when hubby and I went to the movies, now it hurts if
I sit for 20-30 min. I sit on a pillow sometimes it hurts so bad. Glad
I'm not the only one. ~7 weeks & 5 days PO -42lbs.~
— Jackie T.
August 18, 2003
mE TOO! I know my buns are alot smaller, I am hoping to do more exercises
to build them up a little and firm and hopefully it will improve!
— **willow**
August 18, 2003
mE TOO! I know my buns are alot smaller, I am hoping to do more exercises
to build them up a little and firm and hopefully it will improve!
— **willow**
August 18, 2003
I am now called the "buttless wonder". My tailbone hurts even
when I'm in the car. This was always my smallest area, "but" now
I'm uncomfortable most of the time. As you can see you are not alone.
— Fixnmyself
August 18, 2003
I have the same problem. I have always had a large butt, but now am finding
it uncomfortable to sit for long periods of time. I'm glad I'm not alone.
Kathy 2/10/03 215/141/130
— kathyb
August 18, 2003
Count me in on this one too! I had a huge butt, and its not small yet by
far, but my tailbone hurts all the time. I have lost 178 lbs. and I guess
some of that was butt. LOL
I would rather it hurt and my butt get smaller, than keep the butt I had!!!
Glad to know that I am not alone!!!
— pam k. S.
August 18, 2003
I've lost 87 lbs, and Yes it sure does. No matter where I sit my tailbone
gets very sore. Just can't get comfortable no matter where or how I sit.
If I stand the sagging skin from my large pannus makes my back hurt.
Laying in bed makes my hips hurt.
Oh thin is great!!! Just waiting for my body to get used to the new thin
me.
— Wendy G.
August 18, 2003
Count me in, too. I didn't really have a butt before surgery, but there
obviously was some cushion there that protected by butt bone because now if
I sit for very long, I get booty aches too. I guess that in a way, it is
good for me. It keeps me from sitting still for very long without getting
up and moving around...can't ever hurt to burn a few extra calories. So
no, you are not alone. I have heard this complaint many times from other
post-ops.
— Lori B.
August 18, 2003
Yes! I'm 2 years Postop and my tailbone hurts all the time, and it's not
getting any better. I bought a special pillow called a "tush
cush" that is like a wedge with the area where your tail bone hits on
it cut out so that there is no pressure on it. It helps, but if I don't
use it, I'm hurting. I find if I have to be somewhere without it, I
alternate putting weigh on what's left of each butt cheek lol....Good luck!
Denise 316/158
— lily1968
August 18, 2003
This started for me at 4 months. I bought a tush kush cushion also. It
helps, but if I sit too long on it I still get sore. My husbands teases me
that all my padding is gone. I can't complain about the minor side effects
when I am down 127 lbs. in 10 months.
— ckreh
August 18, 2003
I DONT THINK IT IS THE LACK OF PADDING, CAUSE MY SISTER IS LIKE 120 AND
HERS NEVE HURTS. I THINK IT IS THAT OUT PADDING HAS JUST DROPPED DOWN PAST
THE TAIL BONE AREA,AND DOESNT PROTECT US ANYMORE. I THINK I NEED A BUTT
LIFTAND PUT IT BACK WHERE IT BELONGS,JUST ANOTHER SIDE AFFECT I GUESS, LOL
— terri R.
August 18, 2003
Oh gosh...I have to add my name to this lonnnnng list of sore butts. LOL
I thought something was wrong with my tailbone. Soooooooooo many of us!
— Ginger M.
August 18, 2003
Sore Tailbone?! What's that?? (pre op here lol). I'll just buy extra
pillows (will I really lose THAT much padding, it's an awful lot back there
lol).
— tinky471
August 18, 2003
my tial bone hurts often, right after wls it was terrible i thought it was
bing on the haqrd table, but now it just hurts i get butt-itis bad!!!
ouch!!!!!!!!!
— janetc00
August 18, 2003
Love this post...I have the same problem. I have lost 104 pounds in 6
months, had a small but to begin with and now its even smaller. I read
somewhere that this other person had the same problem and it turned out to
be the "excess" skin in the cheek region. When you sit down, the
excess skin folds and you may be sitting on a skin fold that puts pressure
on the tailbone.
— LindaBF
August 18, 2003
There are a couple of reasons for the sore tailbone. One is obviously the
loss of "padding." Another is the fact that our frames take time
to shift and adjust to carrying a lesser weight. We have been structured
for so long to carry a load; it takes time to readjust. A couple of
sessions with a chiropractor can be helpful. I stopped having this problem
at about 3 years out; two years after reaching goal. I got my butt back
(your body continues to reshape itself long after you stop losing) and that
definitely helped. This is a temporary problem, but you can get help with a
chiropractic adjustment and/or the right kind of pillow! hugs,
Ann rny 9/10/99 260/124
— [Deactivated Member]
August 21, 2003
WOW I am so glad you asked this question because I thought it was just
me.When I sit even for a short period of time...it feels like agony just to
get up outta my chair.And it can be a soft cushy chair too...it seems to do
it in every chair I sit in even in my car. And I know it cant be because
I'm old because I'm only 20 (No offense to anyone over the age of 20..your
not old your experienced = )
at times its like I have to sit for a couple minutes to get out of the
chair and it feels like a thousand pound weight is in my bottom and I just
cant get up lol...and it Hurts soooo bad.
— Miko P.
January 18, 2006
This is an EXCELLENT website with lots of information on this problem:
http://www.coccyx.org/
— [Deactivated Member]
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