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Fractured my coccyx...

Chloesnavy

Chloesnavy

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Hello all. I fell over on Saturday night (backwards) and really hurt myself. Went to a&e today and they didn't do an X-ray but suspect I've fractured it. I've never fractured anything before!
I'm on codeine and it's making me feel a little ill. Any advice?
Thank you
 
Hi,

Yeah did something similar down some steps at a party years ago.. I feel your pain..
Busted a rib on another occaision too?

From memory? They can't realy do much about it.. I know it was hell driving a car...
 
they suspect you have fractured a bone but did not do an x-ray? o_O

Well ok then, just drink lots and try not to move around too much, although, if you had fractured it you sure as hell would know about it. Most likely bruised it, still painful nonetheless.

Feel better soon.
 
Chloesnavy said:
Hello all. I fell over on Saturday night (backwards) and really hurt myself. Went to a&e today and they didn't do an X-ray but suspect I've fractured it. I've never fractured anything before!
I'm on codeine and it's making me feel a little ill. Any advice?
Thank you
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If the Codeine is making you ill talk to your doctor about changing the pain killer. I am allergic to it!
 
Ouch. I did this slipping on ice.. very painful ! You'll need cushions carefully placed to sit comfortably for a while. Codeine makes me ill too . What painkillers do you usually take ?
It has to heal on it's own and gets gradually better over a few weeks
 
I remember a few years back when the former mayor of Maroochydore, got bucked off a bucking bull in a hotel.

He landed on his coccyx and was in hospital for a short time, and was hobbling around for quite a while
 
Tipetoo said:
I remember a few years back when the former mayor of Maroochydore, got bucked off a bucking bull in a hotel.

He landed on his coccyx and was in hospital for a short time, and was hobbling around for quite a while
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Ha! that's exactly what I'm doing, hobbling
 
daisyduck said:
Ouch. I did this slipping on ice.. very painful ! You'll need cushions carefully placed to sit comfortably for a while. Codeine makes me ill too . What painkillers do you usually take ?
It has to heal on it's own and gets gradually better over a few weeks
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It feels so painful. I keep having to sit on one bumcheek lol I ate with my second codeine last night and I felt felt and it made me sleepy which was good, as I was in pain, maybe I just needed to eat more with it?
Usually paracetamol but it didn't help whatsoever
 
mist said:
they suspect you have fractured a bone but did not do an x-ray? o_O

Well ok then, just drink lots and try not to move around too much, although, if you had fractured it you sure as hell would know about it. Most likely bruised it, still painful nonetheless.

Feel better soon.
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Yeah, because whether you've bruised it or fractured it, there's still nothing they can do, so you'll still get the same result. They suspect I fractured it due to me telling them it felt like I had tooth paste on my coccyx yesterday... and also felt a bit sick before I went. It's sooo painful! :(
Thank you
 
Ow! The pain is horrible. Not had it myself, but watched a family member go through it.

The bruising will improve, but then you will be left with the bone pain til it mends.

Has anyone suggested you get a polo shaped cushion? Or a horseshoe shaped one? My relative carried theirs everywhere!
 
Jaylee said:
Hi,

Yeah did something similar down some steps at a party years ago.. I feel your pain..
Busted a rib on another occaision too?

From memory? They can't realy do much about it.. I know it was hell driving a car...
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Did you fracture it too, or bruise? It's so painful. I'm going for a family meal tomorrow night too, and I'm gonna be sitting like a weirdo!
It hurts so much this morning lol!
 
Brunneria said:
Ow! The pain is horrible. Not had it myself, but watched a family member go through it.

The bruising will improve, but then you will be left with the bone pain til it mends.

Has anyone suggested you get a polo shaped cushion? Or a horseshoe shaped one? My relative carried theirs everywhere!
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Yes, the nurse at a&e but I have noooo idea where to get one! It's really painful this morning :( feeling sorry for myself haha
 
Chloesnavy said:
Yes, the nurse at a&e but I have noooo idea where to get one! It's really painful this morning :( feeling sorry for myself haha
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Hi, what about a neck pillow ( the type you use on long journeys to rest your neck) that is U shaped and may ease the bruising pain a little? Or, if you can, ask a pharmacist for some advice. Take care.
 
Definitely get yourself a doughnut cushion. I've got two friends who fractured their coccyx and they carried their inflatable doughnuts in their handbag everywhere lol! They're available from Amazon for about £15, just search "doughnut cushion"
 
I've bruised mine in the past, so sypathise. Worse than the pain of the bruising was the internal exam. I nearly shot through the wall at that one!

Get the doughnut cushion - nearest a diabetic might go to a doughnut! Failing that, a kids rubber ring. I also use a wedge shaped cushion on my study chair, which has a 'u' shape cut out at the back to ease pressure on my coccyx, as, even years later, it remains an area that bruises easily, even with just lots of sitting on it.
 
I've done it twice. The first time I didn't have any medical help, and it took months to heal. The second time I had to see my GP about something else, and mentioned it. He prescribed some anti-inflammatories (the sort you can get over the counter like ibrufen). His reasoning was that if the inflammation can be reduced at the beginning, then healing will be faster. I did get over it much faster that time. Codeine isn't an anti-inflammatory, so will be reducing the pain, but not the inflammation.

Both times I used a wedge shaped cushion with a hole in the thick end of the wedge. That made a massive amount of difference. Try googling wedge cushion coccyx.
 
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