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Posted by Gerald Stewart (Member # 162) on October 24, 2005, 06:36 AM:

Any of you guys ever broke your tail bone? [Roll Eyes]

I had a falling incident Friday night where I think I may have broken my tail bone. I had hoped a couple of days of inactivity would have seen an easing of the soreness and stiffness but it seems to be still pretty sore. I am going to give it a few more days to see if it is just bruising. Maybe the swelling will go down some and I can see some improvement.

May have to sit around at the campout on one of those inflatable butt pads....won't that make me feel special. [Roll Eyes]

Posted by crapshoot (Member # 225) on October 24, 2005, 07:15 AM:

Been there done that. Never been the same since. (When I was about 6)Got pulled off the hood of a pick up by my feet landing on a concrete side walk.

Posted by Rich Higgins (Member # 3) on October 24, 2005, 07:32 AM:

Ouch!! you guys. How do they set a broken tailbone? How do they put a cast on it?
I've heard the phrase "my ass is in a sling" but I thought it referenced something else. Ouch!

Posted by Nahuatl (Member # 708) on October 24, 2005, 07:57 AM:

Gerald,
Get your butt to the doctor..... prednisone (if it doesn't make you crazy) and a hot pack work amazingly well to relieve inflammation, swelling, and pain in that area.

A few years ago, after too many days and too many hours on the tractor, the pounding I took from the brushhog caused something like sciatica, and like crapshoot, my tail has never been the same.... and painkillers do not work well on nerve pain.

Posted by Brad Norman (Member # 234) on October 24, 2005, 08:53 AM:

About the only thing you can do for it is get an inflatable doughnut to sit on and rest. Don't worry about people looking at you funny. I hope you get to feeling better soon.

Posted by NASA (Member # 177) on October 24, 2005, 09:01 AM:

I had a slip'n fall at my daughters pool this summer. Tailbone hit the pool coping. X-rays showed fractured coccyx. No cast, no sling, lol. But the 60 hits of Vicoden helped a lot. That's the best my doctor could offer. It took about 2 months to get back to (somewhat) normal. I sat on a down pillow at work for 4 weeks. No fun. Just stay off your ass as much as possible, and it will heal faster.

Posted by Locohead (Member # 15) on October 24, 2005, 09:07 AM:

Nahu,

Ask you doctor for Tramadol (Ultram I think is the generic). Anyway, I've got a pinched nerve too. and sciata. If I skip a dose, within hours the lower back pain goes to my right butt cheek, then my right leg, and down to my ankle. The medicine takes about an hour to kick in but man o man does it work. It totally kills the pain.

It has absolutely narcotic no effects I that you I of know of at alljklndtrqnhe.fuuqtberjggeknow #*%*&^6 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 24, 2005, 09:07 AM:

Wow, that's too bad, Gerald. I hope you didn't fall off your platform?

I, myself, have been dealing with excruciating lower back pain for almost three weeks now. I even went to a Chiropractor, for the first time in more than twenty-five years. I'm thinking of going back today?

Good hunting. LB

Posted by Locohead (Member # 15) on October 24, 2005, 09:25 AM:

It seems that I read once that tons of people have a broken bummy bone and don't even realize it.

I was about 13 or so and a buddy of mine and I decided to slide down this little spill way. The water was running over the spill way and was about 1/2 an inch deep as it rolled down the flat surface. Also, under that 1/2 inch or so of fast running water was this long slimy super splippery moss. I could see a 6 inch curb of concrete across the bottom of the spillway. So our plan was simple. Slide to the bottom and at the last minute, push off the curb with our feet and leap into the pond.

Dummy Danny went first. The spillway was more slickerier than grease flavored moose poop and I was flying down that thing. Just before I hit the curb for the big leap I noticed a great many big pointy sharp looking rocks in the pond where I was about to jump. Instinct took over and I layed flat in an effort to stop. KABOOOOM!!!! Was the sound of my bummy bone smashing into the cement curb, as I toppled into the water. It was so hard trying to breathe, and I don't recall ever feeling so much pain. And all my best friend could do was laugh his head off! I tried laughing too but it just made the pain worse. LOL

Yeah Gerald, "The Glorious Days of A Boy's Summer!" Nothing like it! [Wink]

I sure hope you get to feeling well soon. Bummy pain is a real drag!

Posted by Az-Hunter (Member # 17) on October 24, 2005, 09:59 AM:

Ever notice how all these "old fart" maladies seem to occur below the belt, eventually ending up in the ass,knees or other unmentionables?

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 24, 2005, 10:12 AM:

I think you're right, Vic. But, I keep forgetting things, too! Age has it's rewards and it's penalties.

Good hunting. LB

PS for the record, some of my below the belt things are still working fine, thank you!

Posted by Gerald Stewart (Member # 162) on October 24, 2005, 12:18 PM:

I am going to take it easy on it for a while and see what happens. I read on the internet that there is not much they can do for it.

Now if you have fractured your Sacrum, that is a different story. That is when you get into more of the nerve problems and they can do a couple of different surgeries to alleviate some of those symtoms.

I am exhibiting some of the symptoms of a broken coxxcy(spelling?). Not much they can do but just let it heal which usually takes several months.

I went to the club today and could do nothing that required sitting or rolling down onto a bench. The whirlpool seemed to help some so maybe I just need to let it rest.

I tried to convince my wife that I had read on the internet that one therapy for it was a rythmic motion to occur with 120 lbs equally distributed downward on my pelvic area.....she did not buy it. [Wink]

Posted by Gerald Stewart (Member # 162) on October 24, 2005, 12:30 PM:

I wish I could attribute the fall to something dramatic or macho but I can not. I simply got out of bed rather fast at 4:00am and went out into the hallway to go watch the hurricane news and about halfway down the hall I started feeling dizzy, so I stopped and put my head down.

I moved my head back up and that when the lights went out. The next thing I know, I hear a loud noise and I am laying on the floor wondering what caused that loud noise. Then I came to my full senses and realized that it was caused by me doing one of those hollywood stunt man falls fully backwards but there was no mattress to catch me. The HardWood floor was a poor substitute for a mattress.

My wife, thinking it was my heart, zoomed out of the bedroom and started asking me what was wrong. I rolled around on the floor for a couple of minutes holding my tailbone and my head trying not to scare her too badly. I got up and took some Ibuprophen and went back to bed.

Man... that hurt for a long time.

[ October 24, 2005, 12:31 PM: Message edited by: Gerald Stewart ]

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 24, 2005, 12:39 PM:

The urge to merge, eh? You can't be that bad off?

Good hunting. LB

PS I'd be a mite concerned about the fainting though?

Posted by NASA (Member # 177) on October 24, 2005, 12:48 PM:

Get that BP checked, Gerald.

Posted by Andy L (Member # 642) on October 24, 2005, 01:01 PM:

Gerald,
I have done that several times. If I get up quickly, from a chair or bed and start walking, I get really, really dizzy and sometimes its lights out. I have done that all my life. Actually was hopsitalized for tests on my heart when I was a kid.

I went to an old doctor when I was about 15 and after a brief exam, which included me standing and sitting a few times, he concluded it was circulation. If I stand too quickly without using my hands, I can pass out.

Not saying you shouldnt get your BP checked, but something to think about. Ive been doing just what you described my whole life. Pretty wild.

Andy

Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on October 24, 2005, 01:13 PM:

Gerald,

They call that postural hypotension and, if I recall, you once mentioned you had a history of irregular heartbeats. As with any fall, any medic or doctor is as interested, if not moreso, in the cause of the fall rather than merely focusing on the obvoiuos injuries.You don'tr just fall down. At the very least, you need to make sure your physician knows that you suffered a syncopal episode (passed out) immediately after getting up from bed. And be careful next time you do that. Since it happened once, it'll likely happen again. When you feel that swimming sensation, it might be better to just ease yourself down and let it abate, then rise again in increments.

Oh, and that home brew therapy you suggested, involving the wife? That thing might work, but with the way things are going, just about the time you're rearin' to go, all the blood flow will go from one head to the other and you'd probably pass out again and miss out on the good parts. Man, it must suck to get old. [Wink]

Posted by Gerald Stewart (Member # 162) on October 24, 2005, 01:23 PM:

AndyL, I have had that problem also most of my life. I had an episode like this when my oldest boy was a toddler. One night I jumped up and went down the hall to check on him and the same thing happened. I reached out to grab the only thing I could to keep from falling....the trim on the bathroom door.

I ended up on my back with my head and shoulder hurting after that one. I had eaten an apple right before I went to bed and attributed it to blood rushing to my stomach to digest as well as rushing out of my head when I stood up quickly.

This time I had eaten a snack about an hour earlier but do not feel that played a factor. I may have had an episode with my irregular heartbeat combined with the rapid rise.

I do not have a blood pressure issue...at least as far as I know. I give blood or platelets at the Red Cross regularly and watch that pretty closely. I had given recently and my BP was normal.

Nothing is beneath me when it comes to wanting some snatch Leonard. [Wink]

I tell my wife all the time that I have my priorities in line.

Posted by 2dogs (Member # 649) on October 24, 2005, 04:17 PM:

Gerald,

I'm not a doctor...But I've stayed in cheap motels, once or twice [Smile]

.

Doc. Lance is on the money.
As for his [second assessment]. I haven't any experience on that...LOL! [Big Grin]

Doc 2dogs-kirby

Posted by Rich Higgins (Member # 3) on October 24, 2005, 04:29 PM:

Gerald, if your tail-bone is broken, will that straighten out your s-shapes?

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 24, 2005, 04:44 PM:

See? Always a silver lining!

Posted by Rich (Member # 112) on October 24, 2005, 04:55 PM:

"Nothing is beneath me when it comes to wanting some snatch Leonard."
_____________________
Gerald,
That seems to happen to me more often every year. At least I ain't the only one with that problem.

Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on October 24, 2005, 05:57 PM:

Oh gawd, You mean it gets even worse?

Posted by Gerald Stewart (Member # 162) on October 24, 2005, 06:43 PM:

I was just going to ignore this for the most part, but now Lance has got my attention. Yea...it is the pits...getting older that is. Your turn is coming. [Razz]

Rich, the only suggestions I can find on the Internet on how to accomodate the healing process is to sit on one of those donut pads, eat lots of high fiber and drink lots of water. That will probably cause those floaters to be like one of those Fireworks Snakes you light up on July the 4th that always twisted, turned and marked the sidewalk up so bad your mother would yell at you.

It seems to be little better tonight so maybe it won't be as bad as I feared it might be. I will keep you posted.

Posted by Timberghozt (Member # 707) on October 24, 2005, 06:49 PM:

Hey Gerald..A Doc might be able to make you more comfortable.Over two years ago I had a nasty fall on a peice of heavy equipment and broke two ribs and did some damage in my upper spine.They put me on Vicadin and Flexeril to start with.Vicodin is pretty addictive and they shortly therafter put me on Tramadol and Flexeril.I still have some pretty extensive soft tissue damage and take Tramadol daily but no more muscle relaxer Flexeril junk.Tramadol is a blessing bud,I know many days I couldn`t make it on a dozer or scraper without it..
Its worth a shot if you`re in pain to see what the doc will do..Hope ya get to feelin better..
Gene

[ October 24, 2005, 06:50 PM: Message edited by: Timberghozt ]

Posted by Locohead (Member # 15) on October 24, 2005, 08:16 PM:

I asked the doctor about the Tramadol and why it works so well. I guess the stuff numbs your brain so you don't notice the pain even though it is still there in full force. Freaky stuff man. The stuff blocks the pain sensors or something so your brain can't read the pain. Yikes!

I hate sleeping on my back. But when I lay on my tummy, I get to thinking about all the pain I am really suffering in this position but not really feeling it. I get really wierded out and half to turn over.

Gerald, you are nothing less than a pure GENIUS. I wish you were my perscription writing doctor!!!

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 24, 2005, 09:07 PM:

Well, the "genius" has had a message in the predator hunting forum for a couple days and has not noticed it, as of yet; therefore this is a heads up. [Smile]

Good hunting. LB

[ October 24, 2005, 09:09 PM: Message edited by: Leonard ]

Posted by Melvin (Member # 634) on October 24, 2005, 10:17 PM:

Nothing is beneath me when it comes to wanting some snatch Leonard.

Does this mean'like'-heads up i win,'tails down you loose' [Big Grin]

Gerald,i was thinking about that HEE HAW song you liked so well"If it weren't for bad luck i'd have no luck at all"'dang!'you do have bad luck!

Posted by Krustyklimber (Member # 72) on October 24, 2005, 10:20 PM:

"Any of you guys ever broke your tailbone?"

Yup. Three different times. [Frown]

Broke lots of other bones too. [Wink]

They all hurt.

Krusty

Posted by Jack Roberts (Member # 13) on October 24, 2005, 10:43 PM:

Never broke my tail bone but bruised it badly a couple times. I never broke any major bones but many minor ones.

In my younger years I raced motocross and was rarely without something broken. Did the broken foot, broken wrist, broken collar bone thing repeatedly. My major achievement was broken ribs. I once went for 3 years with always having at least one rib broken. It only takes a month for a rib to heal, but I would break a new one before the old break was healed.

In retrospect it sounds stupid but I was winning races!

Jack

Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 24, 2005, 11:09 PM:

Yes, it does.

But, some of us understand.

Good hunting. LB

Posted by Gerald Stewart (Member # 162) on October 25, 2005, 06:27 AM:

I saw that one yesterday Leonard and took care of it via a personal email this morning after Timberghozt contacted me by email. You will come to realize why I was distracted when you get my most recent email to you this morning. Thanks for the heads up anyway.

I hope I do not come across as a whiner Melvin. 80% of peoples "bad luck" is usually caused by themselves to one degree or another. Hind Sight is a valuable Teacher...too bad it could not come before our decisions in life. [Wink]

[ October 25, 2005, 06:31 AM: Message edited by: Gerald Stewart ]

Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on October 25, 2005, 03:24 PM:

You're not a whiner, Gerald. Just asking questions in search of advice. And none of us wants to be thought of as "whining". Jack's story is enough to illustrate that. It ain't whinin' if you still winnin'.LOL Ouch.

The only bone I ever broke was in my lower right leg. I just got off duty as Shift Captain one Sunday morning and got into the house only to realize I'd left my gear bag in the truck. I was "on call" as a back up medic, so I needed to get my uniform off and stowed in the bag. In a hurry, I ran out the front door and went down the steps at the end of the porch, forgetting that the steps were icy. Up I went, then down I went onto my right side with my right leg landing extended off a retaining wall midway between my ankle and knee. Man that hurt! I laid there and considered my options. I was still in uniform. The station is five blocks away. My portable radio was on my belt and still "on". I could hear the on-duty crews running radio checks and there was no way in hell I was going to call them to come pick my now crippled butt up off the front sidewalk. So, I got up, found I could bear some weight on it without completely crying, and soon made Tylenol the fifth food group in my house. Hurt like hell for a month, until I was at the dr's for something else and happened to mention it. He felt around and found a big calloused knot of bone where the fracture happened and gave me a dirty look. Only heard my doc use profanity twice, and that day was the second and last when he told me me what kinda of stubborn stupid dumbass I was. LOL Still gets sore today once in a while. Oh well.

So, Gerald, if your ass feels anything like my leg did, whine on!

Posted by Timberghozt (Member # 707) on October 25, 2005, 05:16 PM:

Hey Gerald..Received the email and appreciate the advice [Wink]

Don`t worry about coming off as a whiner bud.Pain sucks.I have 9 inches of steel and 10 screws in my right arm,broke my left wrist at the same time on a rank bareback horse in Mansfield Texas,fractured skull twice,concussions,hyper extended knees,dislocated shoulders,2 broke ribs, enough stitches to make a wall map...I know Gerald,if it hurts bud, you oughtta go see a Doc and tell him to give you somethin for it.. [Wink]

Gene

Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on October 25, 2005, 05:55 PM:

Gerald,

I don't think you were whining, but then I don't think you fell down either.

I'm betting that you came home with nothing to show from your hunt, and the wife found out how much that big bag of nothing cost, and kicked your a**

But then, it's your story, and you can tell it any way that you want [Wink]

Posted by Melvin (Member # 634) on October 25, 2005, 05:59 PM:

Nope,not a whinner,Gerald,just bad luck like the rest of us have had at one time or another..For someone that has done mostly physical work all there life,i guess,i have been lucky..I have never had a broken bone in my body,But i do have my share of old age ailments,and then some.

I have those,lights out spells,had them as far back as i can remember..I have never fell over,but came close many times..Five bad vertabra's in my upper back, and arthritis has been my devil. [Frown]

Posted by Melvin (Member # 634) on October 25, 2005, 06:25 PM:

LOL,I'm sorry for laughing,but i can't help myself,reading that post of,Tim's.

I bet,even in pain,you got a good laugh there! LOL..Ok,Gerald,lay you're cards on the table,is that what happened?..LOL

Posted by Locohead (Member # 15) on October 25, 2005, 06:32 PM:

Lance, you reminded me of something. Once while dating my chick, I put my right arm around her waist as we were both walking forward in the winter mooflight. I promised her that if she jumped into my arms I would catch her. She took me up on the offer and jumped high. I did catch her but just before my feet went out from under me because of the ice. I held her tight as I hit the cold ground flat on my back with her right on top of me. UMPFFFF!

I've been her knight in shining armor ever since! [Smile]

Thank God this wasn't Gerald's wife's answer to his internet perscription. [Wink]

Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on October 25, 2005, 07:01 PM:

I'll tell you what, guys. Ronnie turned me onto a pain balm he's found to work well for him and I got my own little bottle of the stuff this past Saturday. Doesn't say Lynchburg on it anywhere, if that's what you're thinking. It's made from aloe, emu oil , capsisum, and some other stuff. It doesn't smell like BenGay - not even close. The guy that makes it says it smells like pallmetto(?). Kinda funny stuff. You rub some on where it hurts and expect it to start burning and getting hot. It doesn't... you don't feel a thing. In fact, you forget about it until about ten minutes later when you realize you're not hurting any more.

Last night, my dad went to a ballgame with me. his back hurts like a bitch all the time. We were going to take my truck rather than his car, but he said his back would be fine. Before we left, I rubbed some on his lower back. he sat quietyly on thgose cold bleachers for the whole game and, about halfway thru the hour and a half drive home, I asked him how his back was doing. he said that despite the cold and the bleachers, his back didn't hurt at all. He asked me to order him a big bottle of the stuff.

The stuff works great on arthritis, neuropathy, neuralgia, muscle pain, nerve pain, and kills the pain of shingles and burns. I give it a thumbs up because it knocks the pain from this bad disc in my neck right out. If any of you old farts wanna know how to get it, I'd be more than happy to pass the info along.

Posted by NASA (Member # 177) on October 25, 2005, 07:12 PM:

Hell, I'll bite. Email me some details, Lance.

Posted by Rich Higgins (Member # 3) on October 25, 2005, 08:21 PM:

Lance, me too.

Posted by sparkyibewlocal440 (Member # 397) on October 25, 2005, 09:23 PM:

Gerald,stop screwing around and see a doctor,get an x-ray or whatever he suggests.When's the last time you have had a physical?Get some blood work done,the whole deal.Like to see you around for awhile longer!

Posted by Melvin (Member # 634) on October 25, 2005, 10:38 PM:

Me too

Posted by Locohead (Member # 15) on October 26, 2005, 06:13 PM:

My dad swears by the stuff. I think it might be the same. He calls it Blue Stuff? Same? I know it has emu juice in it too!

Posted by Cdog911 (Member # 7) on October 26, 2005, 07:06 PM:

Loco, nope. Not the same stuff. I've seen the blue goo stuff and it doesn't come close to what this tuff does.

This stuff is called Pain Balm 369 and is made by a guy named Richard Guilbeaux (pronounced gill-bow) who lives in what's left of Port Arthur, Texas. His number is 1-888-711-0941. The bottle I bought was 14.95 plus about $5.95 S/H. That's for four ounces. But a little goes a long way. When I called to order mine, I left voice mail, then Richard called back, left a message, and asked me to call him back at what I presume to be a cell phone number, since I doubted he had phone service at his place of business.

This particular balm contains 20% emu oil, aloe vera, MSM, capsisum and vitamin E.

I figured if it works for Ronnie, it'll probably work for me, and if anyone has tried it all, it would have to be Varmit Hunter. It really works, and it absorbs deep. My wife tried some on a bachache this morning that nothing else has worked on for a week and said it gave her several hours of relief. I am impressed enough that I'm dropping information off at my physical therapist's office in the morning. Let me know if any of you other guys try it and how you do with it.

Posted by Tim Behle (Member # 209) on October 26, 2005, 08:45 PM:

Posted by Gerald Stewart (Member # 162) on October 27, 2005, 05:10 AM:

That about sums it up Tim. Thanks for a good morning laugh.

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