My butt hurts!!!

I have lost about 80 pounds all together, and since about 50 to 60 pounds lost, my butt hurts to sit for too long! Anybody else have this problem? Is it because I don't have as much padding back there now? I used to be skinny years and years ago, and I never remember having this problem!

Oh my goodness!!!!!!!  I think my situation is because of the loose flab back there!!!!!!!

It gets pinched sometimes when I shift around in my office chair... OWWWWWW!!!!

I appologise in advance for all the hideous mind pictures of a 60 year old wrinkled back side that any of you may have gotten! 

A lot of people have a transitory issue with their tailbone. Your muscles that pull your tailbone up and keep it from getting sore from sitting.... they got lazy when your backside was so plump they didn't have a job to do. They must be strengthened, but in the mean time your posterior is inflamed from the pressure on the tailbone.

You should get a ****yx pillow (NOT a donut pillow) and use it in any chair/seat that causes you pain. use ice also. For most people this will help you out. If you do NOT have an RNY you can try NSAIDS too, but only if you don't have an RNY.

If the pain doesn't subside over time (like six months) then you might consider seeing an orthopedic pain specialist. They can help you out. Sometimes you need to have a cortisone injection to the posterior to eliminate the inflammation..... sometimes two or three injections.

For MOST people this works. You can also opt for some physical therapy from a pelvic floor specialist.... be warned that this is manipulation of the tailbone itself....which is easiest reached anally.

For an extremely limited number of individuals, none of these things help..... in my case I broke my tailbone about twelve years ago. My pain would not subside. I also had a fairly large back side since I was ten years old. The muscles that control my tailbone and pull it out of the way were totally atrophied. In my case I had my tailbone removed (two months ago) and am still waiting to find out if it has been successful. My pain levels remain quite intense. But the recuperation from the surgery can take up to a year or more! I would certainly not recommend it until you have ruled out a lot of the other possible cures. Make certain you do not have a pilonidial cyst, try shots, other possibilities. Surgery is truly a last-resort.

Clench your butt muscles together when you sit down. Those are the "cushions" you sit on. Pre-op you sat on your fat cushion. Do some muscle-building that will build up your seat.

I found my walking really helped to keep that from being too bad a problem.

I haven't been able to sit on benches or hard chairs for any length of time since a few months out...I just don't have the padding anymore..my butt disappeared.

OMG! I thought it was only me. A friend recommended the tush cush.... haven't tried it yet but it may work for us!