Let’s talk butt pain

Jul 30, 2016

I had my surgery in 2013 a few months into my weight loss; I started to notice that my rear end started to hurt and go numb after sitting for only a very short period. I had not had a history of this before surgery, so I chalked it up to there not being as much skin between the bone and chair now. I also figured I would get used to it, and it would eventually get better.  I was wrong as time ticked by the pain got worse and worse, it got to a point where even sitting on a soft couch for too long resulted in agony. I started trying all manner of fixes. Examples of this would be icing my rear end lol, and first aid cream and oh yes God help me the donut cushion for my touchy. That last thing helped a little but still the pain persisted. Three years go by of me dealing with this. Finally, I ended up at my yearly med check with my primary care Doc, and I asked him about it. He, of course, wanted me to drop my pants and take a look I was thinking more along the lines of and x-ray, embarrassed and desperate for relief I complied. I hear him go hmm you have some extra skin and what looks to be a bit eczema. He asked if I had tried cortisone cream. I had in fact done that at one time, but with no positive results.  I was sent home with a script for a much stronger dose of cortisone. I applied it three times a day and within a few days, I had blessed relief. I still have to get up and walk around every hr for a few minutes just the keep the blood flowing when at work, but I am way better off now than I was before. I also have a script for that wonder cream for flare ups. It’s funny it never occurred to me that the pain I was feeling could be anything other than a bone spur or pointy tailbone I was sure of it, being the armchair doctor that I am. 

 So in conclusion; I fell prey to the macho male side of things. I should have spoken up sooner to my primary care doc doing so would have saved me from at least a couple of years of pain, stress and embarrassment. 

Best Regards

Shane

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