About a year ago I fell straight on my tailbone rollerblading. I could barley walk or sit or even stand. what ever I did I felt uncomfortable. Over the past year little outbreaks of pain in my tailbone have come and gone. But today The HORRIBLE pain of my very first rollarblading accident has come back. I really need fast, effective remedies. Oh, by the way I am going on vacation in 4 days and I will have to sit on a plane for 4 and a half hours straight so I really need help!
2007-02-03 13:54:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
See your doctor and ask if they will prescribe you something like relafen. It is a powerful antiinflammatory. I broke my tail bone badly a few years ago and had to wait 3 days before getting to my doctor. She gave me a scrip for this and it worked marvelously. It took two years or more for the pain to completely disappear, but the five or six days of relafen really helped. fyi...There really is nothing you can have done for this. Try Relafen, it worked for me when I didn't think anything would. Good luck.
2007-02-03 14:05:38 · answer #1 · answered by ginarene71 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh man! I'm so sorry. Did you have x-rays done last year? Sounds like it could be a tiny fracture. There may be some nerve damage.
I would do this tonight:
Go to the store and get Epsom salts and two boxes of Salonpas patches, the small ones. Take a long bath with lots of Epsom salts, with the water as hot as you can stand it. Really relax and imagine your vacation pain-free.
After you have completely dried (wait a while after you dry off just to make sure there's no moisture on your skin) apply three Salonpas patches directly on to where it hurts. These things are amazing. They will absolutely relieve your pain, if not fully, to some degree. Keep them on constantly as long s you're in pain now and throughout your vacation (and always).
Vicodin is great of course, but if you can live with Advil or another OTC pain reliever, do. Vicodin would make you very sleepy on your vacation.
2007-02-03 14:03:04 · answer #2 · answered by itry007 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Try a good painkiller and don't drink any alcohol on the flight. Also, try one of those little round pilows often used for hemorroids. It might ease some of the pressure on your tailbone. Anytime you are allowed to stand on the plane.. do so!
Good luck, enjoy your vacation, and sorry about the tailbone. I can sympathize. Been there, done that.
2007-02-03 13:59:10 · answer #3 · answered by bakfanlin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG, I did that a month ago, and it still hurts! (Not to scare you) you will be in very bad pain for about a week or so (depending on how bad you hurt it). I'm 99% sure you didn't break it, because its REALLY hard to do that! Although, bruising may hurt just as bad as a break. My advice to you is to NOT relax so much! I tried to stay off it, and it hurt REALLY bad. It's the muscles that are hurt, so you need to get up and try to walk around frequently. It will hurt for awhile, but it will start feeling better soon! Good luck(:
2016-03-15 05:24:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try Vicodin
2007-02-03 13:56:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can I would see your doctor. He/she can probably give you a better idea why the pain came back and give you something for it. Better safe than sorry.
2007-02-03 13:58:20 · answer #6 · answered by ********* 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There isn't even anything medicaly they can do for you. try to get some Vicoden or something!
2007-02-03 13:57:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
a big giant pillow - and sleeping pills
2007-02-03 13:58:12 · answer #8 · answered by Dustin S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋