I've fallen down the stairs and hit my bottom on about 4 stairs. This was yesterday morning.
I have a lot of pain in the coccyx area.
I can't sit, stand or lay down without discomfort .
Standing up from laying or sitting is agony. It can take me 5mins to get from sitting to fully standing.
Clenching my buttocks is agony.
Direct pressure on the base of my spine is agony.
Paracetamol and ibuprofen aren't touching it. I took cocodamol at the weekend for neck pain and being addictive don't want to keep taking them but I don't think they will be effective.
I want some more effective pain management, but I don't want to have my bottom looked at. I particularly don't want to have an internal examination which I have seen on some web sites...
Can anyone tell me what they would do if I walk into the doctors and tell them I have broken my bottom?
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I think I've broken my bottom but I don't want to show the doctor :(
EggwiniasRevenge · 10/04/2013 20:14
I feel your pain - I did exactly the same thing! I was 3 months pregnant with dd at the time 
As far as I know, unless you are having difficulties weeing or numbness or tingling in the old undercarriage, they won't do a rectal exam!
They may send you for an X-ray, will give you some decent painkillers and probably just tell you to give it time to heal I'm afraid.
Mine was agonisingly painful - I was shuffling around hunched over with my legs apart, couldn't sit stand or lie down properly. Dr was certain mine was fractured but couldn't have an X-ray due to being pg.
Hope the pain doesn't last too long!
I injured mine and never got it checked. It took a long time to heal. I was ok once up and walking but sitting on a hard chair hurt and getting up was AGONY. I used to do a sort of primal yell getting up at home. I tried to avoid sitting down in public as I think the yell would have scared the general public. 
Definitely get it checked out.
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