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Suggest Treatment For Unresolved Drilling Pain In Tail Bone

hi i had my cervex removed 5 years ago because of cancer, i woke from the operation feeling terrible drilling pain in my tailbone, thought nothing of it at the time as i assumed it would get better as i had had interference down there and thought it would dissapear in the healing process. 6weeks after my op and returned to be told i needed to have hysterectomy (laparoscopy) because the cancer was found further up. I had the op leaving my ovaries 3months later. I still had this pain in my coccyx. 3months after my hysterectomy i told my consultant about the pain and he looked at my ovaries and said i was unfortunate and i had a cyst on my left hand ovary and that was causing the low pain in my coccyx. I had the ovary removed laparoscopy small incision above pelvis. The pain continued and i mentioned it every time i saw him. He referred me to a specialist who said he would not recommend anything and i am at my wits end now as i have just hurt my lower back some how and feel i am falling apart and i am just 50 years old. Please help!
Fri, 28 Aug 2015
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Hi,
Thanks for writing in.

The pain you are experiencing is most likely due to referred pain from the back. Such a pain might have originated due to nerve stimulated during or after surgery. There are many nerves which pass through the pelvis on their way to supply other areas and it is possible that mild nerve irritation might have occurred.

The tailbone or coccyx area is not involved and only you are having nerve stimulation which makes it appear as though the pain is originating at that location. The cyst in the ovary if large in size then might have caused this nerve irritation. It is also possible that your lower back might be having degenerative disc changes. This might be investigated by doing a MRI lumbar spine if required after clinical examination. Please do not worry.
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Suggest Treatment For Unresolved Drilling Pain In Tail Bone

Hi, Thanks for writing in. The pain you are experiencing is most likely due to referred pain from the back. Such a pain might have originated due to nerve stimulated during or after surgery. There are many nerves which pass through the pelvis on their way to supply other areas and it is possible that mild nerve irritation might have occurred. The tailbone or coccyx area is not involved and only you are having nerve stimulation which makes it appear as though the pain is originating at that location. The cyst in the ovary if large in size then might have caused this nerve irritation. It is also possible that your lower back might be having degenerative disc changes. This might be investigated by doing a MRI lumbar spine if required after clinical examination. Please do not worry.