Tailbone after weight loss

[Tammylb 174]

Has anyone else noticed their tailbone hurts after sitting once the fat on your butt is gone ! I'm glad the big butt has left but who would have thought this was a side effect lol

[MichiganChic 3,262]

Yep, but for me, it's not my tailbone, it's my hip bones. Must be the say I sit. Anyway, I can actually feel my bones easily through my skin, and when I sit on a hard surface, (bleachers, church pews, wooden chairs) I have to shift to the side to prevent pain. I need to build some muscle there, which I think would help immensely.

My mom lost a lot of weight and kept it off for nearly 30 years, without WLS, just through very low calorie dieting. She actually developed a decubitus ulcer (pressure sore) on her tailbone, even though she was not bed bound. She had it for about 10 years. Her diet really wasn't very good. In the last 6 months she got cancer and I worked with her to change her diet for healing, having her eat much like a WLS patient (high protien, but with a slightly increased calorie intake), and it healed! She's 74 and active, so that just goes to show what a poor nutritional status with weight loss can do, and also how important good nutrition really is!

[Comeflywithme 402]

YES! lol! Mine too.

[Dr-Patient 830]

YES! Thanks for mentioning that! I forgot to put that in my post [to which I'd appreciate any advice]:

http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/321814-homestretch-to-1st-year-vsg-anniversary-must-focus/

With so little fat there now, my tail and hip bones are right there, so the nerves that course deep to the muscle get the pressure. Hurts sometimes [especially with a past injury to my "SIJ" there], but I'll deal with it. To feel those bones I hadn't felt in a long time!! Wow.

Also, when lying in bed on my side, and my knees are right next to each other...no fat is there to cushion them. Funny. Oh well!

[Forsythia 882]

I doubt I will ever not have ample junk in my trunk. I come from a long line of booty. LOL. But, I notice when I sleep (I'm a side sleeper) that my knee bones are knocking against one another. And I am not even thin yet. I am pretty thin in the legs from the knee down though. But jeez.

[Gibble 28]

Yes, I thought it was just me

[amazon 579]

same here, LOL.

I have a Tempur-Pedic seat cushion. It was stupid $$, but is a needed addition to my work chair.

I also try to be conscious of how I'm sitting - making sure my hips are a little forward which keeps me from rolling back on to my tailbone.

At night, I have to tuck the bedding between my knees if I'm on my side. I thought it was just me!

[livvsmum 2,370]

Yes, totally! I'm much more uncomfortable sitting now! lol