Anyone break their tailbone and still fish? How?

[Deleted User]

I could use some info from anyone who has broken their tailbone. I hinted in some post a few days ago at being injured last Friday, but didn't say what. I was down in the pit of one of those quick oil change franchises and slipped on an oil slick, landing tail first on the edge of the lowest steel stair step. I was under there with permission to look underneath my Bronco at the inside of my transmission and to see what the break-in oil looked like on the recently installed new motor.

I didn't find out for sure until my doc appointment this morning to look at X-rays. He diagnosed a dislodged and angled lowest tailbone section. It looked broken clean thru at the joint to my lamen eyes. Anyway, he said these are notorius slow healers and will hurt to sit for up to 3 months or more. Right when the fall rains are coming! Geeeeez! I shouldn't complain in today's national climate though. I just want to know if others have gone thru this and what to expect. And maybe some ideas of how to fish half days with this condition. I got an inflatable 'hemroid ring' to sit on, but it still hurts a lot anyway. Now I will have a couple reasons to be called the 'donut dude'. images/icons/wink.gif After a few weeks staying off it I guess I may try a combo of the 'donut' and standing to fish a half day occassionally if possible. Any other fishing ideas? images/icons/rolleyes.gif Thanks.

RT

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[Silent Lucidity]

Yeah, slipped at an Oil Can Henry's. Just admit that you fell along a riverbank again. It's better we find out what really happened now than finding out the truth later. images/icons/wink.gif

[Deleted User]

Haha SL. images/icons/smile.gif It's the truth. I got the manager on duty to sign a report that they had allowed me down there and that I slipped on some uncleaned oil, in front of the employee down there. images/icons/shocked.gif Can you say ****!, nevermind. Can't talk about it.

In the past, the muddy steep slopes I slipped on a couple times were very soft and able to land on my hands. And I was wearing smooth felt soled wading boots - like being on slippery snow boards. I've sure gotten a lot of ribbing for that, which is fine. But this one wasn't my fault!

RT

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[Slow Roll]

Bummer RT. (ugh, no pun intended there) My ex-wife broke her tailbone sledding. She had a sit down job at the time. Best thing for her was to pop the asprin and use the donut.
She also said that heat helped out some too, kept her back from getting tensed up. She used a heating pad but ,no joke intended, maybe using a handwarmer packet tucked back there might help?

Don't know what the Doc said about preventing the pain but I do know she spent a lot of time standing around too.

I sympathize with ya, try cracking a rib and trying not to laugh at all. images/icons/shocked.gif

Well, hope you get better soon, I need to live my fishing life vicarously through others and wouldn't want to miss out on your fishing stories. images/icons/wink.gif

[AuntyM]

Ouch. images/icons/frown.gif

I was told calcium supplements and lots of pineapple juice will speed healing (by a plastic surgeon.)

Hope you get better soon.

[Slow Roll]

Oh yea, I forgot, she took glucosamine (spelling?) and it did help her heal faster than the doc's predicted.
Stuff is supposed to help you joints and such too.

[Deleted User]

Plastic surgeon, Aunty M? Hey, I didn't break my nose (would rather have!). images/icons/wink.gif Calcium I get. But pineapple juice? Hmmm. I don't get that one. I'll give it a try; at least it tastes good. Thanks. BTW, I looked at you and your husband's NW Wash. saltwater oriented fishing website - nice site. Since it's a small non-competing site I think you can post the url on this site?

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[Thumper]

Look at the bright side Steve.....it's a quick $50,000 if you are the litigious type.....it heals, but slowly......certain forms of sex are removed from consideration for awhile......the list goes on and on.....

[Nanook]

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[cureless]

Get one of them Bass boat seats the kind you sit on while still standing, You could glue your donut to it for added comfort.

[hoochie]

'Nook, you are cold-blooded! My kind-o-humor!

RT, sorry man,I've been there (missed a camp chair after too many Alaskan Ambers) and the Doc is right, 3 months or more to heal.
Get a stand-up bass-seat like cureless suggested and you should do OK with that for Floatilla III. Wouldn't want you to miss that little bit of humble-pie!

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[Nanook]

Cartoon was to cheer you up RT. Stew will have to rub it for you. LOL. images/icons/grin.gif

[boater]

all you ore-gone flottilla guys better kiss "RT`S" owwy and make it feel better images/icons/tongue.gif

[AuntyM]

RT,

The pineapple juice is supposed to have beneficial enzymes. images/icons/confused.gif

As for my webpage, I sometimes leave it on my signature, so some Ifishers have already visited. Thanks for the nice words. Since I already shared my newest content with you, and you seemed to enjoy it, maybe others will! images/icons/grin.gif

Please send all hatemail somewhere else, thanks! images/icons/wink.gif

[Pete]

Let's see ... I guess it was 4 years ago I slipped off the top step at a friend's house and landed on the bottom, concrete step 6 steps down and smashed my tail bone ... 3rd one ... 4, 5 and 6 control important stuff. I was fine except I couldn't sit, stand or lie down without pain for about 6 months. I don't envy you.

[RW]

Yep, me to RT. It was a year before it didn't hurt everyday! The pain was worse than child birth! I feel for ya Steve. RW

[Deleted User]

Thanks for the replies! It's nice to know some of you have had this and are hopefully OK by now. And you are right RW, I feel like I've had several babies this past week images/icons/shocked.gif . My wife tells me I have woken up in a sweat saying "You did this to me ... you got me pregnant ... I hope you enjoyed yourself for the pain I'm going thru." ... Nah. jk But if this is what it feels like, I have a new found respect for you mothers!

I mentioned the handwarmer idea to my son SR, and he reminded me that I already use that area 'as a handwarmer' during winter outings. images/icons/rolleyes.gif

And Thumper, I showed my wife what you wrote - Hey, I said 'No more rides for awhile, honey'. images/icons/grin.gif Gee, I hope that's what you meant Jack. images/icons/shocked.gif She read the other replies and turns to me and says, "Don't even ask; Stew can rub it for you." images/icons/wink.gif

As for you WA guys, I have something right here that you can kiss. I already plan to lay down on the back seat of the Bronco and have my team buddies tow me and my sled up to F III. Get your lips ready. images/icons/tongue.gif ... images/icons/wink.gif

RT

[Deleted User]

I've refrained from commenting on Steve's plight but now feel compelled to.So let me clarify a couple of things.
1.Stew ain't rubbing a damn thing!....friendship only goes so far.
2.Stew ain't kissing a damn thing that's not female.
I feel for you buddy. My back feels the same way sometimes and it's not pleasant.
Stew

[Gregor]

offshore drilling accident? heard it can get rough out there.... images/icons/grin.gif

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[Rauly]

Well RT, it's time to get those knee pads out again. images/icons/rolleyes.gif I think that will be your most comfortable position for awhile. images/icons/grin.gif

I broke mine in 83 and remember it like it was yesterday.OOOOWWWWCCCHHHH

[Steelheadman]

I think RT is trying to pull one on us to get out of the Floatilla. How could he hurt his tailbone if he doesn't have a backbone? He's just making up an excuse because he's whipped and his wife put him on kitchen duty Floatilla weekend. J/K hope you get better!!! images/icons/tongue.gif

[stlhdr1]

RT,
Hope you get better partner. Just go easy on it, perhaps a new thing to use DMSO for?? Fishing's important but I'm not so sure it's worth that sort of pain.
Keith

[RichH]

I too sympathize with ya pal. I had the same injury about 6 years ago going down carpeted steps in stocking feet. images/icons/shocked.gif
At that point in my life I had a 40 minute commute so being rather stubborn(stupid) I just drove like I was attempting a right cheek sneak instead of buying a donut. I was still able to fish(remember stubborn?) but it will be uncomfortable for a while. I would not recommend going out in a sled where you have any chance of encountering a wave higher than what you get in no wake zones. The good news is that yes, it will eventually feel better.

[local_hooker]

I broke mine in 99' and I still feel it on long drives. I looped out on my bike at washougal motocross and hit the dirt butt first going about 30 mph. Thank GOD for kevlar lined race pants, otherwise I would have been removing a good 3 shovels full of washougal loam from my lower intestine.

Did you like the part where the doctor said "one more thing Mr. Hansen.....drop your drawers and bend over so I can check for any intestinal damage".

You'd think you'd at least get dinner and a movie first huh images/icons/grin.gif

good luck

it quits hurting eventually.

Sean

[4Salt]

Looks like it might be time to join Superfly on "Team Vicodin" images/icons/grin.gif images/icons/grin.gif

[Nanook]

"1. Stew ain't rubbing a damn thing!....friendship only goes so far."

Use your best eggs to change the above RT.
(Don't worry Stew - I hear that WON'T happen. images/icons/grin.gif)


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[THE REEL HEY_YALL]

RT, if it's something you love to do then you'll find a way. Broke my tailbone by falling down some slippery steps when I was 14, and I was back to playing football a week or so later. I just had to rig my tailbone pad.

I say get a velcro-strapped back brace with the suspenders and carry your doughnut, or check out the turkey hunters' vests that have the inflatible seat cushion attached to the vest. Then you could put your gear in the vest to keep you from bending over.

Hopefully you didn't sign a waiver before you walked down there images/icons/wink.gif Can we say cha-ching? images/icons/grin.gif Hope you get to feeling better soon, buddy, as I know what you're going through and it ain't fun. images/icons/rolleyes.gif

[drillman]

sorry to here about this boneer of a problem
just let me tell you do not fall at barkleys on the alsea as soon as you fill better. the long ride home will make you want to kill smothing more than a springer
good luck.
ps this is my first post . i read all most every day. love this bb. sure do keep it interesting the drillman

[Deleted User]

******,

It would take a good massage,
by an opposite gender,
when out in the barrage,
my best eggs I would surrender!

Hey 'Yall. You are probably right. That's why I will make it one way or another to F III. I figure you can duct tape a fluffy pillow around my ***, ay? images/icons/wink.gif

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[fishbait]

RT, Like Auntie Emm said, pineapple juise works to help heal. Only she forgot to say that it is taken in the form of an ennema, twice daily...........

[Deleted User]

Ooow! Remindes of a story 'Bait. There were 3 traveling salesman guys whose car broke down in the country. They happened upon a fruit and vegitable farm down the road, and being late asked the farmer if he would mind if they stayed out in the worker's bunkhouse for the night. The farmer said it would be OK as long as they agreed to an understanding. No prob, they said. Farmer says OK then, I only hire pretty country gals to do the fruit pickin round here so the deal is you have to stay out of their part of the sleeping quarters. Again, no prob at all sir; they smiled. Of course as expected the big ol' farmer found them fast asleep in 3 of the pretty gal's bunks very early the next mornin. Oh oh! With shotgun in hand the farmer tells them they must be punished. Since this was a huge farm with all kinds of produce, he tells them to go pick out their favorite fruit or vegitable and bring one back, or he'd release the huntin dogs after them. The first salesman returns with a walnut. The farmer tells him to bend over and procedes to give him an 'ennema' with the walnut. "Yeeeeoooowch". The next salesman comes troding in with a large avacado. "AAAAAAAARRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHTT" echoes thru the hills. They wait for quit a while for the third guy. Getting impatient the farmer asks the other 2 what the heck their colleague would be looking for. One of the salesman, shaking his head and rolling his eyes, says "he loves big watermellons". images/icons/shocked.gif images/icons/shocked.gif