Almost busted my A$$

And I mean that literally.

After some weeks of pain and some self-diagnosis I finally visited the doctor earlier this week and determined that while I have not broken anything I have definitely bruised my tailbone (coccydynia is the technical term, in case you care).

Basically I have damaged the soft tissue over and around the bottom of my spine. Nobody can tell me how this happened, or what I should do to avoid doing again. Treatment consists of staying off my tailbone as much as possible and applying ice. Taking anti-inflammatory drugs would help with the pain but I can't take those.

The doctor said if it wasn't better in a couple of months to come back, so we're not looking for a short term fix here.

"Trying to stay off your coccyx" sounds all well and good unless you live in the suburbs and work at a desk job. I need to get one of those cushions with a cutout where the coccyx is, but I haven't done that yet.

Sounds like fun, huh?

Needless to say I'm not getting too much knitting done these days.