Re: Di - pain in tail bone

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Hi Di, I couldn't say if that is why your tail bone feels broken.

Maybe you did break it in a sledding accident as a child, did you

have it x-rayed at the time? Before I had detethering surgery, I had

pain in my spine above my tail bone, and it felt like it was

crawling with bugs at night when I was trying to go to sleep, but

not everyone with tethered cord has the same symptoms.

You should tell your doctor about the pain you have there to find

out if it is related.

Take care,

V.

> In a message dated 7/7/2003 4:26:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

> zipper7727@y... writes:

>

> > The filum terminale is like a thin elastic band, about 8 inches

> > long. At the top, it is formed from one of the layers of tissue

> > surrounding your spinal cord, and extends from the bottom of

your

> > spinal cord to the tip of your tail bone.

>

> is this why all these years sitting in church my tail bone felt

broken?

> Geeze all these years i really thought i broke my tail bone from

sledding when a

> child.

>

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