Question

[bbest]

I have been in a lot of pain lately. There's a spot almost at the base of my spine that hurts like mad to touch and you can feel a hard lump there. It feels like a bone. I am so tired of going to my ortho and he isn't exactly around the corner from me. Has anyone else experienced anything like this before?

[JoAnn5]

Could you check with your local doctor? I don't think i ever had anything like that exactly. If your dr. thinks it merits some concern, then you can get in touch with your ortho... maybe by phone?

[SIsForSarah]

Is it just below or around your tailbone? The reason I ask is I had something identical to this (it hurt particularly to press on) and it was right at the base of my tailbone. It turned out to have nothing to do with scoliosis - it was actually a cyst (very uncomfortable though) - it was quite hard to the touch as well, but was not bone.

[bbest]

It is actually above my tailbone. I am concerned that maybe my hardware is loose. I don't know. I don't want to jump the gun. It hurts to touch it and sitting down with my back against a chair hurts like hell. When I was getting a pedicure over the weekend, the massage chair I was sitting in rolled over that spot and I nearly kicked the lady working on my feet. It was awful.

[augemac]

Brandi,

Well I have never had this before but my husband had something similar near his spine and they thought it was a cyst but it was just a very tight muscle. Do you go to a massage therapist? I see a wonderful lady that use to be a physical therapist and does myofascial release. She is the one that discovered it wasn't a cyst but muscle and now he is better. Just a thought but I would go see your local dr.

She said that she could tell it was muscle because it rolled or was able to move slightly. Does yours move?

[bbest]

Mine doesn't move around. I've seen 2 doctors in two days and the first one thinks it's a cyst on my spine. The second one thinks it's a trigger point. I had a sonogram yesterday and the tech said it's definitely not a cyst under my skin or in my muscle. Now I have to have a CT scan to see if it's a bone or hardware issue. Does it ever end? I am so sick of doctors and I haven't even really begun preparing for surgery yet.

[augemac]

Brandi,

I know how it feels to say to yourself "when does it end??" Well I hope that the dr's can figure what it is, cause I personally like to know, that way I can deal with it! Take care

[bbest]

So I had a CT scan and it turns out that the lump I felt in my back is hardware covered in scar tissue. Luckily, my surgeon plans to remove all of my existing instrumentation when I have my revision surgery next month.