A Guide to Having Your Tailbone Removed

This guide will walk you through the process of getting your tailbone removed in a step by step format.

Step 1

Go to a stupid Warrior Dash, slide down a muddy hill at the end of the race, hit a rock and break your tailbone off.

Step 2

Go to the doctor and find out that you shouldn't to do anything for six weeks during the middle of adventure race season

Step 3

Play Internet doctor and DO NOT FOLLOW a real doctors orders, then end up taking the time off months later and then a year later, you finally figure it out and you need your broken tailbone removed.

Step 4

Get the tailbone removed.

Get up early and ready to go to the hospital

Get ready for surgery

Do stupid things when you're under the influence of pain meds

Go for your first 2 mile walk 10 days after surgery

Second 2 mile walk 11 days out

Third 2 mile walk 12 days out 

Seeing friends running while out on my 4th 2 mile walk, SO Jealous 

Me waiting for my First pre-op run

Water Logged

If you don’t already know, due to my broken tailbone, I have been forced to take six weeks off biking and running, but I can swim as long as I don’t kick. After 10 days of my forced downtime, I’m now water logged and sick of swimming. On the upside, I think I’m getting some muscles in my arms. Only 32 days to go and hopefully my tailbone will be ready for Ironman training. You can see my plight in the video below.