I don’t quite remember where I was feeling pain when I walked without the aid of my rollator in those first weeks, nor, what was still painful even when I wasn’t walking at all. It was probably in my hip area because even though I’d had my hip x-rayed and knew that it was fine, I went to the doctor after 2 weeks in because I still had so much pain in the hip area and her sending me to have my pelvis x-rayed showed why, when it was determined that I’d fractured the pelvis.
I know that sitting got a lot easier after I got my coccyx pillow and as I write this with my ipad on my lap, I am still sitting on that pillow that’s on my “Stressless” chair in the den, and I have a rectangular pillow behind my back for back support.

It “seemed” like it was overnight that I realized that my pain had decreased significantly and could suddenly walk without pain when I walked unaided. I do know it was a good 8 weeks which seemed like an eternity. It was a very depressing time and I beat myself up a lot for being so careless going down those steps. I was never so relieved when I discovered that I could walk unaided, without that pain and that I hadn’t ruined my life forever.

Because of my back issues however, walking without the support of at least a cane, is still slow and laborious, like walking through mud, but as my PT told me, it’s not due to my hips or pelvis, it’s all due to the back compression on nerves in my legs. I can walk lickity split with my rollators. I’m a different animal on my own, lol. For now, I’m okay with that because back surgery hasn’t been offered as a guarantee that it will make things better, and I’m okay with using a cane or rollator when I’m out and about. If where I’m going offers carts, like grocery stores or Target or Lowe’s…I’m fine either using a cane to get to a cart, or, slowly walking unaided to where the carts are. I suspect that when people see me walking with my rollator, they wonder why I need it because I can walk normal using it. It doesn’t take much to take the pressure off my spine to enable me to walk well.

Patience pays off. It’s about the only thing we have with pelvic fractures I think. Knowing that folks do recover fully is what kept me going through the wait. I hope that you continue healing well, that your hip area pain subsides, and that you find the coccyx pillow as helpful as I’ve found it. My very best to you.