I read this thread and hold my breath to finish all posts hoping you have medical care for your fall. See my avatar? A fall has put me in a wheel chair ... on good days, my braces only with cane help on my best days and I have used a cane after crutches. Initial diagnosis was a broken tail bone. I agree. Hospitals are the pits at time. Misinformation, Wrong diagnosis and procedures add to simple problems.
However, as a grandchild, great grandchild and grand niece from a country doctor that rode horse back for his patients that did not have adequate roads in an Appalachia region (1920's - 1930's), bone surgeon ( 1950's - 1960's) and city medical doctor (1960's - 1970's) the doctors have the knowledge we people do not ..
Please, this is Monday. Go in get x rays, you don't have to have anything done .. don't let them talk you into anything if the hospital is crummy.. get the copies of X-rays and talk to your family doctor.
Honey, nobody should live with pain, but pain is a warning sign.
Praying for a good outcome.
Sincerely,
Ellen