Do about a week after I gave birth I developed an abscess on my tailbone. At first we though it was a cyst however I was lucky enough for it not to be. The draining of this monster was the worst. The local anesthesia was barely working and it took 10 minutes alone to drain. Well for the next month I had to go into the hospital to get packing removed and put back in. Each time I took lots o ibprofhan and tylenol 3. Even then they sometimes didn't help. It was so horrible and almost worse then giving birth. Let me tell you how taking a shower and sitting down were next to impossible.