Post by pilonidalstories.com on Aug 28, 2017 12:40:51 GMT
“I’m 18 years old and first got this cyst when I was 17 in September 2014. I discovered it one day when I was getting ready for my grandma’s 80th birthday party. I noticed I was in a lot of pain on my tailbone. When i was making my bed, I accidentally hit my butt against the wall and went to touch it, due to the pain and realized my underwear was wet. I ran to the bathroom and wiped it with toilet paper, realizing it was blood. After the party i told my mom and we saw my doctor a week later. She sent me to a specialist a week after and he told me i has this cyst. He put me on antibiotics and planned to have surgery in November. When i went to the hospital the day before my surgery to sign paperwork, i ended up starting my period and was embarrassed so i rescheduled the surgery a week later. The surgeon called a day before that surgery and told me he had to cancel. So we rescheduled to the next week. The day of my surgery we went to the hospital and the put the IV in me. The hospital received a call saying the surgeon needed to cancel due to an emergency surgery and scheduled it the next day. At that point i lost it and was in tears. I was missing out on my senior year and i couldn’t perform at my choir concert. So the next day i finally got the surgery and was released from the hospital. The nurses didn’t receive and feedback or directions on how i was supposed to take care of it, etc. So we ended up having to call his office and asked the people on the phone what to do. We asked for a note for me to give to the school and they told us they would call back the next day. that was odd. So they didn’t call back and my dad kept trying to get ahold of them and they never answered after 3 days. So my dad went to their office and finally got the note and instructions on what to do. 2 weeks later i went for a follow up, he took out my stitches and said it healed. came back 2 weeks later and he said i had an infection. he gave me antibiotics that i was allergic to! he didn’t even read my information or whatever. i saw him 2 weeks later and he said it healed. went back 2 weeks later cuz i was in a lot of pain and bleeding and he was like “its not healing” at this point we were done with him and went to a new surgeon. this was 4 months later btw. now, this guy told me the other surgeon took the stitches out too early and that he did everything wrong so i needed to get surgery again. so i get surgery, and he had me stay over night at the hospital because he wanted to make sure i was okay since i was super dehydrated. he gave me instructions to not sit or do anything for 2 months. i was healing very slowly. i ended up staying out of school until May when he said i was able to finally sit, but be careful. in july i finally healed and everything was back to normal. now, the past 3 weeks I’ve had a blister that keeps popping on my butt, but not on the same spot, even lower. i went back to my surgeon and he looked and said that i have another cyst, not just 1 but 3. now i have to get surgery for the third time. I’m also gonna have to get laser hair removal or else this will be coming back all the time. i am so sick and tired of this. it has been such a painful and uncomfortable year. i hope this is the last time i will get this. now i’m going to have to drop out of college. i’ve never felt so alone. “