Post by pilonidalstories.com on Sept 4, 2017 7:30:20 GMT
Hey I'm Kim and I'm 19. I got my first cyst in November 2011 and thought I was dying I was in that much pain! I went to the dr and she prescribed antibiotics (ceflex). The next night I ended up in ER with horrible pain and what felt like a bubble on top of the lump. They called in the on call dr who was my normal dr that I hadnt been able to get into the day before. He immediately suggested lancing it which I agreed to as I was having hallucinations from a fever associated with the cyst. He did it under local anesthetic and after he was finished I felt so relieved! It still hurt for a couple of days but nothing like the day I went to hospital. He also prescribed stronger antibiotics and panadeine forte and referred me to a surgeon who I saw on the 9th of January 2012. The surgeon advised against surgery due to healing complications and we'd review my situation in 12 months. At the end of January 2012 I felt the same pain again and my usual dr (who performed the lancing) was on holidays! My new second choice dr didn't have any appts available so I had to see the female dr I saw last time. She examined it again and told me it would be a waste of time lancing it as it did not have a head and prescribed more antibiotics. I then ended up in ER the next night as the pain had gotten worse and I'd gotten another bubble. I was told again by another dr that it still didn't have a head and sent home again. The next night it had doubled in size and I went back to ER to be told it still didn't have a head by the head nurse who gave me some good advice to use a drawing cream and heat packs to get the infection to the surface. By the time I awoke this morning it had once again doubled in size and was extremely painful to move and I had my mother (who is a former nurses aide) to check it and she said it had a very small head but to give it one more night with drawing cream and a heat pack which is how I currently am now. I'm heading back to ER in the morning as its excruciating pain when I move. I Have a random question if anyone can answer it: this time I need pressure on it all time to move without pain is that normal? This ranges from the heat pack on it to having to push on it to walk and use a towel to push on it to sit on the toilet. I wasn't extremely embarrassed by it as my pain outweighed my insecurities. I am a larger girl and have noticed a slight amount of hair around the area but nothing ott. My father also had one which as of the last I heard still had it and had it recurr for 20 odd years.