Anyone ever have one of these? Brutal. I had surgery to remove it under general anesthesia. Was out of work for a week. I went back and all of the sitting led to more bleeding, and the doc had me take off last Thursday and Friday. Went back this week - same problem started again. Now I will be out 1-2 weeks with a home health nurse coming every day because the incision next closed up right.
It is PAINFUL when it flares up. I have a standing desk so when it is bad I just stand more.
I used a donut for quite some time. It helped a ton.
(pilonidal cyst) ..... I am going to regret it.
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(pilonidal cyst) ..... I am going to regret it.
It's a pain in the ass.
I’m telling ya, if you don’t have one, get a donut. It was my saving grace when I had mine.
Yep! My dad was a #1 tank driver back in 51-52, and had surgery, and had dealt with it for years! No joke, he was always bitching about it!
These days maybe they’ve come along in treatment, I wish you all the best!!
3 inches was the cut. They had to dig deep. Basically its a fucking hair that grew and grew causing this shit. The hair grew so long, it was as long as 6 inches. My crack is extra long.
Recovery was a bitch. Its the worst. You cant sit without bleeding. I was out of school for 2 weeks because of it. Watch tv standing, sleep on my stomach, eat standing. The thing is they cant stitch it up so you need to let it heal on its own. When i was cleared to go to school, i had a semi maxi pad on my area and it still went through my school pants. I had to take tests on a podium.
here is the kicker. years later, it kind of came back. These fucking hairs. I went back to the doctor and he just had to burn the area. I was 25 this time. Just a fucking nightmare.
Now i havent had any issues thank the lord.
For any of you that read this, trust me. all of this annoying crap was way better than the pain of sitting on that cyst. Get it done. Yes its a painful recovery but it needs to be removed
General Anesthesia felt like he put a cigar out in my butthole.
Then he goes to work, and I can feel blood running, and I can smell myself cooking. GOOD STUFF, right??
He eventually says - "This really should've been outpatient in a hospital - it's a lot deeper than I expected".
Went home face-first in the back seat of my old mans LTD. Open wound the size of a lemon took a couple of weeks to heal.
Still have a gruesome scar back there. Will show on request.
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I can't really stand in the type of work I do. Kind of wish I just took off a couple of weeks from the beginning to let it heal right. Lesson learned.
I’m telling ya, if you don’t have one, get a donut. It was my saving grace when I had mine.
Have one. Not helpful at this stage though. I just need to stand or be in bed.
Very lucky I guess.