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In my experience, go to the doc. It will not just go away

Jan 3, 2019, 10:58 AM

First time I had it it hurt like heck for 3 weeks, and eventually went away. Few months later it was back, and worse. Finally went to the doc. First step is antibiotics. Those helped and it went away again. Few months later it was back. This time the doc lanced it, and gave antibiotics. Went away again. Like a year almost. Then it came back AGAIN. This time was referred to a surgeon. They do a surgery where they basically cut out the whole canal there and pour silver or some crap in there to fuse the tissue. It is a major surgery, with general anesthesia. BEST part is they do NOT stitch it up. It has to heal from the inside out. So for almost a month I had to pack it with gauze and keep repacking it daily. Eventually healed. Was fine for about 8 years.

THEN, lost about 90 lbs. It came back. Doc said people who lose a shitload of weight have them recur, even after surgery. Did ANOTHER big surgery. Found something calcified in there and removed it. Could have been tissue left from the first surgery, doc wasn't sure. That was about 6 years ago now. Supposedly I'm fine forever. But who knows.

Like I said, it's a pain in the ###, literally and figuratively. FWIW doc said mine was one of the worst he's ever seen, and he was 50ish. Had to cut a LOT out, there were tracts he had to follow from the canal out into my butt. Massive scar back there from all that cutting and two surgeries, hence the landmine comment.

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My dad had it and I did too.

You can tell if you're prone to a pilonidal cyst by looking at the tailbone area at the top of the butt crack. If there's a divot or dimple, you're prone to get them. There's often actually a very small hole leading into a cavity that didn't fill in the womb during development. Has to do with us losing our tails during evolution. Well, some of us (myself) haven't fully evolved out of tails, and it's a leftover cavity where tails used to be.

I'm schooled on this subject btw.

Very distracting when I notice the divot in #### movies.

Oh, another thing...

If you have an actual hole in the area, even if it's the size of a pinhead, they recommend the surgery. If you have the surgery BEFORE you ever get a flareup, the odds of ever having one are VERY low, and the surgery is easier. Once they've flared up, the odds of them coming back increase, and even surgeries are not totally successful in stopping them. Doc said my pediatrician should have noted my tailbone and I could have had a surgery and never had to worry about them again. When it gets infected, each time the cavity expands and it's harder to eliminate totally.

With all of this angst over the American healthcare system

This has been bothering me for a few days

I get something like that sometimes

Google pilonidal cyst. Or don't.

That's exactly it. Now I just lance it and let it go.***

In my experience, go to the doc. It will not just go away

Mine flairs up every couple of years

Just saw a piece of good advice.....

Soak it in bleach for one hour.

have you tried wiping down instead of up?***

I do per docs orders, just because of this. Point.***

Oh, that? That's

Pediatrician checked all our kids and they didn't get it

That's an obvious malady.

San Fran residents say "Why not? We do it every day!"***

Totally safe, go for it!

Something something more than 4 hours

I would prescribe a much heavier drinking schedule, and it

So I've been having cold sweats since Tuesday when I

It sounds as if you may need to inject alcohol directly into

I have an issue that I know is your specialty

I suffer from this same horrific malady, and I've found that

Man, it's just like going to a real DR.

Hmmmm....impatience.

How big is too big

That's not really a medical question as much as its a

My hemorrhoids are reminding me of Yankees.

Sure.

Thanks, but I have a follow up question.

All you need to do is invite them over when you get into the

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