I am a 17 year old girl and i have had two experiences with a pilonidal sinus, it is one of the most horrible and disturbing things i have ever went through. i’ve never given birth, but i hear that the excruciating pain one has with a pilonidal is absolutely worse than any child birth. In 2012 i noticed i had a little pain where my tail bone was, mostly i thought it was from dance classes and i just ignored it. i never went through a lot of pain though, it would only hurt when i brushed my bum towards a surface. This went on and off for two years and i was just going on a holiday at the end of 2013 when i noticed more pain where my tailbone was. on the day of my return i felt excruciating pain where my tail bone was. i had no idea it was a pilonidal cyst. i just figured it was sore because 2 weeks before i had fell on my bum. i had fever, chills and noticed redness where my crack was. There was no bump just the pain. Two days after my arrival my mum noticed that i had a boil down there which had a head. the whole pain process took 3 days and eventually my mum popped it. (not to disgust you) there was pus and blood flowing everywhere. it looked like crime scene where someone had been murdered, but i didn’t care because THE PAIN WAS GONE. but only temporarily. i still had no idea that i had a poloidal cyst so i went to the doctor as soon as it started hurting again and thats when i realised it was a pilonidal cyst. the doctor prescribed antibiotics and it worked and the pain went away, well till now. i have been suffering from another abscess it took for about a week to pop, which is why I’m typing now. I know it was dangerous but i was ready to go to the hospital but to my luck i dealt with the most unprofessional doctors that told me antibiotics will do the job whilst i was ready for surgery. I was crying pain and i was yelling and screaming. i couldn’t cope. by day 5 i was thinking of committing suicide because thats how bad it was. i couldn’t move i couldn’t sleep and each night i would wake up in pain crying. i couldn’t properly go to the toilet and i missed out on a week and a half of school. IT WAS THE WORST PAIN EVER AND I DONT WISH THIS ON ANYONE. thankfully i used hot showers and hot compress to put on my cyst and bring it to a head. My mum used an old trick to bring the cyst out and free me from pain even though i know it will be back in another 4-6 months. Using dry or fresh fig, you mix with milk and bring to boil until it forms a pasty mixture. she applied it right on my boil and to my luck after two hours it popped and i felt the relief again. thankfully i don’t have blood infection but i will have to clean my wound often to heal properly. TRUST ME THIS WORKS IF YOU ARE SUFFERING AND CANT BEAR THE PAIN OF DRAINAGE. I’m booked in to getting a closed surgery in two weeks so i got lucky hopefully i don’t get another infection until my surgery. well I’m praying. But i know after my surgery i will do anything in my power to prevent this from happening because it is THE WORST PAIN I HAVE EVER FELT. well this was my story and i hope you are all on your way to recovery. i feel your pain and i hope you get better and never have to go through this again. take care of yourselves and YOU’RE NOT ALONE p.s dont trust all doctors some of them are actually ludicrous and I’m not even sure if there medical certificate is legit. GET WELL GUYS <3 <3 :)