Do these things ever go away?! I am a 28 year old female currently suffering the first attack of a pilonidal cyst. I think i may have had a few minor cases before, where it felt like a spot or a small bruise that would either pop like a spot or just go down after a few days.
This this is excruciating. I’m on the 4th day of it now and its getting worse. Also I’ve had a fever, headache, shakes and sickness to go with it since a few days before the cyst came up. I saw my doctor yesterday who prescribed antibiotics and painkillers and said it was not at a point where it could be lanced yet & to go back in 3 days if no change. I actually think its getting worse.
Now it is agony to sit, stand, walk or even lie on my front! Dr suggested sitting in a hot bath and I had to point out that sitting anywhere was not an option. I have been crying and screaming in pain – this is actually giving childbirth a run for its money, at least labour only lasted 1 day! What started off as a cyst to the left of the midline about 1 inch across, has now nearly doubled in size and another lump has now come up further down to the right of the midline but they seem to be connected. It hurts to even move and sitting on the toilet is very painful, then I am too tense to even go!
My dr advised that lancing is only a temporary measure and that more antibiotics may be required to clear the infection, and that surgery is an option but only as a last resort. But from what i’ve read on here, surgery doesn’t even seem to work most of the time as they still come back and it causes more problems than it solves? I do not want to have to live like this for the rest of my life.
I am a single mum to a 3 year old daughter & things are difficult enough without having this to deal with as well. I have to look after her, and at the moment she is frightened by seeing her mum in this state.