surgery

I am new to this forum, so sorry if I am doing anything wrong. So a little background, I had my cyst for about 3-4 years before having surgery. Im not entirely sure what kind of surgery it was, but it was stitched closed and I had a drain hooked to me for a while. It has been about 5 months...

Hi, the title might be confusing but hopefully when I explain what I mean you can understand. I had my cyst extraction surgery in September of last year and had to miss work for four weeks because of it. After having the surgery and spending the recovery time home, the stitches (they placed...

Hello! I am a 20 year old female, who has had my cyst since last november-december. It has recently reemerged after being treated with antibiotics the first time, and has gotten to the point where it is becoming debilitating for me again, and as such I have decided to pursue surgery, which I am...

I am desperate to find a surgeon in Georgia as I cannot travel, especially with the coronavirus pandemic. I have read of Dr. Ramakrishnan on this site, but she is unfortunately out of my insurance network. I am dead set on the cleft lift procedure as I want the least possibility of this ever...

Hi, I am a 24 year old female from England. This post is going to be a lengthy one but hopefully helpful to someone (maybe just like me when I first came to this site) I first came on this website when I first started having flare ups. Every 7 months an abscess would form. Build for 6 to 7 days...

Over the weekend. I began having immense pain in my tail bone area. I decided to take a look between my cheeks and was horrified by what I saw. I saw two holes in my butt crack. I started researching and came across Pilonidal Sinus. Now a few days later I seem to have 3, (unless I didn’t notice...

Hey All - I’m a 26 year old male who has had two pits for the better part of 10 years. It wasn’t until recently ( I was too embarrassed to tell/ask anyone) that I figured out what the two holes were. Saw a colorectal surgeon and he basically said my pits are so big they drain on they own (one...

Hi everyone, I had my 3rd surgery a week ago and they’ve left it as an open wound (again) but this time removed the sinus! Just wondering if there’s any easy at home workouts I can do when I’m feeling a bit better? Just concerned as it took a while to heal with my other ones and I don’t want...

Hi everyone, thought I’d share a bit of info about my cysts and see if anyone has any tips for after care and their healing times etc. In May last year I had my first incision and drainage and it took until August time to heal then 2 weeks later I had another flare up and another incision and...

Hi everyone! I just had my cleft lift done yesterday and thought I would post a log and give some updates! Yesterday started with an appointment at Dr. Immerman’s office at 10:30 where he looked at the wound and answered all of my questions. He’s extremely nice and laid back and encouraged me...

Today is January 14th 2019. I have had an itchy and sore tailbone for the last 5 years now. I also suffer from pelvic floor tightness. However, in June of 2018 i started to notice something was not right. My tailbone was more sore than usual and i had a lump so big that it pushed one gluteal...

Hi there! My name is Katie. I am 25 years old and work as a surgical ICU nurse in Ann Arbor, Michigan. My nightmare began in March of this year. I developed my pilonidal abscess and had it drained in the ER. It was a traumatically painful experience. About 6 days after I had it drained, two...

so about 12 or 13 years ago i had a fairly extensive excision for multiple pits. Details are foggy since i was so young, but it took about 2 months or so to heal and i’ve been completely fine since then. Haven’t even thought about it since that time period, until 2 weeks ago. Right after...

I have had multiple appointments and meetings with Dr. Sternberg since 2014, when I was first diagnosed with pilonidal disease. The first time I met Dr. Sternberg was during my initial “flare up” on my pilonidal cyst. I had gone to the ER, which refused to drain an abscess they were unfamiliar...

First of all, I'm Juan from Colombia, 19y/o male. I've had pilonidal cysts for 3 years now, and before I had like 1 flare-up per year, now, I've had 3 flare-ups in the course of 4 months. So, I decided to search for info online before going to my doctor (and, as I've learned here, I shouldn't go...

Finally getting the cleft lift tomorrow with Dr bascom. Laying here in bed trying to sleep but anxious and afraid of what's to come tomorrow. Afraid of the iv, also TMI but my period started two days ago so I'm going to be on it during surgery and that's freaking me out a ton, just another thing...

Hello everyone, I have been fortunate enough to be blessed with a pilonidal cyst which only occasionally wants to appear and stab be in the back. I was also blessed with a strange coping mechanism in which I can laugh at something that brought me quite possibly the worst pain of my life...

Hey, I had a closed incision cysectomy a few weeks ago, in early July. I plan on avoiding the gym until I fully recover especially since classes start soon. I'm wondering if waiting until early September is enough time. I plan on avoiding lower body exercises and will only do arms, shoulders...

Hi I am a 17 year old male who has had a pilonidal cyst for about 2 years now. I’d say it’s about the size of a dime from what I can feel and hasn’t got much bigger or painful that I can tell. Although I feel two separate bumps. I went about a month ago to my doctor to get it checked out and...

I've posted on here my story along with my surgery experience! So far it seems all is going pretty decent. I had my stitches and drainage tube in for 2 weeks and there were no signs of infection (thankfully). I do have one concern though that I am hoping someone can help me with. About two and a...