Hi, I've just signed up for this account so will give a bit of background info- I'm 20 years old and had a pilonidal sinus around 6 months ago when I was 19. It started with a little bump one morning, I figured I'd just been lying on my coccyx in a strange position and went on with my day. The next day it was even bigger, I went off to uni where it was getting harder to sit down and googled something like "huge spot on my arse" and came across the words pilonidal sinus...
The next day (day 3) I could hardly sit up in bed because of the pain. My mum took one look at it and said we had to go see our gp who referred me to a private hospital and I was operated on that same day, they left the wound open and I had daily packing from my mum for around 3 weeks, then every second day for another 2 weeks or so. It healed up really well.
Fast forward to 2 days ago when I was going to sleep my scar was quite sore, and the next day there was a small ache, and today I can feel a twinge *just* below my scar, at the very bottom of it. If I'd not already had a sinus I'd no doubt be ignoring it but it feels like it could be the beginning of a new one. The only thing holding me back is that i was in so much more pain last year.
My parents are away for the next few days, I have a driving test next week, and generally can't afford (financially and emotionally) to go into hospital right now so tried the remedy of castor oil and vinegar and baking soda that quite a few users have had success with and it's starting to feel a little better, but there's still a little discomfort.
I've not been doing anything drastically different these last few weeks, except I have been getting more active by walking a lot more than I usually do, and I got a new pair of excercise leggings which always leave me with a sweaty arse (gross I know) so that could potentially be what is causing the pain but I really have no idea.
I am also considering the thought that this could be a stressed related flare up as I've got lots going on in my personal life at the moment, but I can't find any information to back that up.
I'd go to my local hospital to get it seen to, but as I type there's actually no kind of bump there, it's just sore. My mum thinks I should go and get it checked out if it gets any more painful but I know I'll just be waiting for hours to be seen, and i doubt a doctor would be able to do anything about it if there's no cyst to deal with.
And so I guess my question is, has anyone had similar scar pain so long after surgery? Have you had a reoccurrence so close to the original tract? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
The next day (day 3) I could hardly sit up in bed because of the pain. My mum took one look at it and said we had to go see our gp who referred me to a private hospital and I was operated on that same day, they left the wound open and I had daily packing from my mum for around 3 weeks, then every second day for another 2 weeks or so. It healed up really well.
Fast forward to 2 days ago when I was going to sleep my scar was quite sore, and the next day there was a small ache, and today I can feel a twinge *just* below my scar, at the very bottom of it. If I'd not already had a sinus I'd no doubt be ignoring it but it feels like it could be the beginning of a new one. The only thing holding me back is that i was in so much more pain last year.
My parents are away for the next few days, I have a driving test next week, and generally can't afford (financially and emotionally) to go into hospital right now so tried the remedy of castor oil and vinegar and baking soda that quite a few users have had success with and it's starting to feel a little better, but there's still a little discomfort.
I've not been doing anything drastically different these last few weeks, except I have been getting more active by walking a lot more than I usually do, and I got a new pair of excercise leggings which always leave me with a sweaty arse (gross I know) so that could potentially be what is causing the pain but I really have no idea.
I am also considering the thought that this could be a stressed related flare up as I've got lots going on in my personal life at the moment, but I can't find any information to back that up.
I'd go to my local hospital to get it seen to, but as I type there's actually no kind of bump there, it's just sore. My mum thinks I should go and get it checked out if it gets any more painful but I know I'll just be waiting for hours to be seen, and i doubt a doctor would be able to do anything about it if there's no cyst to deal with.
And so I guess my question is, has anyone had similar scar pain so long after surgery? Have you had a reoccurrence so close to the original tract? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!