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Has anyone ever heard of the term "Bible cyst"?

By Expert HERWriter February 13, 2009 - 11:09pm
 
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I was talking to a good friend of mine today who loves Facebook, and she said that someone she knows posted something about a painful ganglion cyst in her hand, and how that led to a reply suggesting that another term for what she has is "Bible cyst," because if you hit the cyst hard enough with a heavy book like the Bible, it will go away. My friend said she found this to be fascinating, and she was wondering if it was really true. She said at least one more person had replied with the same suggestion.

My friend has a small lipoma in her arm and now she's wondering if she should just whap at it really hard with something heavy to make it go away. I advised her pretty strongly not to do it. I just don't like the idea of us hitting ourselves with heavy objects to maybe make our cysts go away.

Have any of you ever heard of the term "Bible cyst" or have you ever tried this technique on yourself? Call me old-fashioned, but I'm thinking that if you have an odd bump under your skin that's painful or not, you should have a doctor check it out and possibly remove it. What do you think?

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Your replies are so fascinating ladies! And my friend and her friend on Facebook are both women, so you are both seem to be right on that we women tend to get these more than men.

I think it's so interesting that you both had heard of hitting it with a heavy book. I just had no idea on this one. I love the notion of using the "Good Book" to do away with your cysts. And rlyons, I agree with what you are saying that oftentimes it is best to just leave well enough alone and that our bodies can be very smart about creating benign issues.

I asked my friend, and she's going to take her doctor's advice and leave well enough alone and not go whapping it with a Bible or other heavy book. Her doctor said it was best to just leave it and not do surgery to remove it or drain it.

February 14, 2009 - 10:04pm

I've got one on my wrist! My doctor said that it was harmless but I could have it removed, if I wanted. I am anti surgery unless absolutely necessary, so I have kept it...I hate the way surgeons always want to cut every tiny thing out of you! Little lumps like this are the body putting something harmless out there, when it has an issue rather, than creating soemthing more serious...if you believe in holistic medecine and homeopathy, like I do.
It doesn't hurt and you can only see it if I show it to you! My sister has one too!
I believe that they are very common. I had my boyfriend smack it with a heavy art book....but that just hurt my wrist temporarily and I STILL have the lump...LOL!

February 14, 2009 - 5:38pm
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Anonymous (reply to rlyons)

How long did your wrist hurt for after the smack? I have my bf do it to me also but now I have so much pain in my wrist the bump is flatter but still there now just in a lot of pain but wondering if that's normal from the blow?

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