Hi evanyone. I just got my first pilonidal cyst maybe Thursday of last week. At that point on Thursday I didn't really know what it was until Saturday, when it began to flare up. Monday it was really bad to the point where I couldn't sleep. I woke up at 5:30 am in pain. I ended up heating up a wet towel and putting it inside a zip lock. I put it in a pillow case and then pressed it across my cyst for a while. I had farted under the covers and thought that's what I smelled when I pulled them up, But it was really the cyst that had been draining. So it drained for Monday (all of it really) and no draining today. But sitting down today, I'm starting to feel the pain again. I'm worried I'll have to deal with this for a long time to come:( I'm a college student with no insurance so surgery is out of the question. And would it even matter if the problem keeps coming back? Like I see people on here who said they've had 5 surgeries... I mean I don't want to pay for all that and the problem isn't helping itself. So I guess I'll just be doing hot compresses until it drains completely, I'm hoping. I've felt a dimple between my butt below my crack since forever, but it's never flared up until now. I think I'll start documenting this.
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Hi evanyone. I just got my first pilonidal cyst maybe Thursday of last week. At that point on Thursday I didn't really know what it was until Saturday, when it began to flare up. Monday it was really bad to the point where I couldn't sleep. I woke up at 5:30 am in pain. I ended up heating up a wet towel and putting it inside a zip lock. I put it in a pillow case and then pressed it across my cyst for a while. I had farted under the covers and thought that's what I smelled when I pulled them up, But it was really the cyst that had been draining. So it drained for Monday (all of it really) and no draining today. But sitting down today, I'm starting to feel the pain again. I'm worried I'll have to deal with this for a long time to come:( I'm a college student with no insurance so surgery is out of the question. And would it even matter if the problem keeps coming back? Like I see people on here who said they've had 5 surgeries... I mean I don't want to pay for all that and the problem isn't helping itself. So I guess I'll just be doing hot compresses until it drains completely, I'm hoping. I've felt a dimple between my butt below my crack since forever, but it's never flared up until now. I think I'll start documenting this.
August 1, 2017 - 9:21pmThis Comment
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