locust primitive gets a boil on his butt

[franksolich]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018411237

Oh my.

Locut0s (2,383 posts)   Fri Jun 14, 2013, 06:18 PM

Well good thing I went to the clinic, could have had septicemia...

If you don't want to read about the removal of a cyst, well, fair warning

Right after getting back from Hawaii I developed a serious pilonidal cyst, which I posted about here:
 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018410910

For those who don't know pilonidal cysts are cysts that develop right around your tail bone area (top of your butt crack to put it bluntly). I waited a day or two because I've had these in the past and they usually drained on their own, they are a chronic congenital issue usually. I had a number of hot baths to try to take the swelling and pain down but they didn't help much. The pain was such that I had trouble sitting, lying down and even walking. Last night I also started to feel a little unwell and thought I had a fever but my thermometer showed my temp was a normal 36-37 so I thought I was imagining it. I've also been extra depressed since getting back from Hawaii so I thought maybe I was just feeling bad because of that. This morning though the pain was too much so I knew I had to go to the clinic to have the thing drained, it was a good 3 to 4 inches across too D:
 
The DR at the clinic took my temp and low and behold I DID have a fever, a low one at 38 deg. I asked him how serious things were and while the guy was super mellow he did indicate it was a good thing I had come as it needed to be drained. I said the fever had me worried about developing septicemia and he said yup that's basically what you would develop if you left it alone.
 
Having a syringe of anaesthetic pumped into an already super painful area and manipulating said area was not the most fun thing but once the thing was lanced the pressure relief was fantastic He prescribed a course of pretty powerful antibiotics and I now have a referral to a surgeon to have a more permanent solution, as these types of cysts tent to recur.
 
So I'm relieved I went to the clinic, otherwise I might be dealing with septicemia! And that can be life threatening. Even so I feel a little ill still, shaky, hopefully the antibiotics kick in soon. But the pain is mostly gone

Sorry if TMI.

So if anyone else here develops a cyst and low grade fever, don't leave it alone, even if it seems to be minor!

rug (48,060 posts)   Fri Jun 14, 2013, 06:42 PM

2. Well I learned something today.

A butt crack is called the natal cleft.

A pilonidal cyst, also referred to as a pilonidal abscess, pilonidal sinus or sacrococcygeal fistula, is a cyst or abscess near or on the natal cleft of the buttocks that often contains hair and skin debris.

HarveyDarkey (5,664 posts)    Fri Jun 14, 2013, 06:44 PM

3. Glad you went to see the doctor.

Don't you just hate the Canadian Healthcare System?

Locut0s (2,383 posts)    Fri Jun 14, 2013, 06:52 PM

5. Indeed I'm a student with no job, barely a student actually. And paid nothing...

I'm in between semesters and dropped a few courses so it's debatable if I'm even a full time student right now. And I haven't had a job in over a year. But didn't have to pay a dime, well aside from the very low monthly premiums we all pay. The antibiotics were also all covered except for about $3 on the extended plan I'm on. I don't expect to have to pay anything for the surgery later either.

<<<will have to devise reasons to use "natal cleft."

Such as, "the primitives can kiss franksolich's natal cleft."

[Bad Dog]

A modest request to all CCr's.  If you ever give birth to a 10 lb. baby boil, please keep it to yourself.  At least he didn't describe the smell.

[franksolich]

A modest request to all CCr's.  If you ever give birth to a 10 lb. baby boil, please keep it to yourself.  At least he didn't describe the smell.

I have no idea what those things are.

I guess they form because one doesn't wipe one's rear good after using the commode?

Everybody I know has good manners, so that's probably why I've never heard of it.

[jukin]

This is usually do to poor personal hygiene. So this story I believe.

[Bad Dog]

Perhaps it's endemic to Hawaii.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Isn't this the same or similar condition that kept Rush Limbaugh out of serving in Vietnam? 

[Freeper]

I've also been extra depressed since getting back from Hawaii so I thought maybe I was just feeling bad because of that.

This is why the story was posted, he wanted to brag to the penniless freaks of DUmmyland that he went to Hawaii.

[dane]

I have no idea what those things are.

I guess they form because one doesn't wipe one's rear good after using the commode?

Everybody I know has good manners, so that's probably why I've never heard of it.

It isn't necessarily a hygiene issue

Another theory is that pilonidal cysts appear after trauma to that region of the body. During World War II, more than 80,000 soldiers developed pilonidal cysts that required a hospital stay. People thought the cysts were due to irritation from riding in bumpy Jeeps. For a while, the condition was actually called "Jeep disease

[AprilRazz]

I have no idea what those things are.

I guess they form because one doesn't wipe one's rear good after using the commode?

Everybody I know has good manners, so that's probably why I've never heard of it.

Actually caused by what basically amounts to ingrown hairs inside a large pore or injury. Pretty nasty looking after surgery as many look like they have a butt crack that extends several inches up their back.

[Bad Dog]

Actually caused by what basically amounts to ingrown hairs inside a large pore or injury. Pretty nasty looking after surgery as many look like they have a butt crack that extends several inches up their back.

Thanks so much for that visual.  And now, off to lunch.

[FaC]

I've also been extra depressed since getting back from Hawaii

Locut0s (2,383 posts)    Fri Jun 14, 2013, 06:52 PM

5. Indeed I'm a student with no job, barely a student actually. And paid nothing...

Does Canada have something similar to our student loan scheme? How does one afford to go to Hawaii when one is an unemployed student??

[Mr Mannn]

A modest request to all CCr's.  If you ever give birth to a 10 lb. baby boil, please keep it to yourself.  At least he didn't describe the smell.

Hmmm. So I guess posting the results of a You Tube search would be a bad idea? I could send it to you in a PM?

edit to add...I was just kidding! I went to see and there is a LOT of videos showing the lancing of these things...
I'm not gonna eat for a week! Gag me! Somethings are not meant to be seen! Talk about karma biting you on the...yeah.

I have paid the price of my own folly. Dang. I'm not doing that ever again!

[Mr Mannn]

Does Canada have something similar to our student loan scheme? How does one afford to go to Hawaii when one is an unemployed student??

He is 30+ years old and still lives with Mommy and Daddy. He claims he has mental problems and seems surprised he doesn't have a girlfriend...in fact he claims he is still a virgin.

Pathetic is too weak a word to use for this guy, but I can't think of anything better. Parasite?

[BEG]

This is usually do to poor personal hygiene. So this story I believe.

No it's not (pilonidal cyst), my son had one when he was about 17. He had it surgically removed.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Fags call them "speed bumps"

[67 Rover]

Does Canada have something similar to our student loan scheme? How does one afford to go to Hawaii when one is an unemployed student??

It's Canada, probably part of the free beer and travel money each DUmmie believes is owed to them for existing.

[J P Sousa]

I have no idea what those things are.

I guess they form because one doesn't wipe one's rear good after using the commode?

Everybody I know has good manners, so that's probably why I've never heard of it.

I immediately thought maybe.........sitting on one's butt too long ?   
.

[AprilRazz]

No it's not (pilonidal cyst), my son had one when he was about 17. He had it surgically removed.

We surgically treated quite a few on the ship. Got to see more of my shipmates behinds then I care to think about.

[BEG]

We surgically treated quite a few on the ship. Got to see more of my shipmates behinds then I care to think about.

LOL

The poor kid suffered with it for quite awhile because he didn't want to tell me.  Finally he called me into his bathroom and showed me. I about had a heart attack, I had never seen anything like it. His butt crack looks fine now.  

Edited to add: not that I have looked at it lately. 

[dandi]

Isn't this the same or similar condition that kept Rush Limbaugh out of serving in Vietnam? 

Yes it is, and the same DUmmies made fun of it for being something minor. It's not. As dane mentioned upthread, tens of thousands of soldiers in WWII were hospitalized for developing them. DUmmies, in all their idiocy, don't get that it's the doctor who makes these decisions during an induction physical, not the inductee. Some things you can't fake.

[Aristotelian]

Am I alone in wondering whether the true story (presuming that there is one) is that he hired a cheap nasty whore and caught some sexually transmitted infection from her/him?

[jukin]

Am I alone in wondering whether the true story (presuming that there is one) is that he hired a cheap nasty whore and caught some sexually transmitted infection from her/him?

Not if you are thinking that it was a male whore.

[vesta111]

Not if you are thinking that it was a male whore.

Not just males, woman get infections of the glands that can turn into fishers into the body.    Most times surgery is needed and a big dose of antibiotics before hand.

An old country Polish remedy calls for -----potato peelings be applied to any kind of boil be it where ever on the body.   wrapped up tightly against the cyst and heat from a bottle of water applied to the area for 24/48 hours and the cyst would drain and heal itself. The potato peels were changed for fresh ever 12 hours or so.

Really nasty the peels got turned black, my Polish father in law got those damn things and I at the age of 17 had to change his dressings.    But, it worked, the head popped right out relieving his pain.     

Back in the old days when people took a bath once a week, the men I have been told had X marks on their necks from the barbers that lanced the boils and cysts.   

[franksolich]

But, it worked, the head popped right out relieving his pain.

Okay, question, as obviously I know no more about this than how to deliver an infant or perform breast-reduction surgery.

If the goal is to make it pop, draining it, why bother with all that?

As any other teenager, I'd get pimples. 

I'd take a pin or needle, jab the white part, and presto! it drained, problem solved.

<<<needs illumination, despite the delicacy of the subject.

[GOBUCKS]

So anyway, this guy claims to have had a grapefruit cut out of his ass, and then to have sat through a long movie that evening.