I have a bean-sized cyst on my back that got infected last year. It took 3 weeks from infection to rupture, had antibiotics but the docs declined to drain it. I will never understand why. When it did rupture (when I flexed my shoulder like woof upthread), it shot a cupful of cottage-cheese stuff across the bathroom, then streamed pus and blood for several hours. Finally the original cyst-stuff came out, which was grey and waxy and looked like a giant maggot. It's left a small but very ugly puckered, black scar, and memories that refuse to fade.
― poor fishless bastard (Zora), Thursday, 21 November 2013 14:13 (ten years ago) link
Yes, I always struggle to remember why the doctor didn't just get a knife and a straw and drain the bastard. I'm sure he gave me a reason, but I can't remember it.
― woof, Thursday, 21 November 2013 14:24 (ten years ago) link
Squeamish imo
― 30 ch'lopping days left to umas (darraghmac), Thursday, 21 November 2013 16:23 (ten years ago) link
Every once in a while, maybe every couple months, I'll catch a whiff of this and then go check by rubbing my neck and smelling my fingers. Sure enough, it's back again. Not big or unsightly. Just slowly oozing infinitesimal amounts of oily pus, I guess.
― how's life, Thursday, 2 October 2014 14:49 (nine years ago) link
I found that by flexing my shoulder I could squirt pus from it, a good way across to the other side of the cubicle.
^ back of autobiography quote imo
― zero content albums (darraghmac), Thursday, 2 October 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
mines returned too :(no leakage this time but my bf is grossed out by it which isn't helping! gah.
― Gumbercules? I love that guy! (Trayce), Monday, 13 October 2014 11:56 (nine years ago) link