Any advice/experiences?
I'm just really frustrated and scared..
The open wound surgery genuinely sounds absolutely terrifying but I'm also worried about the cleft lift since I did see some horror stories on here.
I (20F) have a pilonidal cyst and this has genuinely been the worst week of my entire life.
Starting Monday I've had insanely bad pains in my tailbone area, it was genuinely just unbearable. At first I assumed that it was an inflamed nerve or something like that and that it would go away on its own. Fast forward to Saturday I noticed a tiny puss filled bump and another bigger bump right above it. I told my mom that I need to go to the doctor and she made an appointment (soonest available was for Wednesday)
The next day I noticed that the small, puss filled bump had turned blueish and the pain was still insanely unbearable so I had my mom take me to the ER first thing in the morning.
They confirmed that it's a pilonidal cyst and sent me to a different hospital for surgery. I checked in and then waited for the Doctor to come with me. While I was waiting in the waiting room the cyst suddenly popped..
After the doctor finally came to see me he cut open the cyst further to allow more pus to drain out
Having him cut and squeeze it was genuinely the most painful experience of my life. Despite local numbing it was still absolutely excruciating. I still cry just thinking about it...
They signed me up for surgery today at 8am, I showed up and they told me that the surgery plan is full for today.
The doctor then gave me the option to come back the next few days and get surgery then or to wait until next Tuesday, take antibiotics and wash out the wound daily so the infection goes down and they can try the method of closed healing after surgery.
I decided to wait till Tuesday because I'm just absolutely terrified of the open wound healing process.
I'm not sure if it was the right decision tho since closing the wound is more risky and all that. I gotta say since I had the pus drained it barely hurts, the cut does hurt and feel uncomfortable but not nearly as bad as the pain I was in before (which was probably from all the pressure)
But yeah I'm really sorry for the rant and all that. I'm just so insanely frustrated and scared and I just can't stop crying. How do you guys cope with this?
Did I make the right decision?