Not looking for advice AT ALL. I already have medical advice.
Firstly a warning, have you suffered from an abcess on any part of your body caused by an ingrowing hair or infection? If so, did you leave it be or seek medical attention?
Personally, I have suffered from small ones for years. Ones which when they got the size of a pea, went red raw, or just generally became painful I would go to the doctors for a course of antibiotics to clear them up.
I thought this one was the same! Late on thursday, my buttock crease was feeling a bit sore, felt like a little abcess was forming. Didn't think much of it. By saturday it was starting to be painful. Went to a walk-in centre on sunday and they prescribed anti-biotics. It was becoming v difficult to walk or drive. Sitting was painful as well! Drugs hadn't done a thing by tuesday, and was in incredible pain after waking up. Went to hospital Tuesday as advised by doctor.
Needless to say, I just got out! Was knocked out, and had it drained. I am currently quite happy on some nice painkillers!
This is the painful bit: I thought that the abcess was bad (Which ended up 1/2-3/4 the size of a ping pong ball in 3 days), this is nothing compared to having the first dressing changed today. They had packed it with Aquacel. This is the single most painful thing I have EVER had happen to me. Both removal and reinsertion. I really was stifling the screams! I had to keep telling the nurse to stop. Worse again, this might need doing for a few days! Nurse is coming round tomorrow to do it again.
Has anyone had these, that required packing, and how long did it actually go on packing it for?
I am serious when I say - at the first signs of an abcess, get to the docs. I certainly will be from now on!
And no, no pics. I think I will ask the nurse tomorrow to take a pic though!
Firstly a warning, have you suffered from an abcess on any part of your body caused by an ingrowing hair or infection? If so, did you leave it be or seek medical attention?
Personally, I have suffered from small ones for years. Ones which when they got the size of a pea, went red raw, or just generally became painful I would go to the doctors for a course of antibiotics to clear them up.
I thought this one was the same! Late on thursday, my buttock crease was feeling a bit sore, felt like a little abcess was forming. Didn't think much of it. By saturday it was starting to be painful. Went to a walk-in centre on sunday and they prescribed anti-biotics. It was becoming v difficult to walk or drive. Sitting was painful as well! Drugs hadn't done a thing by tuesday, and was in incredible pain after waking up. Went to hospital Tuesday as advised by doctor.
Needless to say, I just got out! Was knocked out, and had it drained. I am currently quite happy on some nice painkillers!
This is the painful bit: I thought that the abcess was bad (Which ended up 1/2-3/4 the size of a ping pong ball in 3 days), this is nothing compared to having the first dressing changed today. They had packed it with Aquacel. This is the single most painful thing I have EVER had happen to me. Both removal and reinsertion. I really was stifling the screams! I had to keep telling the nurse to stop. Worse again, this might need doing for a few days! Nurse is coming round tomorrow to do it again.
Has anyone had these, that required packing, and how long did it actually go on packing it for?
I am serious when I say - at the first signs of an abcess, get to the docs. I certainly will be from now on!
And no, no pics. I think I will ask the nurse tomorrow to take a pic though!
. The ones at hospital most certainly were 
