cyst

Monday morning, I ended up in the ER for the first time since I was 21. Ironically both were for cysts. The first was from a cyst that had formed after I broke my tailbone sledding.  This current one I've had for years.... sometimes it would be close to the surface, sometimes it would go down to where I couldn't feel it.  Saturday it was bugging me. Apparently, it burst and became an abscess and infected the skin around the area.   Sunday it was painful and at 5 am Monday morning it was excruciating. I was going to drive myself to the ER and text Jer so that he could be in charge of getting kids off in the morning.  I got dressed and then laid on the couch so that I could get there just after the hospital shift change.  It's easier to explain everything once instead of twice.  Jer woke up and saw me waiting.  He wanted to drive me, so off we went leaving a phone in the girls room so that we could call them when it was time to get up.  We got there, ran into Janelle who had just happened to pick up a shift that morning...no wait... got into a room... no wait.... talked to the nurses and the PA on duty... no wait... he left to get some lidocaine.... gave me a shot of lidocaine and just that pressure was enough that it burst open and shot across the room.  All the medical staff ooooed and awwwwed, then he cleaned it out and packed it before the lidocaine had taken effect.  We were in and out in about an hour and a half. I was really sore Monday, less sore Tuesday, and today I'm feeling pretty good. Hopefully it will be better soon. It might come back because they just drained it instead of removing it.... hopefully it won't be like today again.