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[quote=Anonymous]I had mine drained twice and then a few years later I finally had it removed.

The worst part of the drainage was the anesthetic injection. I’m not really into getting injections in my vagina. They applied topical lidocaine but I think it was just to make the doctor feel better.

The incision didn’t hurt as it was happening and it drained right away and for a long time. I couldn’t see what was going on but it definitely soaked more than one chux. They did not put a drain in it per my choice and I had to be very careful while it healed and missed a lot of fun summer stuff that summer. I slept downstairs for a couple of nights because stairs hurt but then I was back to normal, just not swimming or exercising for 2 weeks. Same for the second time it happened. But honestly it was better than the pain from the cyst. You don’t need to do anything beforehand and will want to have sweats and pads ready to wear home. You might want a donut and a sitz bottle.

It recurred again and again until it became persistent. At that point it was decided that it needed to be removed and checked in path just to be sure. That surgery was rough. General anesthesia. I was on bed rest for a couple of weeks, hobbling for 6 weeks, and using the bathroom was worse than after I gave birth and had bad tears. The healing process was really challenging because of where the tissue was excised and the many layers of stitches. I still have pain from scar tissue from time to time and long lasting tendonitis from the time off my feet and then hobbling during recovery. On the bright side, no more cysts. Mine would get so bad that I ate and worked standing up!

Please ask any follow up questions. It was a lonely and isolating surgery and it’s tough to heal from because you can’t not put pressure on it and incision care in that location is constant and challenging. Sending you hugs and my support.[/quote]

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