This post is gross, so consider yourself officially warned. On Monday I woke up with a back ache. But not the normal kind. The source of my pain, this time, was my third eye: The Evil Cyst of Doom. It was huge and swollen and PAINFUL.
So I called the dermatologist, something I should've done YEARS ago, and took their first available appointment. Wednesday night, after waiting patiently for 90 minutes (even though I had an appointment!), the doctor told me that my cyst has absessed. They had to numb it with a zillion tiny needle pricks and then squeeze the living hell out of it (as an aside, I TOTALLY should've been a dermatologist - all that zit popping would be AWESOME) and then give me a giant cortizone shot to make it shrink back down to its pre-golf ball size. I go back in three weeks to have it officially removed.
The gross part? When I was lying there and he was squeezing it? I could smell it. It was NOT a good smell. Keep in mind, I was lying face down and this cyst is on my back. And I could SMELL it. I have never been so grossed out in my whole entire life.
Have a nice weekend, Lovlies!
I'm SO disappointed that there aren't pictures. Really. When I started reading my first thought was, "PLEASE LET THERE BE PICTURES.'
Posted by: Erin | June 16, 2006 at 09:31 AM
Oh my God, that is so gross! I just finished my sandwich, I hope I can hold it down!
Glad you got it taken care of, though. You don't need a systemic infection or anything. :)
Posted by: Kris | June 16, 2006 at 09:56 AM
I had one of those....had it lanced and it came back! Then I was as work one day and I leaned back in my chair....the chair hit the HUGE regrow in just a certain way....and it exploded....I didn't know it exploded right away....until the smell hit me....and then I felt something wet making it's way down my back.....HOLY CRAP! I think it was summer, so I had a thin shirt on...can't remember the exact details...I've blocked it from my memory! :)
LORI
Posted by: Photographer Lori | June 16, 2006 at 10:05 AM
Um..............ok.
uh........ thanks for sharin'
lol
Posted by: Heatherg | June 16, 2006 at 10:05 AM
I've gotta say, where are the pictures? I know, it's never gonna happen.
Posted by: Monica | June 16, 2006 at 10:11 AM
I am such a vetran of the cyst scene. I get them so frequently I've taken to lancing them myself (when I can reach them) and yes that does make my GP shudder. Most recently I had one abcess in my crotch. Yep...and that one I actually had to see the doctor for. How I would have loved to have a zillion tiny needle pricks of anesthetic instead I did it the old fashioned way and terrified the other patients in the waiting room with my screams of agony.
Posted by: J | June 16, 2006 at 10:38 AM
Eeeeeeewwwwwwww....
PICS!!
Posted by: Grechen | June 16, 2006 at 10:57 AM
Gross!!! I'm uh...happy for you?!!! Hopefully it will stop hurting now. My husband (who loves all things pickable) would have been so excited to be there.
Posted by: idachick | June 16, 2006 at 11:05 AM
THAT. IS. AWESOME.
I always wanted to be a dermatologist too. This doesn't stop me from chasing my husband around the house for practice sometimes, though. Yummy.
Posted by: Emily | June 16, 2006 at 11:46 AM
Pictures, please! How can you taunt us so?
I'm a picker. I love to pick and pluck all things pickable and pluckable. Commence feeling sorry for my husband who is most often the source of said picking and plucking.
PICTURES!
Posted by: Shellby | June 16, 2006 at 02:54 PM
You know what? THIS post didn't gross me out as much as the one you referenced, where Alex tried to SUCK on it. That, my dear, is the grossest thing I've read since I read it the first time.
However, the aforementioned referenced post made me smile, a deep, nostalgic smile, for that day. We all need to get together very soon. :)
Posted by: Jamie | June 16, 2006 at 03:05 PM
I am disgusted and fascinated all at once!
Posted by: Tuesday | June 16, 2006 at 03:32 PM
I too love popping pimples. What a gross pleasure.
Posted by: Tasha | June 16, 2006 at 06:28 PM
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Posted by: Jim | June 16, 2006 at 08:05 PM
No picture? or video? This is gross but I am absolutely fascinated.
Posted by: Mary Tsao | June 19, 2006 at 10:47 PM
Another "popper lover" and get the fun, cystic backne in which you spoketh. I need a dermatologist b/c all I'm doing is scarring myself but am too lazy to find one/make the appt. And I also torment I beloved.
why am I (we) so fascinated by this? Is it an OCD?
Posted by: Jen | June 21, 2006 at 01:22 PM