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For those who did not know about a month ago some weird bump started growing on my butt (and no it's not "lack of wiping properly" related I asked the doctor :P) and it grew to an incredible pain which ranked 9/10 on the ER pain scale.

So I had to get it surgically removed then they had to fill the hole with packing and change it every 2 days, the first few times were so painful they had to freeze it (and getting 8 needles on the butt sure hurts as hell!), then when it came less painful they did it through the clinic instead of the ER so I did not wait as long. At first they were putting like 1 foot of packing, it's basically like a long flat string. Then half a cm then nothing. So 2 days ago when I went they basically told me to change the pad myself if needed or take it off. Today I took it off and looked at the wound for the first time since I saw the bump and there's like practically nothing. So I did not bother with the pad and just cleaned it with magnisium salt.

During this whole process I had to clean myself with a wet sponge, as that area could not get wet at all. So it really sucked as I could not really do that in the shower but downstairs, so mornings were crazy with 3 people needing the same washroom!

Looking SO forward to tomorow as I will take my first shower in weeks. I'll actually feel clean after lol.

Moral of story: don't take showers for granted! Also, don't take your ability to sit for granted, the first few days after the surgery I could not sit at all. It felt like I was sitting down right on 2 nails that had 50,000 volts in them, if I tried.

Oh and get this, in the middle of this, I got this virus that could lead to some other desieases that are possibly life threatning. I was sick for like a week.

Man, so glad all of that is over. I just hope not putting a pad was the right move and that it won't get infected and start over. :o

Suposely these things are comon too, it's caused if you get an ingrown hair. Some people get them all the time. I sure as hell hope it won't happen to me again. :bsod: If it does I think i'll pull out some power tools and just rip the whole thing out. No wait, I'll run into a brick wall to get knocked out and get someone else to do the drilling for me. :roflmao2:

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Red Squirrel wrote: For those who did not know about a month ago some weird bump started growing on my butt (and no it's not "lack of wiping properly" related I asked the doctor :P) and it grew to an incredible pain which ranked 9/10 on the ER pain scale.

So I had to get it surgically removed then they had to fill the hole with packing and change it every 2 days, the first few times were so painful they had to freeze it (and getting 8 needles on the butt sure hurts as hell!), then when it came less painful they did it through the clinic instead of the ER so I did not wait as long. At first they were putting like 1 foot of packing, it's basically like a long flat string. Then half a cm then nothing. So 2 days ago when I went they basically told me to change the pad myself if needed or take it off. Today I took it off and looked at the wound for the first time since I saw the bump and there's like practically nothing. So I did not bother with the pad and just cleaned it with magnisium salt.

During this whole process I had to clean myself with a wet sponge, as that area could not get wet at all. So it really sucked as I could not really do that in the shower but downstairs, so mornings were crazy with 3 people needing the same washroom!

Looking SO forward to tomorow as I will take my first shower in months. I'll actually feel clean after lol.

Moral of story: don't take showers for granted! Also, don't take your ability to sit for granted, the first few days after the surgery I could not sit at all. It felt like I was sitting down right on 2 nails that had 50,000 volts in them, if I tried.

Oh and get this, in the middle of this, I got this virus that could lead to some other desieases that are possibly life threatning. I was sick for like a week.

Man, so glad all of that is over. I just hope not putting a pad was the right move and that it won't get infected and start over. :o

Suposely these things are comon too, it's caused if you get an ingrown hair. Some people get them all the time. I sure as hell hope it won't happen to me again. :bsod: If it does I think i'll pull out some power tools and just rip the whole thing out. No wait, I'll run into a brick wall to get knocked out and get someone else to do the drilling for me. :roflmao2:
Very educational :eek:

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:lol: Yeah, pretty nasty situation, thats for sure.

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Oh and for showers I meant weeks, not months, lol. But it feels like months...

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