This Is Sick
No, for real. Avert your eyes if you have a weak stomach or don’t want to know way too much absolutely disgusting info about me.
Over a decade ago when I ended up needing surgery for an abscessed gland on my hoo-haw, the whole infection began with months of extreme fatigue, a reoccurring, painful lump on my crotch, diarrhea, back and spinal pain, and finally, an explosion of bloody puss. A couple days later, I had to have the ruptured gland removed.
Well, apparently my body decided to do a fast-forwarded version of the whole process this time. Within a month, all of those symptoms have hit again full-force, ending with the explosion this morning before I nearly collapsed from the agony in the shower while I feebly attempted to make sure all of the bloody puss had successfully escaped.
On a good note, this particular event isn’t nearly as bad as what happened last time. And I can walk and move around comfortably now that this thing is no longer putting pressure in the worst place possible. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it all heals up on its own. Quickly.
So if you’re wondering where the hell I am today, I’m lying in bed on a heating pad with a headache and crotch pain trying to will my body to be better now that the gland has attempted to commit suicide. I’ll also be downing a lethal dose of Vitamin C because I have dance lessons that need to be taught and I’m too stubborn and stupid to cancel them. And hey, I can walk better, so that must mean that dancing will be a breeze in comparison to what I’ve been dealing with all week.
And of course, I’ll be praying that any infection and swelling stays far, far away so that I don’t end up in the hospital while in Seattle this weekend.
Damn my pathetic, fucked up genes and body chemistry.
Current Mood:
Sickly
Tags: Vagina
August 6th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Oh my gosh, you poor thing. That sounds horrible. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that everything heals like it should. You have really bad luck with your southern parts!
August 6th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Tamra I am so sorry you are in pain! I hope and pray your body starts healing soon and you won’t get an infection. As I’ve said before I know how you feel I’ve had a few barthalon gland infections myself, it sucks!
August 6th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Yeah, someone dealt me the Joker when it came down to my twat. Ha ha. The joke’s on me *sniffle*.
Rikki- did yours ever explode? Did they heal up on their own okay, or did you need surgery?
August 6th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Ouch, I’m sorry (that I seem to have gotten the good genes, except for my knees). If you need help with the kids tonight or anything just let me know :-\
August 6th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
ouch! you have my sympathies. i hope it gets better soon.
August 6th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
They never exploded like BAM explosion, lol. They did drain themselves though, the get a small(like pea size) opening in them and they’d drain through that, it was sick! I never needed surgery thank goodness. I just made sure to keep it clean when it opened, I washed with antibacterial soap a few times a day and took sitz baths as often as I could.
August 6th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
Okay, thanks Rikki… that’s what happened. Not like an actual volcanic-type eruption, just, well… yeah. Thanks for letting me know that they cleared themselves up by themselves- it gives me hope that this was the worst of it. After my Skene’s gland surgery, I’m awfully paranoid that this will end up the same. But knowing that you ended up being fine without it makes me feel better.
August 7th, 2009 at 7:00 am
My sympathies. Hope you are feeling good soon.