GANGLIAN!

[mrsgee]

anyone heard of them and what can you do to get rid of them.mine is really painful and doing my head in!

[Chapsmum]

There is not much that can be done to remove them. People used to belive that you should hit them really hard with a bible! Is it definately a ganglian, they are not usually painful?

[WigWamBam]

They're cysts - sometimes they go away on their own, but if they're painful or causing problems you can have them removed. Have you seen your GP?

[WigWamBam]

They can be very painful sometimes, chapsmum - particularly if they're pressing on a nerve.

[Chapsmum]

Ahhh Haa!\link{http://www.pncl.co.uk/~belcher/ganglion.htm\I stand corrected}

[cod]

my mum got my BIL to whack it witha bible

he was delighted

[interstella]

I had one of these on the top of my foot,i whacked it really hard with a medical dictionary,t burst and has never reoccurred!!

[Piffle]

I have one,

Nothing
Got mine xrayed, checked by consultant - it flrare up every now and again, its ugly but part of me now
I'd actually miss it....
Want to swap photos? :)

[PrincessPeaHead]

I had one the size of a golf ball on my ankle. I kicked it while walking one day and it disappeared!

most satisfying

[Piffle]

Recurrence is high - hence reluctance to treat them in any way - even surgically

[Piffle]

ps on my wrist

[starlover]

my friend had one on her wrist and she hit it hard on her desk and it went

[jenniferjuniper]

i have one near my ankle - dp hates it and has sworn never to touch it

[PrincessPeaHead]

mine was about 10 years ago and has never recurred...

[jenniferjuniper]

shall i try hitting mine then if that seems to work?

[jampots]

i had one a few years ago and it suddenly burst one day and i had a horrid crashing headache and weird blistery thing on my arm (its on my wrist under my thumb - where you would take a pulse). ANyway it came back several months ago but comes and goes many times a day. Also my hand goes numb. Im currently seeing a specialist at the Orthopedic Hospital who says I have classic carpel tunnel and class ganglion which arent connected he thinks but am awaiting nerve tests and ultrasound scan on my wrist - may operate

[Piffle]

do not hit it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! unless you believe old wives tales

[brimfull]

I have one on the side of my index finger.
Don't think I could bring myself to whack it.

[jenniferjuniper]

lol ok piffle - i promise i wont hit it although it would be nice to have a foot that doesnt look like its sprouting an alien !

[mrsgee]

sorry logged of and went to bed.
mines probably not big enough to take a photo but it flipping hurts!its on my right hand sothe one i use the most.
my dh whacked it 5 years ago and made me cry!but its come back

[NotActuallyAMum]

I had one on my wrist about 5 years ago and it was very, very painful. Driving, getting dressed and many other everyday things were unbearable. Lots of people kept telling me to give it a good whack but I couldn't bring myself to do it. My GP said he'd refer me to have it operated on but the waiting list was 10 months! No way could I wait that long so I got my ex to whack it for me. Yes it hurt - lots - but within a couple of hours it had started to go down, by the end of the next day I was pain-free and [fingers crossed] I've never had any trouble from it since