What's your best sporn story?

My dog got a grass seed embedded in her cheek.

Only realised because one side of her face filled up.

I took some tweezers to it and gently guided the seed out - it popped out from under the skin followed by a river of green puss.

Ahhhhhhh...

Hmm this is pretty mild but when I classify my own spots there is a "mirror hitter" variety. They are the best.

Sorry, I was meaning to say that Frankel, well I never! Must have given you a start!

DP is a gardener but has not given me any thorn/pus happiness yet.

I live in hope.

Frankel that is proper sporn, shocking but alluring.....

Oh, Strawberry, that was lovely .

Rickets is making a comeback in areas of Britain, apparently.

I know ebear, it's up there with rickets and scrofula! It can be quite serious so I did feel guilty for being cross that the antibiotics worked.

frankel, you definitely win. It's....erm. Cor.

I have another one, I had a sore heel for a couple of days thought it was my shoes but then I looked down to find a nice little spot, squeezed it and it had the loveliest pop and loads and loads of pus, it left a lovely hole too

A friend was hospitalised with quinsy. Apparently, "That's just so Victorian!" isn't the correct initial response...

DH recently got a peritonsillar abscess (aka quinsy). His neck was swollen and he said it was enormously painful. The GP warned him that the causative bacterium is usually antibiotic resistant, but that they'd give it a try - otherwise, it would require aspirating. He was understandably leery of this but I, may the God of Sporners forgive me, was secretly hoping the antibiotics would fail and I could hold his hand while observing the pus being sucked out of his throat. Dammit if the bacterium didn't cave in and the abscess cleared up without the need for the needle. I wuz robbed, robbed.

Had a quick browse and wow... Frankel that is quite something.

I am not a sporner and most of your stories might make me feel a bit vommy but I feel I need to share my story - I'm hoping you won't mind

I was 18 and had a graze which came from sliding off a wall too quick carpet burn . At the time I had an abscess under each arm (some sort of staph infection) which I was given some sort of chalky cream for and told to apply and put big bandages on, they burst and the pus came out which was painful but relieving.

Meanwhile the graze on my back had turned into an abscess so I put some cream on that and covered it in a bandage. I started to feel a bit woozy the next day and my at the time bf changed my bandage for me, the top layer of the abscess had come off and inside it was a perfect circle filled with different pockets of pus, like craters, but kind of beautiful like flower petals yet disgusting at the same time. It had to be cleaned, obviously I needed antibiotics but it eventually cleared.

And I lived happily ever after.

I never thought I would have breast abscess envy Frankel

Mine wasn't ripe enough for my GP to touch and he wanted to send me to the A&E on call surgical team for them to drain it, but 24 hours on antibiotics and it calmed down.

My DH gets loads of pimples around the hair follicles in his armpits when he is run down / been sweaty a lot. When I pull the hair out to pop the spot, the root of the hair is about 10 times the size it should be. Then there is a satisfying popping feeling. It's great and he has a very very high pain threshold so I'm allowed to do what I want!! We call it 'grooming' in this house. Like monkeys.
I love this thread so much.

As a teen I had ab ingrown hair on my shin, it was a huge swollen red lump with a tiny white head on it. I actually took it to A & E to get it lanced. Gutted now though, I have discovered the joys of sporn and mourn the missed opportunity.

Soap & showers, I think. Not just the Sunday night bath once a week.

Finally! Classics, you must be proud.
One of my earliest sporny memories was when I was about 8. The boy in front of me was a right boily bugger. He had a huuuge one on back of his neck that I was following with interest. Then he turned up with a pad taped over it. ( you could almost see it throbbing). He bent forward and there was a pop and pus streamed out from under the bandage. He was hustled off to sick bay as all the normals squeed. I was just slavering. Why aren't kids boily anymore?

I have hidradenitis suppuritiva - think boils in armpits and fanny - a sporners dream! I don't get it like I used to since I'm post menopausal but oh my the massive pus filled lumps.. Lucky for me my DH is quite sporny as well and used to operate on me to relieve the pressure, and thick rivers of browny yellowy blood streaked filth used to pour forth, stinking of rot and cheese. I do still occasionally get one - next time I'll be sure to share.

Blackheads is my absolute favourite though, particularly the wiggly worm ones.

Horsepital

Frankel your story sounds very similar to mine!

she's almost ours
No not quite!!!
I can't definitely understand the joy of the squeeze and release of one's own pus-filled lumpoid, but not another person's

"We are not worthy! We are not worthy!"

I saw this thread in active on Tuesday, but I left it until today (like a pushy lump) and I have had a blissful afternoon reading and reminiscing.

I've never had anything amazing erupt out of me, but I did have an ear that kept giving in my late teens until one day I got in under the cartilage bit the joins to the head and felt/heard a satisfying pop followed by lots of lovely pus. I did a thorough job that day though and it healed up for good.