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<klaxon> grape sized lump... hurts to sit down...

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KatoPotato · 14/04/2014 16:28

Wahhhh...

I've had this lump on my labia for many years now, hard but painless.

Since a few days ago - I blame spin class - it's got really big, red and painful. It's the size of a large grape and is mostly hard. I've had mag sulph paste on it, germolene, hot baths, tentative squeezes... nothing - It's hard to dress too, thanks to the location.

I've had similar before, hence my mag sulph knowledge, but this just doesnt seem to be coming to a head, paracetamol and ibuprofen are not touching the pain.

Any ideas???

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SauceForTheGander · 16/04/2014 20:09

NHS definitely missing a fundraising trick - you're right Ebear

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KatoPotato · 16/04/2014 20:12

Yikes! Thanks for that, I do like to know the stats! Will take an after pic tomorrow. Chippy tea on its way!

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VelmaD · 16/04/2014 20:24

6x8cm??!! that's impressive!! Bloody Nora!!

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KatoPotato · 16/04/2014 20:30

He kept growing all day and turned black before surgery

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VelmaD · 16/04/2014 20:34

I saw the beginnings of the blackness. Thank god you went when you did!

almondfinger · 16/04/2014 20:41

Enjoys the chips, you deserve them. That was some cyst. It's the going black so quickly that's the scary part. Will keenly await the after pic!

SauceForTheGander · 16/04/2014 20:43

Oh Kato - Blimey!! He was an angry bugger!

Do you have stitches?

TeamEdward · 16/04/2014 20:46

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IwishIwasmoreorganised · 16/04/2014 20:49

6x8 cms - in your fanjo?!

That must have been bloody agony.

kato - you deserve some special MN award for having gone through this.

Koothrapanties · 16/04/2014 20:54

Well done Kato! You survived the bollickle chronicle. You deserve a medal for services to sporn.

NachoAddict · 16/04/2014 21:01

Well done Kato!!

What does going black mean??

allisgood1 · 16/04/2014 21:15

Holy crap gym was really a big bullock!

PenguinBear · 16/04/2014 21:18

Glad you're home now and resting.

For the medics among the thread, what is the significance of the cyst going black? I thought it was bruising Blush

crispyporkbelly · 16/04/2014 21:20

Why was it turning black? Is that just infection?

6x8?!

allisgood1 · 16/04/2014 21:24

Dr google tells me black=blood filled.

Sparklingbrook · 16/04/2014 21:25

I thought the black would mean poppage was getting imminent....

candycoatedwaterdrops · 16/04/2014 21:27

You are fucking brave and an awesomely good sport. Flowers

Lesuffolkandnorfolk · 16/04/2014 21:46

Blood changes colour as it decomposes. Darkens then goes through the brown-green-yellow spectrum.

coraltoes · 16/04/2014 21:52

I have just read 24 pages of this... Wow. Hats off to you Kato. Hope you recover quickly. Bloody love a sporn thread.

Sparklingbrook · 16/04/2014 21:53

DS1 had two cups of blood syringed from his knee last week. I thought it would be fluid and possibly a bit pink. But no-the darkest blood I have ever seen, and the DR said it had started to congeal.

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KatoPotato · 16/04/2014 23:51

Goodnight my chums, delighted to be back in bed with zero pain!!!

It's been epic, to quote pp's the follicle bollicle oracle has gonicle!

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MinecraftAteMyWorld · 16/04/2014 23:57

Wow! What a day! Glad all is better now sans bollicle :). Sleep well.

SweetSilverSongOfALark · 17/04/2014 07:57

Best sporn thread ever!

SweetSilverSongOfALark · 17/04/2014 07:58

No on else can come on here unless they come close to 6 by 8 now!

KatoPotatoSansFollicleBollockle · 17/04/2014 08:29

whatdya reckon?