That got your attention, but I have no plans to poke and prod. For a while now I've had a lump on my labia - external labia so definitely not a Bartolin's. It's been there a few years, like a hard pea, flares up and 'explodes' every couple of months. Till recently when it's been exploding every week or so. Gets like something between a malteser and a golf ball. Then fills, comes to a head, discharges and bursts again, And so the cycle continues. I am managing it with warm soaks, and external heat, and mag sulph paste.
I fear I might need it removed surgically. A GP saw it a few months ago when it was especially bad, gave me ABs, but of course it hasn't helped that much. I need to go back. I am long-term immune-suppressed which doesn't help.
My questions: would it be removed by gynae team? My knowledge of gynae is very old, but do they always offer GAs for minor procedures like this? I'd really prefer a Local and a few whiffs of Entonox. Is that a reasonable request? esp. as I'd be on the bus home after .....