abscess which won't go away and looks like it's spreading

[willow1995]

hello everyone.

I'm looking for some advice and also if any of you have been in the same situation as me.
I have an abscess near my tailbone for around 2 years. it came up after I gave birth. it was 5cm deep and 8cm wide. I had an operation to have it out and things were fine until 3 months later it started coming back. since then every few weeks it fills up quite large and then disperses apart from this time. it's been dispersing gunk for about a week and a half and now it's turning a slight purple around the edges, also there seems to be purple looking veins coming away from it and growing larger every day. I am on antibiotics which I have been on for over a week and a half. but now I also have a lump on my spine as well which could also be a abscess.

I keep going to my GP but they just keep telling me to rest and that's it.

I don't have a temperature but my back is painful and I feel dizzy. no headache but my head feels achy and my neck feels achy too.
I'm getting concerned but unsure what to do. I do have an operation in the next 3 months to get rid of the abscess again but they haven't given me a date yet.

I'm concerned about the purplish veins coming away from the abscess.

if anyone has been in the same situation as me then can you tell me what happened to you and what you did?
also any advice would be great. thanks.

so checked my results, they are actually quite good, I have found Tesco's own high strength ibuprofen really good and it helps the pain, abscess is still leaking but just keeping an eye on it at the moment. keeping myself busy so I don't dwell on my man made hole (that's what I call it 😅)
if I take 2 ibuprofen in the morning and 2 in the evening I hardly feel ill, so I'm much happier at the moment ☺

Willow I’ve been following this thread and you’ve been incredibly brave having been through such a rotten time and getting so little support from your GP.
I fully sympathise - I had a tooth abscess which was agony but only lasted a few days and antibiotics cleared it up, so I can’t imagine what you have gone through for 2 years.
I’m so glad you are feeling a bit better.

thank you, 😊, I'm just trying to stay positive and keep up with keeping my body as healthy as it can be, I'm glad that I have an operation date now so there will be something done and hopefully after that It won't come back

Keeping everything crossed for you x