I went to see Dr. Parker today since my pilonidal cyst wasn’t getting any better. He is the surgeon that I went to 13 years ago when I was a freshman in college. While all of my friends went to DC for Spring Break, I got to lie around on my stomach recovering from surgery.
So anyway, I thought he would just look at it and probably schedule an appointment for me to have surgery. I waited in the waiting area for an hour, which is a really really really long time when it hurts to sit. Finally they called me back to a room and 78 year old Dr. Parker came in to see me. He said it looked infected and could see why I was in pain, but it really wasn’t that bad. After poking and prodding, he began grabbing tools (e.g. scissors and scapula and needle). He said, “I’m going to tell you everything I’m doing while I’m doing it and you’re going to have some immediate relief.” Next thing I know he is operating on me. First he numbed the area with some Novocain and a 3 inch needle. That was definitely the worst part. After that he poked and prodded some more and tried to get it to drain. Then he inserted gauze in the wound, bandaged me up, and sent me on my way. When I got up off of the table to get dressed, I saw the knife thingy lying on the table and the sheet was covered in blood. Ew! Luckily the office was less than a mile from my house, because driving home was not an easy task. I probably should’ve called Seth to come pick me up, but all I wanted to do was get home, take some pain meds and lie down. Of course I am not allowed to have any pain killers besides Tylenol, so I have been in quite a bit of pain this evening. I do feel some relief though from how it felt before. Although I was not expecting to have surgery today, I’m so glad he went ahead and did it so that I didn’t have any time to stress about it. Hopefully it will heal quickly and I’ll be able to sit down again soon!
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