#cyst

I didn't get out of bed untill 11am which is not like me. That's how I know things are not good at the moment. Trying to take the day slow but also get my Sunday stuff done.

Usually I start with meal prep but I just can't at the moment. So I've started with the easier tasks.

Taken my bedsheets off to wash and put my spare set on. Brushed out my hair and oiled it. This killed as I had two days worth of hair mousse in it. Then I hoovered my room and put my clean clothes away.

I'm going to have breakfast now at 1pm with the new season of Stranger Things. Well brunch now. After that ill make a start on meal prep. Only making one meal as i mentally don't have the energy today to make two.

I have a 19cm by 14cm cyst in my ovaries and I'm getting surgery tomorrow afternoon :/

I'll let y'all know if I die

@caprart1

The Bartholin glands are what lube up your vagina. Sometimes, they get blocked, and you can end up with a Bartholin cyst. Please note, that horrific Mayo Clinic illustration is not representative to actual cyst size in most cases. Some of them are so small, you don't even notice it, and they clear on their own.

Others are large enough you can feel them and they get painful. There's some real easy home treatments you can do to help unblock the gland and clear the cyst:

Epsom salt bath. Just do a nice epsom soak as you would for sore muscles. If you can stand to touch the cyst, massage gently around the edges of it. Don't squeeze on it. Just gentle massage on the edges to encourage movement.

You can also wet a washcloth in warm water and press it against the cyst. You can massage through the washcloth if you need to. Re-wet and press to the cyst a few times in a row.

You may need to repeat option #1 and option #2 a few times before the cyst goes away.

If it hurts too much to sit or walk or touch, ignore steps 1 and 2 and get to your doctor. They may give you this same advice, but they may also be able to drain it if it's in bad shape.

Vaginal pimples are basically the same, except they can get a head on them. Go with options 1 and 2 again. Do not put anything on the pimple. Odds are, you won't be able to tell if it's a cyst or a pimple unless you know the exact location of your bartholin glands.

If they seem to happen regularly or a lot, definitely talk to a doctor about it. Hormone levels--unshockingly--can affect them.

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Great.

Except

- we option were to have it don't today, or november

- was told they were just draining it, they actually took it out

- I was awake the entire time, they only used a local

- oh and I still had to show up for work