Abscess

[nikki421]

Yesterday i went back to the emergency room and the abscess was lanced but nothing came again but blood. It is so hard and large the doctor said it was urated i dont know the exact word but it needs to be surgically removed. So has anyone had abscess in the below the vagina are surgically removed? If so did you have to stay overnight in the hospital? Was their a lot of pain afterward?

[specialmom]

HI there.  Sorry to hear this!  Sounds painful.  When you schedule the surgery, they'll give you all the details of what is typical and what to look for as a complication.  They'll go over the duration of the procedure typically and if it is in or out patient.  Hopefully it will be as blu's was and outpatient.  Healing time is often different for everyone as our bodies all respond in their own unique way.

Let us know what the doctor tells you.  have you set up the appt. yet?

[BluCrystal]

I have had this done.  It was an outpatient procedure (no overnight) that actually only took about 15-20 minutes.  Local anesthesia was used, so I was awake for the whole thing.  Getting the anesthetic hurt, as they had to use needles around the abcess to inject it.  After that, it went numb, and all I felt was some pressure and tugging.  I was given painkillers to last a couple of days afterward, and that went fine.  The only evidence left of it is a very small pucker where it was. :-)