posted 03-18-2002 03:29 PM       

In the past, I have always sorta smiled when people put "gross" and thought "Oh, it can't be that bad" but this is really weird...

A few months ago, my body freaked out and I got my period for 60 days. At the end of it, I got this thing - what I call a pimple - inside my vagina. It had puss and all. It hurt to urinate or use toilet tissue for a few days. Then it went away. I attributed it to just having hormones totally out of whack.

Until this past week, when another one came. I had my annual pap appt. sheduled. My doc. took one look and said "your cervix doesn't look normal and this 'lesion' is odd." and gave me a referral to a gyno-oncologist.

Has anyone ever had one of these before? Could it be related to the PCO? It cannot be an STD because I was tested years before and am in a very stable relationship.

I am on the pill.

I have the appt. this Thursday, but thought I would check in with anyone. Thursday seems to be so far away!

posted 03-18-2002 07:43 PM       

I looked up the Bartholin's cyst and I actually found a page with a picture! http://www.afraidtoask.com/woman/pelvicdisease.html

It was great to see the picture because that is exactly what I have.

Thank so much! You have put my mind at ease!

Bluerose, I will be interested to see what your doctor says.

posted 03-20-2002 05:24 AM             

anyway, good luck!!

posted 03-22-2002 02:21 PM       

She said that they were definitely sebaceous cyst as Kristipooh said. My doctor said that the Bartholin's cysts are only found very low down on the labia. I guess they are very similar in their pain and symptoms. She said that the kind I had are totally normal etc.

She also said something really interesting...that HPV has been found in newborns born from mothers without HPV. She also said that she knows of lesbians or nuns who have never had male partners who test positive for Chlamydia or Ghonorrea.

Now, I am in public health and do public health research for a living and I am going to have to go and check that out!

posted 04-06-2002 04:08 PM           

...I finally had my docs appt and I have both kinds of cysts going now...GRRRR...I have gone on meds and had 4 cysts lanced that really helped with the pain!!

posted 04-06-2002 11:53 PM      

When I was Dx with PCOS my RE actally brought up the issue. He called them sebaceous cysts and said that they were perfectly normal and not to be concerned unless infection set in. He even told me how to drain them and DH is such a dear to do it for me. (I have an irrational fear of needles).

Let me share this bit of info...we use the ultra fine lancets that diabetics use for getting blood for their glucometers...the lancet is really thin and short. Perfect for "pricking."

posted 04-09-2002 11:44 AM       

This is a really helpful thread!
I also noticed some type of pimples inside my vagina as I was trying to check my cervical position. They don't hurt and they look like hemorrhoids (there's a pretty mental image ). I though perhaps they are cervical polyps, but I guess they could be the sebaceous cysts as well. I did have some excruciating pain during intercourse about a year and a half ago and took antibiotics for a bacterial infection, also had 1 or 2 yeast infections I treated since then with otc creams. So maybe they are left since then?
I didn't see any puss.

What do you think? They are not on the labia, they are inside the vagina, either on the walls ot on the cervix, not sure.

Thanks for any feedback,
Oana

[This message has been edited by Oana (edited 04-09-2002).]

posted 05-08-2002 04:08 AM    

I had a polynidal cyst that had to be surgically removed when I was 14, it was 4 inches deep, 4 inches long, and 4 inches in depth on my tailbone, I've had the boils you all talk about or cysts and they don't stop there. I get them inbetween my legs as well as all the nice places you discussed.

I have harder bumps as well on my legs and pimples on my hairy breasts. (I'd never be able to tell anyone these things but I'm sure many of you have held the shame and embarassment to long as well.

Doctors are so silly and vain they think because they found a certain kind of cyst, it should be named after them and others are not related. Guess what, the cysts in our ovaries and uterine's and the ones on the outside of our bodies are all related. Our eggs won't produce so we end up with cysts all over. It's in our blood stream, via our hormones and will come out any way it can.

Although I too do some popping........ok alot, everyday I'm picking and poking there are some other things that might help.

Hot cloths, and here are some pultices that WORK!!

take a piece of bread soaked in milk put on boil and cover overnight

cut an onion heat on stove and put on boil, leave it there as long as you can

toothpaste (which works better with pimples than boils)

these pultices have been used for generations, help relieve pain, swelling etc. the more I poke the more I hurt.

Thats our ovulation.

Check out herbs and vitamins. Cut out chocolate, caffeine, starches, carbohydrates,

find non pharmacutical therapies

drugs only mask the symptoms
they don't cure it or fix it
they just make it look like its not there
oh yeah and find something else to try so they can put a little more in their pockets
(sorry about the ranting)

LOVE YA ALL

AND ITS NOT GROSS, WE DO TAKE BATHS