Neck Cyst
(Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy)
March 24/2025
The cyst is back.
This is a sebaceous cyst, and this is the third time over the
past twenty or so years that it has done this. If ignored,
it will rupture and leak, and possibly get infected. Being that
me and infection do not get along, I immediately made an
appointment with my GP to get this thing delt with.
March 27/2025
I went to my doctor today about the cyst. He got me on oral
antibiotics and told me to get to the ER right away.
Four and a half hours (in the ER) later. They froze it, cut it open,
squeazed everything out and put two stitches in. The squeazing
went on forever, so I am a little tender back there. The stitches
are self disolving and I can change the bandage in two days.
March 28/2025
The bandage is starting to lift and there are signs of some drainage.
March 29/2025
The first bandage change.
March 30/2025
Added some tape to help the bandage survive.
March 31/2025
The bandage hanging on after sleeping.
The drainage.
Trying gauze and tape.
An hour later and it isn't holding up.
Later in the day, after adding more tape.
April 1/2025
After sleeping with a loosely applied tensor bandage.
More drainage.
All clean and new bandage applied.
Later in the day.
Another bandage change.
April 2/2025
Bandage change.
3pm.
6pm.
10pm.
April 3/2025
First thing in the morning.
Bandage change.
2:30pm.
6:30pm bandage change.
April 5/2025
Time for a bandage change. This one lasted a day and a half.
Not bad for drainage.
Cleaned up and looking good.
I let things breath for an hour before putting this bandage
on; there was no drainage in that time.
April 6/2025
The bandage survived the night.
Just a spec of drainage.
Going to leave the bandage off for a while.
April 7/2025
6:30pm bandage change.
April 9/2025
8:45am bandage change.
Looking redder/purplier than normal.
Cleaned up and new bandage on.
April 10/2025
Morning bandage change.
Follow up with GP.
April 20/2025
Langley Hospital ER. They drained the cyst again, and got me
on antibiotics.
Three hours later. I changed the bandage after this picture.
One hour after changing the bandage.
April 21/2025
2:07pm.
Langley Hospital; IV Therapy and bandage change.
April 22/2025
Langley Hospital; IV Therapy and bandage change.
April 23/2025
Langley Hospital; IV Therapy and bandage change.
April 24/2025
Langley Hospital. Saw the doctor. She sent me across the
street to the TLC building to see another doctor. He looked at
it and will drain it a third time, and do something inside. That
will be in a few days.
Langley Hospital; IV Therapy.
April 25/2025
Langley Hospital; IV Therapy.
April 26/2025
Langley Hospital; IV Therapy.
April 27/2025
TLC building. Drained for the third time. This time he left gauze in
to help with drainage. It will be removed tomorrow.
Langley Hospital; IV Therapy.
9:45pm
April 28/2025
Langley Hospital, bandage change.
Langley Hospital; IV Therapy.
April 29/2025
Langley Hospital; IV Therapy and bandage change.
April 30/2025
Langley Hospital; IV Therapy, bloodwork and bandage change.
May 1/2025
Langley Hospital. Saw the doctor. Things are improving, but
still need another week of antibiotics.
Langley Hospital; IV Therapy.
The old IV location.
May 2/2025
The bandage.
Langley Hospital; New IV location.
Langley Hospital; IV Therapy and bandage change.
May 3/2025
Langley Hospital; IV Therapy and bandage change.
May 4/2025
Langley Hospital; IV Therapy and bandage change.
May 5/2025
Langley Hospital; IV Therapy and bandage change.
May 6/2025
Langley Hospital; IV Therapy, bandage change & bloodwork.
After my treatment, the nurse noticed my arm was red and a bit
swollen. We decided to remove the IV to give my arm a rest.
May 7/2025
Langley Hospital; see doctor. 4 hours of waiting, no drainage, wound
looks clean. Stop IV antibiotics, discharge from hospital, start a
course of oral antibiotics, and go to Home Health Care for wound
treatment.
The bandage was coming off before I got out of the hospital. After
lunch, I noticed something on the floor; the bandage was flapping
in the breeze and iodasorb patch that was under the bandage fell
to the ground. Had to put my own bandage on.
No more hospital.
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