Neck_Cyst

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 11/2025

Evening bandage change.

April 12/2025

Evening bandage change.

April 13/2025

Evening bandage change.

April 14/2025

Evening bandage change.

April 16/2025

Morning bandage change.

Evening bandage change.

April 18/2025

Morning bandage change.

Left the bandage off for a few hours.

April 19/2025

Morning bandage change.

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.

May 9/2025

I am so pissed off right now. The hospital discharged me with no
real direction. The doctor didn't know what to do with my
wound, so took a picture and sent it to the surgeon. I am to wait
to here from HHC, and they will see me for wound care.

Two days of calling and pleading for some help, my surgeon has
yet to get back to me, and HHC can't get me in for almost two
weeks. WTF is going on here?

Changing the dressing on my own; clean, cut a piece of inadine,
stick it and a bandage on. I sure hope I am doing this right.

May 11/2025

Got an e-mail from the surgeon. "yes that wound should be
packed and dressed daily - he should go to urgent care in the
interim - the hospital should have set this up for him"

This is five days after being dischsrged with no direction.
Brutal!

May 12/2025

Got a call from a nurse at HHC. She came by the house to
check out the wound. After some discussion, she packed
and bandaged the wound. I have a busy next three days, so
we agreed that things should be ok, and she will come by
the house again on Friday to change the dressing. They have
me booked in the clinic for Sunday morning, and from there
I will see them every few days.

What s relief to have a plan in place.

May 13/2025

Phone call with my GP.

May 14/2025