Before the NHS.

When I was just a little lad

I'd an abscess on my thumb

You'll have go and get it lanced

And squeezed out said my Mum

It went all sorts of colour

And throbbed and throbbed away

But I didn't like the sound of

Having it lanced and squeezed that day

I went to school as usual

And showed it to my mate.

He said you'd better get that fixed

Or it will be too late.

That black line going up you arm

That's the poison that you've got.

And when it reaches to your heart

You'll have had your flipping lot.

So Mum and I went on our way

The doctor man to see

She held my hand quite tightly

So that I wouldn't flee

The house was just an ordinary one

With a brass plaque on the door

I noticed once we'd rung the bell

My thumb didn't feel so sore.

But Mrs doctor answered

And I was dragged inside

Lanced and squeezed I duly was

I thought I nearly died.

Back at school I met my mate

And fainted in a heap

My mate said look I told him

He's dead and I was reet.

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Ha ha love it. Having said that years ago I had a whitlow on my finger which was very swollen and red and extremely painful. I could see a bag of poison in it which started going up my hand. I went to the doctor who scraped round it saying I don't want to hurt you. He did nothing.

I went home and thought to hell with this so sterilised a sewing needle and stuck it in. Bingo it all drained and my finger returned to normal. x

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Snap -I also had a whitlow on my thumb & the Dr actually came to the house to lance it. ( Could see them doing that theses days !!! ) I remember the relief when all the gunk came out - my thumb was some very pretty colours & eventually all the old skin lifted off in one piece just like the thumb off a glove. Afterwards the thumb was very sensitive for a long time because the new skin was so tender.

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The good old days!

[mrsmummy]

My story would have had the abscess in a different place but it would still have rhymed!

[sassy59 in reply to mrsmummy]

Mine too mrsmummy. Xxx👍

[Tryfan in reply to sassy59]

Would that be on your tum then!

[sassy59 in reply to Tryfan]

Now what do you think Tryfan? Mmmm. Xxx 😂😂😂👍

[hufferpuffer]

Fabulous Son, you had me grinning from ear to ear!! Lol !!! 😂😂😂😂 xxx

[DozyDormouse]

My husband had an abscess when we were first wed

We gave it the Savlon treatment then laid upon the bed

The dressing was removed the abscess well 'nuff said.

A yellow lump sat in the hole, just ready for the picking

A pair of tweezers got it out, thankfully not sticking.

My husband fainted dead away and I was not much better

It goes to show at certain times we are all wimps.

X

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TMI

[joyce74 in reply to DozyDormouse]

My husband had a very painful abcess at the base of his spine , was given anti biotics and I was told to bathe it with extremely hot water. It went bigger and bigger for the next couple of days, finally bursting. What a relief, he said I'd been torturing him .

[sassy59]

Very good Don, keep em coming. Xxxxx

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Lovely gruesome stories. I once had an abcess at the top of my inner thigh. It was as big as an orange with multiple heads and incredibly painful. Half the skin on my leg round it was red too. I went to the doctors and he said A and E (well it was a Friday). Anyway they said they couldn't lance it as it was too big and they were going to do it under a general anaesthetic. I was in hospital for 3 days with it as they couldn't get all the infection out even when it was incised.

I had to have intravenous ab's to clear it. Lovely - not x