gangalion cyst

[Niewiem]

No such group on healthunlock so I thought to ask here as ppl search all groups. Gangalion cyst, any happy ending story? I have it 1.5 y, had all possible treatments (I thought all of them) except the surgery as people lose the nails as a complication of it and have to cope with something else instead.

[Joolsg]

I've had two. The one on my wrist disappeared within a year. The one on my foot is stil there 6 years later. It has shrunk though.

[Niewiem in reply to Joolsg]

you r lucky, mine is hurting and I have to open it ever 2-3 days to relieve pressure. a 1.5 y latter. grr

[Joolsg in reply to Niewiem]

I applied warm compresses often and that did help.

[Niewiem in reply to Joolsg]

yeap, lucky you, I've done it all sucker still there. Best is the bible treatment, so painful works for a few weeks but all is back.

[soppysokes in reply to Niewiem]

maybe opening it is whats causing more problems than its solving.

[Niewiem in reply to soppysokes]

good question, I did try not to open to drain and just leave it as is ,the bump on the skin gets red, swollen, big and a lot of pain, I tried all, eventually had to relief the pressure and drain the fluid. Better to do it so frequently less pain. Pain is the gage. I noticed a couple of time it goes away for a few weeks but never failed not to come back after.

[soppysokes in reply to Niewiem]

praps its infected?

[Niewiem in reply to soppysokes]

according to my doc no, I used to go to gp to do all sort of attempts, steroids injection or cut, no infection as I would have been given antibiotics, it's just so much fluid gathering and popping the skin up.

[b1interest]

Mine comes back every 3-6 month, but hitting it with a heavy textbook works. Last time I had trouble finding the right book, but now that I have, I'm going to try whacking it every week or so to see if it finally just disappears.

[Niewiem in reply to b1interest]

will work just the question is if won't come back

[b1interest in reply to Niewiem]

That is exactly what I was saying. I will try it and see : )

[Elisse3]

I had one on my wrist for years then it just disappeared. Heard about the heavy book bashing but never brave to try it.

[b1interest in reply to Elisse3]

Well, I'm glad to hear that yours just disappeared! Do you attribute it to any changes you might have made?

[Elisse3 in reply to b1interest]

Nothing i did and just realised it had gone ! 😊

[b1interest in reply to Elisse3]

That's great!

[Rwall]

I had one on my wrist and had to wear a brace and be diligent about it for 5 months. It went away. Came back two years later and had to repeat the process. Was terribly painful.

[b1interest in reply to Rwall]

That sounds awful. Thank goodness it went away. Mine is also on my wrist but though it's come and gone over the last several years, I'm fortunate that it's not painful (and am hoping it won't get that way).