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  • madtrekker
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    A hot compress (such as a flannel), as hot as you can bear will help draw it out. Take some painkillers half an hour beforehand if the pain is really that bad. Tea tree oil is a good antiseptic.
    I would really push for an earlier Drs appointment. Tell them that you're in pain.
  • coinxoperated
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    I'm convinced I have PCOS but with such useless doctors that are already writing prescriptions for antibiotics as I walk through the door, they won't do any proper tests :(!!!

    I shall call the doctors in the morning and try and get in if it's no better. I can't bring myself to stick anything in it, sterile or not. I'm a wimp when it comes to pain! I'm sort of hoping it'll just rupture in my sleep or something :(!!!
  • aliasojo
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    barbiedoll wrote: »

    This sounds as though it could be a carbuncle, which is a boil with multiple openings.

    I've just googled pictures of carbuncles as I wasn't sure what they were.

    I wish I hadn't. _pale_
    Herman - MP for all! :)
  • j.e.j.
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    You might find a late-night chemist still open. If there is one, I'd say nip in there and ask for the strongest painkiller they've got and maybe some advice.

    Long-term I think I'd also start looking for a different doctors surgery, as the ones you go to don't sound all that reliable. My local one isn't that good, either so I registered with another one. It's further away, but they seem so much better.

    hth
  • EssexGirl
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    I'm convinced I have PCOS but with such useless doctors that are already writing prescriptions for antibiotics as I walk through the door, they won't do any proper tests :(!!!

    I shall call the doctors in the morning and try and get in if it's no better. I can't bring myself to stick anything in it, sterile or not. I'm a wimp when it comes to pain! I'm sort of hoping it'll just rupture in my sleep or something :(!!!


    Can you change your doctor? They sound worse than useless. You should be offered tests to diagnose PCOS of you are of childbearing age.
  • I was going to suggest Tea Tree Oil. i find it brilliant for any kind of spot, bite or wound.

    Could it be an abcess? My DH had one right near his bottom, it was so painful. Lucily his GP saw him the same day and sent him straight to the hospital to have it lanced.

    Can you use "straight" Tea Tree Oil on spots etc? The bottle I have says it's not to be used directly on the skin. Should I dilute it with something to use on spots?
  • thehappybutterfly
    thehappybutterfly Posts: 2,053 Forumite
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    edited 30 May 2012 at 9:27PM
    aliasojo wrote: »
    I've just googled pictures of carbuncles as I wasn't sure what they were.

    I wish I hadn't. _pale_

    Oh good God, so did I - they fair gave me the boak!
  • coinxoperated
    coinxoperated Posts: 1,026 Forumite
    Right, I've spoken to my boss (female, thank god!!) and just said I need to sort it out tomorrow and she's fine about. That's one worry off my mind!

    I'm going to either go to the doctors in the morning or walk in clinic.

    I will be looking for another gp's. Ive had various things wrong with me and they all seem to blame it on being a smoker!!! Useless :(. I think if they don't allow me to have an emergency appointment I shall file a written complaint. I'm pretty disgusted with the way they treat quite serious things. I went with pain in my stomach after sex, and was told that I probably had chlamydia!!!!! Im pretty careful and had recently been tested anyway, but they stuck to there guns. Did a test, they said I didn't, and ten couldn't really answer why, stating I wasnMt 'old enough' to have a smear test as I wasn't 25!!!!!! Its just disgusting :(

    Yeah I googled carbuncles. DO NOT WATCH LANCING!!!! :'(!!!
  • minimoneysaver
    minimoneysaver Posts: 2,222 Forumite
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    God darn you Google Images!!!!!!!!!
  • coinxoperated
    coinxoperated Posts: 1,026 Forumite
    I have to say, this thing doesn't look like a carbuncle, but I assume the pictures on google are the later stages!
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