I'm 44. Discovered a lump in the vaginal
cavity on thursday. Called the gyn to
make an appointment. By saturday it had
grown so large that I could not walk, sit
or do anything else comfortably. Went
today and found it was an abcess on the
bartholin gland. The doc drained it and
put me on antiobiotics. Did some
research on the internet and found these
are rare in women over 40. The research
tends to lead towards doing a biopsy but
my doc is recommending that we wait to see
if another cyst develops. Does this make
sense? My concern is that if it is
cancerous that the prognosis is very poor.
One article indicated that only 10% of
the women diagnosed live past 5 years and
the reoccurrence rate is very high as
well. Does anyone have any advice or
thoughts on this?
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RainbowWalker
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Posts: 13
Posted: 11-01-04 21:52pm
Hi there
i too have a bartholin gland cyst. I am
awaiting having mine drained. They are
not nice at all. I am 20 years old.
Does it hurt alot to have it drained?
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penny0913
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Posts: 4
Does It Hurt? Posted: 11-02-04 13:38pm
Well I guess it depends upon whether or
not it is abcessed (infected). In my
case it started out as a small lump on
thursday and by saturday had grown to the
size of a golf ball. Honestly, it hurt
to walk, sit or do anything. My doc did
give me a local to numb it and that hurt
like heck. Even after giving me the
local it was still quite painful when she
drained it. It took about 15 minutes to
do it. Afterwards it felt a whole lot
better. Today I am still having some
discomfort but it's not nearly as bad as
before it was drained. Have to take sitz
baths several times per day while applying
pressure to the gland to insure it
continues to drain. The doc said it
would take a few days for it to completely
drain. Hope that helps and good luck to
you.
