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[OneScrewLoose]

My mom has this large cyst growing on her arm, and she won't have access to a doctor till February. Is there anything she can take or do in the meantime?

[Heliotrope]

I heard drinking some cranberry-type of juice may help suppressing the cysts or could've confused it with gallbladder/kidney stones etc.

I've suffered from cyst too. I've a cyst too since 12 or 13 years old, in the lower-frontal part of my right testicle, first talked to a GP and he felt a pee-sized lump too, then referred me to a urologist. The urologist never did any radioimaging/ultrasound etc, just examined the testicle and asked me questions like if I smoked/drank or had sex. He then said it's cyst. he asked me if i wanted to remove it, and i was scared of a scalpel cutting there so i declined. I've monitored it occasionally through testicular self-examination and it never grew much larger/harder. I drink some juices like Cranberry, grape, grapefruit, but not sure of what supps would help.

[Skötkonung]

Its hard to say what she should do without knowing the exact size / type of the cyst and whether she has any other medical conditions that could lead to complications with healing. Some cysts go away on their own while others worsen and become gangrenous. Honestly, I would suggest she see a doctor regardless to avoid it getting dramatically worse.

Not to worry you, but I have an anecdote about a coworker that might make you think twice about waiting until February to see a doctor: About twelve months ago, we had a temp-to-hire employee who injured his foot doing a home renovation project. It was only a smallish cut, something that might have needed a few stitches but could have potentially healed on its own. Instead of seeing a doctor about it, he decided to wait because after four months, he would receive medical benefits through his employer. Two months later, the cut hadn't fully healed and he was getting pains through his leg -- it had obviously become infected. When his employer hired him on full-time, the pain had become almost unbearable and he finally went to see a doctor. It turned out his foot had become gangrene and they had to amputate it just below the knee after a course of antibiotics failed against the staph infection. This example may seem extreme, but if she is waiting to get it seen because of financial reasons, it might be smarter to get the cyst looked at earlier rather than later to avoid additional medical complications and the cost associated with them.

[OneScrewLoose]

Its hard to say what she should do without knowing the exact size / type of the cyst and whether she has any other medical conditions that could lead to complications with healing. Some cysts go away on their own while others worsen and become gangrenous. Honestly, I would suggest she see a doctor regardless to avoid it getting dramatically worse.

Not to worry you, but I have an anecdote about a coworker that might make you think twice about waiting until February to see a doctor: About twelve months ago, we had a temp-to-hire employee who injured his foot doing a home renovation project. It was only a smallish cut, something that might have needed a few stitches but could have potentially healed on its own. Instead of seeing a doctor about it, he decided to wait because after four months, he would receive medical benefits through his employer. Two months later, the cut hadn't fully healed and he was getting pains through his leg -- it had obviously become infected. When his employer hired him on full-time, the pain had become almost unbearable and he finally went to see a doctor. It turned out his foot had become gangrene and they had to amputate it just below the knee after a course of antibiotics failed against the staph infection. This example may seem extreme, but if she is waiting to get it seen because of financial reasons, it might be smarter to get the cyst looked at earlier rather than later to avoid additional medical complications and the cost associated with them.

So a cyst can become that dangerous? Damn.

[Skötkonung]

So a cyst can become that dangerous? Damn.

It potentially could be, depends on the type and severity!

[Zenob]

So a cyst can become that dangerous? Damn.

It potentially could be, depends on the type and severity!

I'm glad I didn't read that story 5 years ago. I had a cyst the size of a large egg cut out of my back then. It was a few inches over from my spine. The doctor initially thought it was some kind of fatty tissue tumor and told me not to worry about it, I told him to go ahead and get whatever it was out. He did it outpatient there in his clinic. He had to go in knuckle deep to get it out and when he got to it he discovered it was a sebaceous cyst.

Interesting side point, while I was laying there and he was cauterizing the wound before stitching it back up I looked over my shoulder and saw the nurse hiding in the corner covering her face with her hands. Not the most comforting thing to see when you are being operated on. Turns out she was pregnant and the burning meat smell was about to make her lose her cookies.

[Heliotrope]

I heard drinking some cranberry-type of juice may help suppressing the cysts or could've confused it with gallbladder/kidney stones etc.

I've suffered from cyst too. I've a cyst too since 12 or 13 years old, in the lower-frontal part of my right testicle, first talked to a GP and he felt a pee-sized lump too, then referred me to a urologist. The urologist never did any radioimaging/ultrasound etc, just examined the testicle and asked me questions like if I smoked/drank or had sex. He then said it's cyst. he asked me if i wanted to remove it, and i was scared of a scalpel cutting there so i declined. I've monitored it occasionally through testicular self-examination and it never grew much larger/harder. I drink some juices like Cranberry, grape, grapefruit, but not sure of what supps would help.

^ this topic makes me more worried about my own testicular cyst mentioned above ^

so after reading the posts on the damage a cyst can do, i'm more worried. i think the urologist who checked my cyst when i was 15 didnt do very much. he nonchalantly mentioned it's just like a cyst, an the surgical removal of it sounded like "cosmetic" elective surgery. at the time, in the interest of infection, time, money, and my own psyche, i elected to Not go under the knife. testicles temporarily grow/swell a bit in "sex" and subside after ejaculation, and thru some masturbations, i specifically felt the cyst, indeed seemed larger and harder when under excitement, and subsides later. i felt i could snap it off, but that sounds just as scary. if it's left attched to right testicle, i feel it's easier to treat if needed.

Edited by HYP86, 05 December 2008 - 07:33 PM.