Ganglions - anyone had one removed?
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I suspect from using weights, I've developed a ganglion on my wrist. It's been slightly annoying for a couple of months but over the last few days it's become really painful and is restricting movement.
I've read that there's about a 20% chance of it recurring if I have it removed but I wondered what other people have experienced?
I've read that there's about a 20% chance of it recurring if I have it removed but I wondered what other people have experienced?
I have a little one where my finger joins my hand. It goes through stages of becoming really painful and then it almost disappears.
I declined surgery because it does settle down on it's own.
Has it flared up like this before? Personally I'd wait and see if the pain settles on it's own.
I declined surgery because it does settle down on it's own.
Has it flared up like this before? Personally I'd wait and see if the pain settles on it's own.
Like Lois, I had one on the top of my hand. Dr did not diagnose it as it wasn't a bump and I ended up having physio on it lol !! Finally they diagnosed it as a ganglion. It used to get painful and I had a steroid injection in it - by jove that was more painful than the ganglion itself! Didn't work either as it still came back.
Had another appear on the other hand and now I have one on my foot! I would consider the foot one being removed as you can see it sometimes but they just seem to come and go and I just take some anti-inflammatory tabs if needed.
Had another appear on the other hand and now I have one on my foot! I would consider the foot one being removed as you can see it sometimes but they just seem to come and go and I just take some anti-inflammatory tabs if needed.
don't hit it with a book. They really do fecking hurt when you give it a thump. As they get more painful they are at the verge of rupture anyhow and likly it will pop and a day later it will feel better. I thought i would be able to "feel" when they popped but because of the pressure they place on the nerves and tendions the pain lingers for a while. Try press ups and wrist extension more regulary.
Or hit it with a book. I did, and wimpered like a pansy girl but touch wood i have not had many reoccurances. Dont go the surgery route unless feeling like sucide. Waste of time in 90% of cases and you do not want to be f
king about with things unnessecarley, esp wrists.
Gwiz
Or hit it with a book. I did, and wimpered like a pansy girl but touch wood i have not had many reoccurances. Dont go the surgery route unless feeling like sucide. Waste of time in 90% of cases and you do not want to be f
king about with things unnessecarley, esp wrists.Gwiz
I had on ont he back of my hand when I was in my teens. I managed to trap my hand between a wardrobe and an ancient wooden framed TV. I slid the TV across the worktop but it stuck on it's rubber feet. One almighty push later and the damn thing pinned my hand against the side of the wardrobe.
By god , it hurt but never came back. So just smack it hard and it will probably go.
A mate at work recently had one appear on his hand. He went to the doc and they used a syringe to remove the fluid from it. A week later and it's gone without any mark at all.
Take your pick.
By god , it hurt but never came back. So just smack it hard and it will probably go.
A mate at work recently had one appear on his hand. He went to the doc and they used a syringe to remove the fluid from it. A week later and it's gone without any mark at all.
Take your pick.
I had one years ago and got a mate to whack it with a book. First couple of times he held back a bit and boy did it hurt! Third attempt he really whacked it hard and it dissapeared instantly and didn't even hurt once it had gone.
Probably been about 7 years since it went and it hasn't come back.
Probably been about 7 years since it went and it hasn't come back.
I had one come up on my right foot a few months back, i left it for a few weeks not really sure what it was, then after self diagnosing on the internet 
I pressed it as hard as i could with my thumb. Im sure i felt it draining, its come back since only much smaller and i did the same thing again. Just do it 
I pressed it as hard as i could with my thumb. Im sure i felt it draining, its come back since only much smaller and i did the same thing again. Just do it Onzlouk said:
I had one come up on my scrotum a few months back, i left it for a few weeks not really sure what it was, then after self diagnosing on the internet I pressed it as hard as i could with my thumb. Im sure i felt it draining, its come back since only much smaller and i did the same thing again. Just do it
efa. Sorry but it made me laugh. I pressed it as hard as i could with my thumb. Im sure i felt it draining, its come back since only much smaller and i did the same thing again. Just do it i had mine removed under a local, had previously tried hitting it, worked a few times but god it hurt, first doctor put his 2 thumbs on it and pushed until it decreased in size, that hurt to, couldnt move my wrist for a day or two, next a navy doctor tried to drain with a needle, asked if the trainee could have a go, thought why not it cant be hard but when she put the needle in and couldnt suck anything out the surgeons exact words were 'give it a good wiggle'!!!! ouch!!!! really could have been done for assault on a senior officer that day! In the end they just sent me to hospital to have it whipped out, 1 inch scar left behind and a grizzly lump underneath, even got 2 weeks off sick for it as i was left handed so couldnt do the classroom work!
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