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Originally Posted by Jessica‪

Surgeon - "Hello Greg, I'm the surgeon who removed your cyst."

Greg - "But I still have the cyst on the back of my head and why can't I move my legs?"

Surgeon - "Oh, it looks like your reproductive organs were removed during the procedure, I'm very sorry, we'll schedule surgery for the removal of the cyst on your head for late 2015. Any questions?"

Greg - http://puu.sh/6dOsm.jpg

"Oh, you!"

Originally Posted by Ammi

..it'll seriously be good to get it removed if it's been causing you pain, though..?..

Yeah I really can't wait, I went to the doctor about it back in August thinking it was some kind of cancer because you know, you find a lump on the back of your head and you start thinking it's Stage 5 (there is no Stage 5!!!!), game over, say my goodbyes... got told it was a cyst and nothing to worry about, asked if I could get it removed, doctor said that because I was about to go back to uni I should just go to my doctor there because I'd have to be referred to get it removed and it'd be easier if I did it down there...

So I went to the uni doctor who was extremely condescending and was saying stuff like "we don't remove it for cosmetic reasons" (the cyst is under my skin hidden in my hair, nobody else can even see it) and I'm like "I don't care about that, I want it removed" and he said "well I can refer you if that's what you really want... but it'll leave a scar..." and again, it's in my hair, I really don't care. So he said he'd refer me but I still never received a letter for it. Then late November it was noticeably bigger (2cm in diameter... huge lump to have on the back of your head!) and my scalp was hurting so I went to the doctor who said it had erupted under my skin and it had caused an infection... so then when I was at home I went to the GP who said that even though it had erupted and needed to be removed, it was so big, they couldn't do it at the GP which is why a plastic surgeon is dealing with it because it'll need stitches and the surgeon will need to look at it again two weeks after it's removed... just so much hassle trying to get somebody to say "yes, you need to have this removed", glad a date's finally been sorted out to have it removed.

It hurts when I'm getting changed, when my head's on my pillow, if I lean forwards or backwards... definitely needs to go! Just another 3 months to get through :/