Salocin

Big needles

So the cyst is gone - the consultant orthopaedic surgeon (try saying that after a few beers) looked at it, shrugged and said, "I can aspirate it if you like". A few short minutes, a little anaesthetic and a needle big enough to prop up a strut of the eiffel tower, and my wrist no longer has an unsightly bulge in it.

More pleasant still, I can flex my fingers and wrist and not experience weird twinges of pain.

The cyst - it turns out - was really not very big. Certainly no match for the giant metal straw that it was jabbed with. Apparently, small "tight" cysts are often the most painful. I didn't really understand why, or what a "tight" cyst is (perhaps it's not very big but the liquid in it is under pressure?), but my experience bears the statement out.

I'm glad to be rid of it.