Yeah. I'm going to stick with the antibiotics. I don't think they will shrink it (because the problem is a build up of skin oil and the like rather than infection), but I do want to see... Because the first doc said antibiotics should shrink it and I think they might have just a little though it could have been my imagination.

I am verrrrrrrrrry disillusioned with doctors right now. Sure there is a multiplicity of different information on the net but it isn't all that bloody hard to assess the differences of opinion and follow which studies / sources are most recent and reputable... But then I guess I care more about this than they do. And they could be more interested in ingrown toenails for all I know...

But yeah. Had a couple of gos wtih trying to drain it and it simply won't. That is what got me going to the doc in the first place... I started to worry that it seemed solid rather than liquid (hence not drainable). It shouldn't get infected (with my staying on the anti-biotics). Also... A little something I learned on the net that BLOODY WORKED GREAT:

Localised infection: Hot compresses. (Run a facecloth under hot hot water. Wait until it is JUST cool enough to wring the water out with your hands. Shove up against face). I did that a couple of times and the infection was gone the next day! Amazing! Antibiotics typically take much longer to kick in (and I usually end up having to go back to the dr for thrush grr...)

But yeah. I won't try and drain it anymore because I think I am just hurting the skin and not really getting anywhere. I will go to this GP though and see what she says... Because she has been reccomended to be (my a GP I know personally). But yeah... Just so long as it doesn't get too much worse before June...

(((Pat)))

Glad you enjoyed the music festival.
Serves his royal annoyingness right for not having the courtesy to get his A into G a little earlier. :-p