I'm not trying to hijack but I stumbled across this thread and I'm glad I did! I've wanted to whine but felt silly and embarrassed putting up a thread about a boil on my butt but I think you guys understand.

When I was 10 years old I broke out with boils in different locations; thigh, neck, armpit and buttocks. Ever since then a boil reoccurs in the exact same location on my butt. It is soooo painful! It hurts to sit obviously but also even to stand, lay or walk. It's right where skin touches skin and has constant pressure which gets exponentially worse as it swells. I have one now.

Sitz baths, warm compresses, even medicated poultice packs...anything to draw the infection out. That area has been lanced so many times, I couldn't count them if I tried. I've been on so many antibiotics for various lengths of time that the Dr. has concern if MRSA were to occur if anything would work. So far, I haven't had that but the boil is in a bad area, it's worrisome.

I'm taking a trip this weekend which involves me driving 90 minutes to my sisters and spending the night. The next day we will drive 2.5 hours to our destination to see family. I'm not looking forward to all the painful sitting I will be doing. I'm not cancelling, no way do I let these stupid boils keep from doing things! I'm just complaining.

One other thing, my oldest sister is a R.N. She's old school and is a good one for medical advice, she knows a lot. She's going to want to see it and maybe lance it for me (she has before). It's not ready yet, it's still deep in the tissue. She's going to drive me crazy wanting to look at my *** and I'm just not in the mood for that! Does that make any sense? She has no sense of boundaries and will pester me. Maybe for peace of mind I'll just let her look and get it over with and she'll leave me alone!

I read over this and it sounds so crazy! I'm going to post it anyway, maybe some replies will keep my humor up when I check in while I'm gone! Thanks!