Wrist Ganglion Cyst... I haz one.. :(

[Scooter's Mom]

That's why I had mine removed, so the 'sac' would not be there to just refill with fluid again. I have a little scar on my hand, but it never came back, and it has been 20+ years, so I think I am safe!

After the aspiration and then the surgery 10 years later ... I just don't think I want to do anything else with it. I have still got the name of my hand surgeon in my address book, just in case I decide to have it removed again!

(They said having it surgically removed would give me a 90% chance of it staying gone - but my body grows cysts and tumors... so of course it came back!)

[Husky_mom]

not that I´m glad many of you have/had them.. but sure now I don´t feel odd about having one..

in a way is nice to hear your troubles, outcomes and ways to get rid of em or not... gives me more of a wide panorama of the situation.. thanks for your inputs

hopefully mine decides to go away..lol.. I wish...

if not I´ll have to wait till end of year.. so hopefully that´s plenty of time for it to get bored and leave

[Felicia's Mom]

I've had one on my left wrist since 1991. At work one day I accidently hit it on the edge of a desk. It hurt for a long time. Now it doesn't hurt or bother my wrist movement. Sometimes it is smooth and other times(like now) it looks like a bone sticking up.

[lvpets2002]

Isabele I would ask your doctor about it - since you are pregant.. You dont want problems with holding & handling the new baby.. Its better to be on the safe side..

[Husky_mom]

Isabele I would ask your doctor about it - since you are pregant.. You dont want problems with holding & handling the new baby.. Its better to be on the safe side..

thanks.. already did .. that´s why any procedure gets to be put off till after...

it doesn´t bothers me that much.. it´s more like a sore muscle type pain.. and the bone sticking out description fits to a t.. lol.. I guess that´s why it annoys me the most.. seeing it like if it want to pop out..

nonetheless I´ll get a 2nd opinion from my gyn..

[sirrahbed]

I think I must have one. Many years ago I showed it to a doctor and he told me I could smash it with a book - I thought he was making fun of me Anyway - mine hurts off and on but I have never asked about it again since the "book" doctor!! thankfully, it is on my left wrist and so when it hurts, I don't have to use it much.

[Husky_mom]

update: haha.. well.. it started to get hard instead of soft jelly type.. so I kept thinking about the book method.. didn´t do it but kept thinking about it... I did smacked it with the remote and it did hurt.. and it wasn´t that hard smacking.. so I desisted on the book..

the next day.. well.. that´s another story.. I squished it with my thumb and pressed as hard as I could... IT DID GOT SMALLER!!!.. so I think it worked.. later that night it swollen up a bit.. so I squished it a bit more.. and until today it hasn´t grown back.. it still is a tiny lump but very small. which I might try getting rid of in a day or two ..

at first I thought I might have buried it in my wrist rather than squish.. but my movement has not been affected at all.. nor it hurts.. so.. I´m pleased so far.. hehe..

btw.. it wasn´t that hard to squish.. a bit gross but think about a pimple.. lol