# There's a hole in my back, Dear Lisa, a hole! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-my-back-dear-lisa-a-hole/830064 "2019-02-23T03:48:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-my-back-dear-lisa-a-hole/830064/1 "2019-02-23T03:48:55Z")
Last August I had a couple of bumps suddenly appear on the back of my neck, oozing puss. I have a typical pasty Scottish complexion, and I live in sunny Saskatchewan, so I’m well aware of the risks of skin cancer. Went to my GP in September. He looked at them and said, “Yup, they should come off. Not a crisis, but I’ll give you a referral to a plastic surgeon.” While I’m waiting for my appointment with the plastic surgeon, another big bump started forming on my back. Felt at first like a bad pimple, but never healed. Way bigger than the neck bumps. Early December, saw the plastic surgeon. “Yes,” he said, looking at my neck bumps, “they should come off.” I said, “I’ve also got this bigger one on my back” and showed it to him. He took one look at it and said “I’ll take that off too.” No hesitation. Went to day surgery this week. Bumps are gone from neck and back. As he was leaving, he tapped my foot and said, “Went well.” (He’s not effusive.) Big dressing on the back, and it hurts more than the neck incision, so I assume he had to take more off to get rid of it. Now wait for lab results, and avoid showers. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-my-back-dear-lisa-a-hole/830064/2 "2019-02-23T04:01:30Z")
Were they cysts? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-my-back-dear-lisa-a-hole/830064/3 "2019-02-23T04:19:20Z")
I’ve had sebaceous cysts taken off, but the last time I had these types of bumps on the back of my neck, the lab report said “pre-cancerous lesions”. So I don’t take any chances and go to the GP as soon as something like that surfaces. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-my-back-dear-lisa-a-hole/830064/4 "2019-02-23T04:21:53Z")
Oh, hell yeah. Hope everything comes out ok. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-my-back-dear-lisa-a-hole/830064/5 "2019-02-23T06:25:40Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Last August I had a couple of bumps suddenly appear on the back of my neck, oozing puss… Well, there you go. You had cats oozing out of your back. 😛 Seriously, **Northern Piper** , I hope that you feel better soon. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-my-back-dear-lisa-a-hole/830064/6 "2019-02-23T15:25:13Z")
Thanks. It seems to be healing. Not hurting, just itchy. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-my-back-dear-lisa-a-hole/830064/7 "2019-02-23T16:13:47Z")
I had a sebaceous cyst removed from the middle of my back. Mainly because I couldn’t reach the thing and it would get filled and become painful. I was hoping they’d remove it and just leave a tiny scar but they end up leaving a small divot in my back. ---
**Author:** ![SigMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SigMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SigMan)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-my-back-dear-lisa-a-hole/830064/8 "2019-02-24T03:23:10Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Thanks. It seems to be healing. Not hurting, just itchy. Good signs. Itching means it’s healing. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-my-back-dear-lisa-a-hole/830064/9 "2019-02-24T03:30:54Z")
Lots of polysporin, then vitamin E cream for the scars. The one on my back is over an inch long, as far as I can tell. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-my-back-dear-lisa-a-hole/830064/10 "2019-02-24T03:45:47Z")
Do you have stitches? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-my-back-dear-lisa-a-hole/830064/11 "2019-02-24T03:48:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Spoons** : > > Well, there you go. You had cats oozing out of your back. I think, in this one specific instance, we can make an exception to the usual rule. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-my-back-dear-lisa-a-hole/830064/12 "2019-02-24T03:52:41Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-my-back-dear-lisa-a-hole/830064/13 "2019-02-24T23:55:58Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Do you have stitches? Yes, but if course I can’t see them. Mrs P says they look very clean and smooth. Self-dissolving kind. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-my-back-dear-lisa-a-hole/830064/14 "2019-02-25T02:46:23Z")
Paging Dr. Lee!😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-hole-in-my-back-dear-lisa-a-hole/830064/15 "2019-02-25T14:09:55Z")
I’m glad that you fixed it, dear Henry, dear Henry…