I got a Pus Pocket

I went to our assigned medical clinic today here in the Netherlands and ask the lady incharge there that I needed a quick and urgent exam for my swelling bump on my back. She said "what's your appointment about?" I responded "I got a lump on my back that I needed to be checked because it's so sore and swelling". She ask for my ID and went to her computer and entered my data and then she said "arrive at 15:20 today" that's 4hours from then. Wow! I did'nt expect I got the appointment so soon because it takes at least few days from the day I ask for an appoinment, depending on the availability though. I was just surprise, it is my first time to have a same day appointment and I am happy.

This is the appearance of a pus pocket on my back

Way back 2004 I got a bump on my back...just a little bump that look like a zit. It grew bigger but not this big. Before we left for the Netherlands I have this checked with our family doctor at Fort Campbell she said "its nothing to worry about, nothing serious about it. But if you try to open it, it has a foul smell inside that skin" she really didn't explain what it is. And so I didn't bother anymore since it don't really bother me at all because it's not painful in any way. Just 2 weeks ago I felt a sudden soreness on my back, when I checked my bump it's getting bigger than it used to be and it's swelling. My shoulder blades hurt when I move and most of all it is very uncomfortable to sleep on my back right now.

I went to the clinic with my husband at the exact time the lady told me or my appointment will be cancelled. I can't afford to lose my appointment because I am getting paranoid on what's happening "back there" I got funny notions of having a cysts that will develop into a benign cancer or worst than that. A nurse assistant tend to me when I checked in, she took my vitals and everything is fine so far. She told me to wait for the doctor for a couple minutes. I waited and waited inside the exam room. I stayed there for 15mins waiting for the doctor. The door opened and there she comes. We greeted each other and after that she just took a quick look on my back, she immediately said "you got a pus pocket". What the hell is a pus pocket! She explained it to me that it is an abscess. Abscess is a pocket of pus. Pus means you have an infection. Pus is made of dead tissue, germs (bacteria), and white blood cells. The white blood cells rally around to kill the germs. Sometimes, abscesses will burst and drain, a way the body has of getting rid of the infection. She instructed me to apply warm, moist compresses. Wrapping a pustule or abscess with a warm, moist cloth for 15 minutes several times a day will gently draw pus to the surface and soften the skin so it can naturally rupture and drain without aggravating the infection or causing pain. She prescribed an antibiotic (cephalexen) for 10 days, 3 times a day. If it still don't drain and very sore she told me to come back and they will take the gunk out. I was relieved that it is not something serious, though it hurts.