Hi Phoebe, I wish i had found your post a few days ago. i had this devil of a cyst for about 3 days and 2 nights. i sat in hot water for about half an hour each night and i actually slept with no underwear and a heat pad all night. It was hard for me to walk and it kept me up at night. for pain i took naproxen and the chewable aspirin orange flavor. I even poked it with a needle (needle didn't work). then today i laid down with the heat pad for about 45 minutes and i felt this relief. i went to the bathroom to pee and took a mirror and looked at it. it had popped and i squeezed the rest out which was not painful at all. I am so happy and relieved and i cried out of pure happiness.