Hi...I am 27 yrs old and begun with my bartholin problems about 2 yrs ago. To make the story short...I have had recurring absesses ever since. I have had countless drainings. I've had a marsupialization. I've tried sitz baths and Antibiotics "keflex" (which worked)...but they keep cming back. I am terrorized. The pain is unbearable. Iget depressed every time I even feel the cyst coming on. Its horrible!! The doctor said I should do the gland excission. So I am. Get it over with!