re: Anybody had a ganglion cyst before?

I had one removed from my hand in 1986. I had had it for years, and it never bothered me. Then it started hurting and shooting red streaks up my forearm. But my understanding is that my case was kind of rare among these (it was in an odd spot, the web between my right thumb and forefinger).

The surgery was easy. Outpatient, in and out, 3 hours. And that was back then with knife & scalpel. If you needed it out now, they’d probably just laser it.