hello. My name is Mary. How are you? Two days ago, I felt like I was getting a slight stress headache on the right side of my head. I had my hair pulled up, and while taking it down, I touched my face right above my ear on the right side, and OW!, noticed that s where the slight pain was actually coming from. I felt a small,(about the size of a large pea), hard knot that was under the skin. There is no visable swelling, or discoloration, but it and the surrounding area are painful to the touch. I feel like the right side of my head has a low grade headache. I have suffered from cysts and boils from around the time I turned 14,(am 38 now), two of which had to be surgically lanced. I also spent 7 days in the hospital from a ruptured boil that required surgery, and left me with a t-cell count of 71, and morphine pain relievers, that actually came back in the same exact spot one year later. I have suffered with uncontrollable acne, boils, cysts, from my teen years until now, that occure on my inner thighs, under my armpits, and beneath my breasts. Im so embarresed by this that I havnt seen an OBGYN or had a pap in 16 years. Please help me!~