Well I've had a 6mm lump in my neck for years with no issues at all that the doctors have kept an eye on it.
After a hard Tuesday training ride a few weeks it got very sore and grew to 5cm and I was put on a weeks antibiotics. After the week it had shrunk to 3cm so I was put on another weeks antibiotics.
Over Easter I did a few hard rides and the lump grew and became more painful than ever. I'd also noticed my heartrate was 20 to 30 bpm higher than normal.
Another trip to the docs resulted in a change to powerful antibiotics. Returning to the doc 3 days later and the lump was 8.5cm so the decision was made by the doc to cut open the abcess to drain it with the warning it would hurt - he wasn't lying.
It's now a week later and it's getting better but there is still puss coming out of it so I'm still banned off the bike until that clears up. I'm having the dressing changed on a daily basis which involves having it cleaned out and packing inserted with a wire probe.
I can't wait to get back out on the bike.
