Is That a Sebaceous Cyst in Your Shorts Or Are You Just Glad to See Me?

I have a big blue cyst under the skin of my mid-thigh, left leg. I’ve had it checked out and I’ve been told that it’s not a blood clot (though cyclists tend to get them a lot—one guy in my club has a leg that looks like a bag of blue and purple marbles). It’s actually a lipoma, a fat cyst, like the one I had taken out of my wrist a few years ago. I’ve got several more in my arms, but I can’t have them all removed or I’d start to look like Frankenstein (pronounced “Frahn-ken-steen” according to the good young doctor in the classic movie). I guess that some people just get them. Instead of developing an all-over subcutaneous blanket of fat, they just amass the stuff in little balls. Since I’ve been training for that race thingy next month, it’s come to the surface again. Sometimes it’s sore to the touch.
Probably more than you ever wanted to know, huh?
Photo ©: AFP Photo/Karim Jaafar-STR