Monthly Archives: April 2010

Riding in Nidderdale

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This weekend was a weekend I have been looking forward to for a while, in fact pretty much ever since I didn't manage to do my first weekend back in a boat because my butt had other ideas! This was supposed to be my first big weekend back on my bike … once again my butt had different plans! As I am still recovering from surgery in November the big ride around Nidderdale was out of the question as was the night ride around Nidderdale that was to follow but I did manage to get out on my bike for 3 short rides and the weather was nice so all in all a nice weekend away. 

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6 – 8 weeks … my arse!

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The story of my arse is unfortunately a longer one that I had originally hoped it would be! I've had a cyst on my lower back since I was at university. I knew it was there because if I was ill or paddled on some particularly unpleasant water it would get upset and swell up a little. It never really caused me any bother and most of the time I wouldn't even know it was there. 

I was quite confidant that I had successfully diagnosed it as a 'pilonidal cyst' using the power of the Internet. At some point this developed into a 'pilonidal sinus' or got one, or something like that. This means it has a little tunnel out to the outside world. This lets it discharge any yucky puss that it has developed. Unfortunately it also means it is much more susceptible to infections. So not overly surprising that is what happened next!

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