Abcess & Cycling
Tucky
Posts: 34
Back in January, I had a pretty nasty perianal abscess. It knocked me out for a couple of weeks, but it was cured without an operation, just some pretty heavy drugs.
I have hardly cycled in 2012, maybe been out less than 10 times, nothing over about 3 hours. (Last year I completed Abu Dhabi tri (200km bike) and IMUK (180km bike)).
I still have a bit of a lump down there. I'm a bit worried, and have been to the docs twice but both times they told me it was scar tissue. I have looked this up in the internet, and it seems quite likely that it is just scar tissue.
I want to know whether I should start cycling again, or whether this could make it worse? Any docs in the house, or people with prior experience?
My wife is heading back to England for 5 weeks, leaving me the perfect opportunity to get some quality time on the bike. I usually aim to get a 4-5 hour ride in at the weekend, and 2 x 2 hour rides during the week.
Or do I just wait until everything is completely healed and it's all disappeared?
Any advice would be brilliant (I'm in the Middle East, and the doctors here don't really understand my need to exercise!)
I have hardly cycled in 2012, maybe been out less than 10 times, nothing over about 3 hours. (Last year I completed Abu Dhabi tri (200km bike) and IMUK (180km bike)).
I still have a bit of a lump down there. I'm a bit worried, and have been to the docs twice but both times they told me it was scar tissue. I have looked this up in the internet, and it seems quite likely that it is just scar tissue.
I want to know whether I should start cycling again, or whether this could make it worse? Any docs in the house, or people with prior experience?
My wife is heading back to England for 5 weeks, leaving me the perfect opportunity to get some quality time on the bike. I usually aim to get a 4-5 hour ride in at the weekend, and 2 x 2 hour rides during the week.
Or do I just wait until everything is completely healed and it's all disappeared?
Any advice would be brilliant (I'm in the Middle East, and the doctors here don't really understand my need to exercise!)
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When inflammation resolves anywhere in the body it usually does so by laying down scar tissue. If there was infection in it it is likely to have revealed itself by now. The scar tissue is likely to continue to soften over the next year. It should be fine to re-start cycling.
Chris (surgeon)0