Last ride was Sunday, October 17. Ride was 51 miles on the Suncoast Trail. Don't know when I'll be back in the saddle because I aggravated a pressure sore on the right side of my perineum and it swelled into a huge painful abscess about the size of a small egg, draining blood and other stuff in three places. Today was the first day I could touch it without screaming so it's getting better. Been using hot water compresses and Neosporin, gave up on ichthamol and bag balm, they didn't seem to be working. Had my primary care MD look at it during my annual physical yesterday. He wanted to put me on antibiotics and said it needed to be drained by a surgeon. So I just want to get it cut and drained. Antibiotics have always screwed me up. If any cyclist has experience with this I'd like to hear from you. The surgeon who I'm scheduled to see treats lots of cyclists I'm told. I'm just concerned about how long I won't be able to ride or give my dog her power walk in the morning. She looks so disappointed it's one of her favorite things, to ride in the truck over to the trail and do her 1.5 mile walk. A word to the wise: be careful of the butt and use that chamois butter!