Originally Posted by
TomD77
My soonest appointment with Dr is Thursday AM but the diagnosis can't be anything to do with lymph nodes since I find there are no nodes in that area. Here's a link to what I'm fairly certain will turn out to be the case but it is terrifying in it's own right in that it says that the malady forces a lot of people to give up biking as in "The primary therapy consists of avoidance of the causative factor. Rest alone is generally not sufficient as therapy."
Link to article
I rode a short while today but only by sitting way askew on the saddle so the nodule/cist on the left side didn't contact.
That reminds of the old (but never very good) joke about
:
"Dr! Dr! It hurts when I raise my arm like this!
... "Well, then stop raising your arm like that!"
.............. "Anything else I can help you with?"
Yes, assuming that that is the issue, stop sitting on the saddle is probably one option. I am not sure it is the only option. Keep an open mind and make sure the physician knows that you want back on the bike. Let him look for a better solution or refer you to somebody who may know a better solution.
and: Good luck with it!