[MENTION=339610]Darth Lefty[/MENTION]. Thanks.

To not bury the lede I spent the evening in the ER getting antibiotics and my infected scar drained. It came on very quickly and puffed up in only a few hours this morning. So I didn't ride in but took the golf cart to the boat. Thankfully the winds had died down so the water was calm. I ended up spending about 4 hours in the ER and came back with gorgeous stars in our cold and clear sky.

With regard to the onset of the infection; I've found cycling gives me the first indication of infection. I get pain the region of the tendon in the medial popliteal side of my knee. I've now learned to correlate that pain with infection.

I did get a great reaction from the doctor, who was coming into the room thinking just a normal 30 something make with a knee problem. But bam there I was with a half scarred leg covered in grafts. Took her a minute or two to quell her intrigue.