Originally Posted by 79pmooney

Two the size of a golf balls? If that is true, go to a doctor. The advice here is good, but serious infections are not our specialty. If it were me. I'd go to my GP, have her look at it and probably refer me to 1) a specialist who can deal with the issue now and perhaps 2) a doc who also rides and might have advice for the future.

Saddle sores are not the place to try to "manage" a real issue. (Well perhaps if you are a pro and have a World Championship you have to try to win next we or another week of the Tour de France to ride.)

Edit: and when those who know give you the go-ahead to ride again,the best chamois fat around serious issues is the time honored Bag Balm. Been around over a century and works. No bells, whistles, magic ingredients, but it has the magic enough that cows were willing to subject their tits to the early (and crude) mechanical milkers. By comparison, our butts are an easy challenge. (And when the milkers got better, farm wives found all sorts of uses for their leftover Bag Balm. Cyclists have been using it a long time. I was told about it by a tandem stoker 30 years ago. Any not "all new" pharmacy. Green square can looking 100 years old. Less than $10.)