Surgery

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On Monday I had surgery to remove a lipoma on my forearm. It was just done in the doctor's office with a local anesthetic. I had debated about having it done for a couple weeks because there's always the chance of infection and with RAAM less than 7 weeks away I don't want anything to go wrong. I probably wouldn't have done it except that I had a much larger one removed last year that was a bit complicated to get out and it wasn't sore more than a couple days.

It was very small compared to several others that I have but it's right at the edge of the armrest of my aero bars and has been red and sore after long rides. I figured that I'd get a couple days into ...