- Oct 9, 1999
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OK, so I get home from work, take a shower, and throw on a pair of shorts and a T-shirt. I sit down at my computer, and I scratch the side of my knee. As I'm doing so, my hand bumps into the inner portion of my thigh, and I notice a lump on the inside of my thigh about an inch above my knee.
This thing is about the size of a quarter around, and maybe a quarter of an inch high off of the skin. It was roughly circular, but the top of it was flat. So I'm staring at this thing, and, ignoring all advice my mother ever gave me (let it alone or it'll never heal!) I start poking the lump. It doesn't hurt or anything, but it feels weird, kinda smooshy. So I squeeze it a little bit (thinking it's a zit), but nothing happens. I poke it a little bit longer, trying to figure out WTF it is. Finally, I get crazy. I pull out my pocket knife and poke it a little bit. At first nothing happens, the skin is thicker or tougher than it feels. I push harder, and slide the blade inside. Still no pain at all.
But when I pull the knife blade out, the little lump deflates like a frickin' balloon, and a bunch of blood rushes out. So at this point, I'm wondering if it IS a zit, but there's no pus or anything . . . just blood, but the blood doesn't even look right . . . it's very dark, and there are dark specks in it. So I get a towel and clean up my leg, and I squeeze on what's left of the lump. More blood keeps coming out, but it doesn't seem like it's bleeding from a cut, just like there was a bunch of blood in the area and it's coming out now. Eventually it stops, and the lump flattens out and looks relatively normal except for the cut in the skin.
I didn't notice it this morning - I'm pretty sure it wasn't there - but obviously this is freaking the hell out of me. What is that thing? Some kind of tumor? Should I go to the doctor? I went over myself, and I don't see any more of the things, but I didn't notice any this morning, either!
This thing is about the size of a quarter around, and maybe a quarter of an inch high off of the skin. It was roughly circular, but the top of it was flat. So I'm staring at this thing, and, ignoring all advice my mother ever gave me (let it alone or it'll never heal!) I start poking the lump. It doesn't hurt or anything, but it feels weird, kinda smooshy. So I squeeze it a little bit (thinking it's a zit), but nothing happens. I poke it a little bit longer, trying to figure out WTF it is. Finally, I get crazy. I pull out my pocket knife and poke it a little bit. At first nothing happens, the skin is thicker or tougher than it feels. I push harder, and slide the blade inside. Still no pain at all.
But when I pull the knife blade out, the little lump deflates like a frickin' balloon, and a bunch of blood rushes out. So at this point, I'm wondering if it IS a zit, but there's no pus or anything . . . just blood, but the blood doesn't even look right . . . it's very dark, and there are dark specks in it. So I get a towel and clean up my leg, and I squeeze on what's left of the lump. More blood keeps coming out, but it doesn't seem like it's bleeding from a cut, just like there was a bunch of blood in the area and it's coming out now. Eventually it stops, and the lump flattens out and looks relatively normal except for the cut in the skin.
I didn't notice it this morning - I'm pretty sure it wasn't there - but obviously this is freaking the hell out of me. What is that thing? Some kind of tumor? Should I go to the doctor? I went over myself, and I don't see any more of the things, but I didn't notice any this morning, either!
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