My Lipoma, Surgery and Infection

[robinconnelly]

For those who don't know and for those who simply wanted more details, I had a lipoma removed from my leg on Friday. A lipoma is a tumor made out of fat, almost always benign. Since you can get a lipoma if you're barbie thin or Oreo fat, it's believed people get lipomas from either genetics or trauma, though that's only speculation at this time.

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[endless_run]

Oh wow, scary. I'm ridiculously impressed at your willingness to follow up on the redness and get it treated. If it were me, I probably would have ignored it waiting for it to go away and have been dead of blood poisoning by now. I'm really glad you're more mature than me x3

Anyway, keep an eye on it and take it easy :) I'm glad you're on the road to recovery.

[robinconnelly]

Thanks Jordy. Actually, if it weren't for my grandmother I probably wouldn't have gone to the hospital. But she told me to call the hotline and see what was said. After that, I didn't see a point in asking advice if I wasn't going to take it, so I went to the hospital. Lucky for me, by the sounds of it.

[anonymous]

Wow, Robin. I'm glad you caught it early. Hope things go better.

[robinconnelly]

Thanks. I'm glad I caught it too.