Mystery Spot!

Okay, I wouldn't normally put this on a blog post, but it's been around so long that I figured it will some day make a big scar and someone will ask me about it. It's the thing on the back of my leg, recently acquired (like, end of July perhaps) and it won't go away. NOTE: There's a picture of it down at the bottom of this post - don't scroll to see if it you think you'll be grossed out. It's about the size of a silver dollar, looks like a lyme disease bullseye, and sometimes itches and sometimes doesn't. We've had a nasty infestation of spiders this summer, but when I went to the doctor the other day, he told me he didn't think it was a spider bite (I have more of those on my body already and they don't look like this!). The only thing the doctor could say for sure is that it isn't cancer (whew!), it isn't flesh-eating bacteria, and it's not lyme disease. He didn't think it was a spider bite because by now it would be necrotic if it was a bad spider bite, or it would have gone away. It's perfectly round with a red raised center and a middle field that is bare, and then a nice, red outer ring. Next step - to the dermatologist! Stay posted...

The mystery spot...