Stephanie, I'm starting to think more along the low iron hypothesis. I've always been right on the edge of being able to donate blood with my hemocrit, and since I've recently upped my mileage, I suppose I could make a borderline situation worse.

Here's how it looked yesterday evening:


The one right on the crease has gotten darker, and there's a smaller/lighter one that just appeared on the inner part of my thigh today. Again, I beat up myself on a pretty regular basis, especially with rockclimbing, but those injuries are usually on the *front* of my legs, and I can remember bonking them. These, absolutely no recollection of anything hitting there except for, you know, office chairs and couches. And why only the one leg? Weird.

Doc appointment is for Monday morning, so I'll see if he has any advice. In the meantime, I've been reading up all about anemia, so I find it funny that the internets recommend everything from eating liver to getting EPO. No thanks.

-- gnat!