Fellow members, I’m writing this from the lowest of lows. I recent got infected from round 2
PMMA. About 3.5 weeks after procedure I started showing initial signs… Once the swelling started I jumped on antibiotics and ibuprofen. The swelling continued until I thought my
Dick was gonna explode. I got to the point where I was dizzy and constant chills. I quickly got an appointment with
Urologist. The night prior I soaked in warm tub to try to calm myself. After inspecting it the tub I noticed it started to ooze out of an entry point. A lot of puss started coming out, which to be honest was a relief due to the size.
Next day I received scans and the doc put me on heavy antibiotics and anti-inflammatory. If my fever would have been higher he said he would haven taken me to surgery to remove it. I think if it hadn’t have drained I would have gone to surgery and I still might. I’ve been on antibiotics for like 5 days, 3 days with the stronger ones. I can still squeeze puss out of entry point as of this morning. The
Urologist stated the biggest issue with fillers is the space leaves a perfect place for bacterial to grow without good blood flow to fight again infection.
I go to the doctor again next week. I’m unfortunately the small percent that get the issues. I never thought I would be a cautionary tale, but now I worry about other havoc this
PMMA may have wrecked in my body or still might. I have a family and young kids and this was so selfish of me to begin in the first place. I wish I could go back to the day I made the decision to do this and take another course of action, but I can’t.
I left a message with Avanti yesterday letting them know in hopes it’s not a product issue and could happens to others. I trust they’ll help all they can and Avanti doc is supposed to be reaching out today. I’m not pointing any blame just trying to find out more of what’s going on. I’m hoping my
Urologist or potentially my possible surgeon will speak with them about the product if this becomes a degloving situation. I know degloving could take away length or leave scars…. I frankly don’t care…. I don’t want to go septic and die. The infection was scary and I was close to going to ER.
I pray I can get healing for this and whatever underlying mental issues that caused me to do it in the first place. I’ve stressed my marriage and become an emotional wreck while trying to hold it all together.
I’m not looking for pity, but help if group can give recommendations for best degloving surgeons who know
PMMA… I’m not jumping to that, but I’ll follow my
Urologist guidance and they said that’s the last case route….Or if this gets infected again.
For the members here I ask for prayers. It lonely to go through this with the private nature of it all.