TOPIC: Any Given Sunday

I changed back to the 14g titanium. I boiled the jewlery for about 2 minutes to help kill bacteria.

Sitting at 7.2\" midshaft Girth, swelling is still clearly visible.

Day 2 of using DSMO, ibuprofen & antibiotics. No change

Hopefully the swelling will go down now. Give it a couple days.

Goodguy014 wrote: Hopefully the swelling will go down now. Give it a couple days.

I thought the hardness was what I didn\'t want.... now I just want the swelling to go down.

I hope the antibiotics and dmso do the trick for you.
But in the meantime you get to see what it would be like with another round. Silver linings.

briceb wrote: I hope the antibiotics and dmso do the trick for you.
But in the meantime you get to see what it would be like with another round. Silver linings.

Lmao, yea... I get to see what 7.2\" feels like.

Like shit. Lmao. I\'d need twice the gland size I currently have to look any kinda normal.

This is what \"I\" would do (does not mean you should do LOL..)

Remove piercing
stay on antibiotics
For one week minimum:
no sex
no alcohol
no dairy products
no fatty foods
no eggs
no fish/seafood
protein and vegeis foods
triple ointment at the piercing holes 4-6 times daily
wash and dry after every pee
loose clothing
change bed sheets every night
Pray to your god

From Dr. Mustang with no medical degree......

Good healing man...

The swelling has made its way to the other side of the shaft.

7.2\" with a semi.

I took the peircing out, all that pain for nothing.

Don\'t have sex with the wifey.. she\'s going to love the fully boned up 7.5\" and then you\'re going to have to go back in for another round!
Seriously though, get well soon.

brock wrote: Don\'t have sex with the wifey.. she\'s going to love the fully boned up 7.5\" and then you\'re going to have to go back in for another round!
Seriously though, get well soon.

I\'m pretty bummed right now.


Here\'s a question, if the antibiotics work and defeat the the infection, will the swelling go down? Or my body continue to attack the pmma? Assuming that\'s what\'s going on?


Searching for answers, I found this.


Artefill was approved by the FDA in 2007 and consists of PMMA in combination with lidocaine and bovine collagen. This is a hybrid product since the PMMA is permanent and bovine collagen is temporary. After injection, the PMMA stays and the collagen is reabsorbed. The PMMA becomes surrounded by multi-nucleated giant cells, a type of macrophage that becomes specialized to surround foreign elements that the body cannot dissolve. This multi-nucleated giant cells lock the PMMA into place so that it cannot migrate from the injection site.

Late complications may occur as well, and they are particularly relevant to permanent fillers like Artefill and silicone. Both are rare, but the two late complications that may develop are infection and granuloma formation. Late or persistent infection may occur with permanent fillers, sometimes in association with biofilm formation. Granuloma formation is characterized by inflammation that develops around the injection site of fillers. The process seems to be related to an immunological response to the filler, in many cases it seems to be triggered by an unrelated infection. There may also be an increased risk of granuloma formation in people with a history of autoimmune conditions like lupus or rheumatoid arthritis.

I have seen a few cases of granuloma formation and prednisone has been an effective response to reduce the inflammation. Because of the swelling and nodularity of the reaction, sometimes smoothing in the region with fillers may be necessary as well. Surgical removal is generally not needed since the surrounding inflammation is really the culprit.

www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/FacialWasting/Q237664.html

Yeah I shouldn\'t have joked.. this is serious. Maybe you should get on an IV drip like Number22?? Seems like the quicker you do, the better.

Your last question is one I have been thinking about since the first time I was on this board researching. It\'s the main thing that gave me pause before I went in for round1.
When your body starts to reject foreign bodies like breast implants or hip replacement- it\'s not good. We are all in uncharted water. The good news is the infections that have been reported on this site all seem to respond well to anti-biotics. Also, PMMA is not a breast implant or a hip replacement, so it isn\'t apples to apples.

brock wrote: Yeah I shouldn\'t have joked.. this is serious. Maybe you should get on an IV drip like Number22?? Seems like the quicker you do, the better.

Your last question is one I have been thinking about since the first time I was on this board researching. It\'s the main thing that gave me pause before I went in for round1.
When your body starts to reject foreign bodies like breast implants or hip replacement- it\'s not good. We are all in uncharted water. The good news is the infections that have been reported on this site all seem to respond well to anti-biotics. Also, PMMA is not a breast implant or a hip replacement, so it isn\'t apples to apples.

It\'s all good, humor helps heal as well as medicine.


I was renewed after reading that article. For 2 reasons:

1. It said the issue is resolved typically after the swelling subsides.
2. Prednisone helps to stop your immune system from attacking & stop/minimize the swelling.


Also, I inspected the jewlery I had in since August 21st. The threads had dark crust inside them and what appeared to be chips of some sort. I\'d be willing to bet there was absorption of that crust/metal chips that was at the very least making matters worse.

You shouldn\'t have to take the piercing out all together. I usually take mine out and soak them in peroxide for an hour or so. Cleans em up pretty good. But if you buy cheap jewelry you will know very quickly after you put it in that it\'s bad. Always good quality only.
I think you\'ll be fine if that was the cause of the swelling. If you got bacterial infection from sex to soon after you got the piercing you will need different antibiotics I\'m sure. Don\'t panic give it another day or two and if it\'s not better go to the Dr.
You will get back to normal.

I\'m not sure you should be treating this yourself. I think you should seek out medical care.

Update: I measured 6.9\" just now. Down from the 7.2\". Moving in the right direction.

Taking Bactrim as the antibiotics 2x a day.

Starting Prednisone as we speak.

Good news