Sitting in hospital bed. Surgeon wants to remove abcess from my pec. Fuk. Need help!
So let me start from the beginning. My first ever shot of Primo 200 was last Saturday in my right pec. Shot was smooth and painless. Aspirated and injected and a little oil came out when I pulled the needle out. The next day I had a little discomfort nothing out of the ordinary. The following day however it started swelling up. As the week progressed it's got bigger and is basically doubled the size of what it should be. It's hot and red and I've been experiencing flu symptoms, feverish (highest temp reading was 99.4), chills, and aches. There is a hard knot that runs across the pec and it's about the size of a large jalapeño. It's pretty big. It is pretty painful. Not excruciating. More of a throbbing feeling.
The thing is I've experienced shit like this with delt and quad injections. Not this severe but pretty much the same symptoms and has taken as long as a week to get better. I was hoping this was the same type of situation. But after 5 days of no improvement I decided to go to the er this morning. They took blood, did an ultrasound, and administered antibiotics with an IV. Blood results came back with slightly elevated white blood cells, and the ultrasound came back showing I have an abcess 5cm in diameter. It's like rectangular shaped. And 1cm in depth. The doctor then proceed to tell me I need to get it surgically removed right away and they would book an O.R. for me. I was in shock and still am. I asked if surgery is the only option and he said for abcess , yes. He said normally antibiotics won't help with abcess and standard procedure is to immediately remove the abcess or I risk going into septic shock. I then asked if we can try with antibiotics first and proceed with surgery as a last resort when all other options have been exhausted. They said ok and have been administering different types of antibiotics through IV for the last 2 hours. I have to stay here in the hospital while they monitor me.
What are your guys thoughts on this. I have read quite a few threads where users had abscesses, some of which were pussing out the top and they were able to avoid surgery with antibiotics. For those of you with experience with abscesses do you think I should have them go in right away or give it a little more time to see if it gets any better? I wish I could take a pic but I'm writing this on my phone. I cannot stand the thought of having my chest scard up or cratered up but I also don't want to risk putting myself in danger. Please share your thoughts and advice. I am honestly terrified right now.
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Originally Posted by kelkel
I asked her about mobility and loss of strength and she said that should not be an issue but I may have some superficial numbness that will fade over time. 