@GCJ6817 I know it's been less than a week but how are you feeling now since you've being back home? Are you in pain, still peeing side ways, swelling go down, any word for Loria's office? Your last photos looked like your penis was very dry. Your results looked great after the procedure but unfortunate what happened after. Did Loria perform or another Doctor? Also, did the assistants do a good job?
I read on your older post that you moved the fillers around and it felt like a custard. Do you think maybe that might of caused some damage? Not trying to point fingers, just asking what could have gone wrong... It is strange Loria wouldn't get back. Him and his team has been good to me when I had 2 rounds. Although on the 2nd round getting numb was a bitch. I don't think numbing cream worked well with me on the 2nd round. I felt every needle going in when getting numbed with syringe. Supposedly, assistant told me it's because of the a lot collagen which made no sense when I gain .5" on first round... But it's been more than a year and so far things been good.
So for the week that I’ve been out of the hospital I’ve been going back and forth between good to fair. One day I have less swelling and pain, and that may last a day or two, then I’ll have a day of more swelling and pain. I’ve noticed on flare-up days my whole body will feel generally ill and fatigued. I’ve been on antibiotics now for 30 days and it’s killed my stomach, so even on days when the cellulitis isn’t flaring, there’s still the looming gut problems. My antibiotics were Zosyn, Vancomycin, Doxycycline, and Augmentin. Now I’m on only the Doxy and Augmentin, but for up to six months.
The kind of pain I’m having now is different than in prior weeks. It’s more superficial and feels like what I would call a healing sunburn; sore and itchy, but not incapacitating. And yes, still peeing sideways. That was a result of round two, not the cellulitis.
I haven’t heard from Dr. Loria’s office, but I also stopped trying to contact him. I’m working now with the infectious disease specialists, dermatologists, and urologists of UCLA. My next appointment is November 23. A recent MRI has shown that while I still have infection and an abscess, even after a month of powerful antibiotics and a needle drain procedure, the infection is greatly reduced and so is the size of the swelling. The MRI notes persistent, generalized edema as a result of “infected, injected foreign matter” i.e. the silicone. That’s actually an improvement.
My result photos from round two I thought looked ok, but I wouldn’t claim great. What was almost impossible to see in the pics I posted was the protruding lump on the right base of the penis. This is the part that ultimately developed the abscess where excess filler was injected. It’s also made my penis twist to the left especially when flaccid. This compounds the problem with peeing as my penis now points to the left and I spray to the extreme right. The underside of the glans was also never quite right and probably won’t be again.
As far as what went wrong, I’m really not even sure. Round one was fairly simple. Round two, I had complications right from the start within 24 hours of the procedure with pain, blistering, swelling. I will say that my second experience was also very off with the nursing staff. In round one, the male nurse, Guillermo, checked-in on me every three days and he always answered promptly. In round two, I had a female nurse who, while very nice, never once sent me the the 72-hour text message asking for pics or to see how I was doing. I always had to chase her around to get her attention.
Unlike you and someone else, the second round of injections during the actual procedure did not hurt at all. I felt nothing and was comfortable throughout. The numbing cream worked fine for me. It was as I was leaving Miami where I had intense pain and found myself covered in blisters, but that was all back in July. Fast forward to today— for the pain of cellulitis, I was first given Oxycodone. The pain got so intense I got moved up to Dilaudid and then IV Dilaudid. Once that stopped working, and it only stopped working because the abscess was getting so much larger and they couldn’t get me drainage right away due to the silicone blocking the view of the ultrasound guidance, I was given Fentanyl. That kept me very comfortable for several days until I could make it in for drainage surgery using CT guidance which was able to get a view that penetrated better through the silicone. Now that I’m home, I have Dilaudid tablets to take and eventually will decrease them them.
One thing— I have to have MRI’s now regularly to track progress. My primary doctor said that if I show any signs of returning abscess, I will have to have a drain tube installed and it will be quite painful.
Another thing—if you ever do need imaging, ultrasound can’t see through the silicone. You’ll have to have CT, MRI or both.
Last thing—I’m young and until this was in excellent health. If you are older or do have some underlying medical problem, it’s possible that could exacerbate any infection you get from the filler.
