How to tell if you have an Absess and what to do?

[rfowler]

I can feel your frustration bro, my boy who had the abcess surgery recently never got a temp, or much redness but the pain got worst and worst so if your pain is getting better and not worst thats a good sign.

 

[Philly D]

I read it and have been following it. I have had the same problem 7-10 days of swelling until I started heating, massaging and S-T-R-E-C-H-I-N-G. That is what got the shit out of there. I used a 5/8 in my ass obviously wasn't deep enough. That is why they say go as deep into the muscle as possible. And don't message the area until the next day. Massaging it after injection will cause the fluid to come up to the sub-q area and will not flow well or dissapate. However sometimes the stuff will just not go away until heat, streching and massage forces it out. I was worried also because I started sweeting at night when I was sleeping. The redness could be caused by any number of things - heat, massage, blood flow from swelling etc.

How big was the spot where the oil buildup or skin buildup was? I had a slight fever for like a day or 2 and then nothing. Did you continue the injections after this happened??? How often did you massage/heat? I work 8hrs a day at a desk so its kinda tough to do this at work since people here have asked me if I was "on the juice" before I even started this cycle. Guess thats a good thing though. lol. I can only really heat/massage in the evenings. I have to inject tomorrow and am thinking about using my quads, they are muscular as shit and don't think I should have any problem there. Just haven't really made up my mind weather to toss it out or continue the down the path of hugeness. You think after a few more days it should be gone? How long till it was completely out? Thanks bro

 

[Philly D]

SO, its injection day again. I massaged and heated the previous site and there's still a lump there. What worries me is that when I flex my glute muscle there's a lump that pokes out about the size of a baseball. Doesn't really hurt that much and might be getting slightly smaller? Does anyone know is this is an abcess? I am hesitant to do the next injection because of this baseball size lump. I will be trying the first quad injection. Please if this has happened to anyone or you know what the abcess looks like please tell me if this is somewhat normal. Will this eventually go away and is it OK to do the next inject today?

 

[Philly D]

Anyone???

 

[goin on 4T]

How big was the spot where the oil buildup or skin buildup was? It stuck out atleast 1" maybe two and was about 4" around. BIG! I had a slight fever for like a day or 2 and then nothing. Did you continue the injections after this happened??? yes but in different site, other side. How often did you massage/heat? For about 2-3 hours straight at night. I work 8hrs a day at a desk so its kinda tough to do this at work since people here have asked me if I was "on the juice" before I even started this cycle. Guess thats a good thing though. lol. I can only really heat/massage in the evenings. I have to inject tomorrow and am thinking about using my quads, they are muscular as shit and don't think I should have any problem there. Just haven't really made up my mind weather to toss it out or continue the down the path of hugeness. You think after a few more days it should be gone? How long till it was completely out? Thanks bro

See what I wrote in red...

 

[goin on 4T]

SO, its injection day again. I massaged and heated the previous site and there's still a lump there. What worries me is that when I flex my glute muscle there's a lump that pokes out about the size of a baseball. Doesn't really hurt that much and might be getting slightly smaller? Does anyone know is this is an abcess? I am hesitant to do the next injection because of this baseball size lump. I will be trying the first quad injection. Please if this has happened to anyone or you know what the abcess looks like please tell me if this is somewhat normal. Will this eventually go away and is it OK to do the next inject today?

Mine is still there just small now. I do prop so am doing ED buy the fourth day when I am back at the original place it is not too bad...

 

[rfowler]

SO, its injection day again. I massaged and heated the previous site and there's still a lump there. What worries me is that when I flex my glute muscle there's a lump that pokes out about the size of a baseball. Doesn't really hurt that much and might be getting slightly smaller? Does anyone know is this is an abcess? I am hesitant to do the next injection because of this baseball size lump. I will be trying the first quad injection. Please if this has happened to anyone or you know what the abcess looks like please tell me if this is somewhat normal. Will this eventually go away and is it OK to do the next inject today?

go to urgent care its been a week why risk it, if the oil has built up an infection the size of a baseball bro it needs to be drained, the longer you wait the harsher the surgery and the more tissue is lost.

 

[SLAYER69!]

go to urgent care its been a week why risk it, if the oil has built up an infection the size of a baseball bro it needs to be drained, the longer you wait the harsher the surgery and the more tissue is lost.

agreed. enough guessing. I know you don't want to hear it but the only safe thing to do is go to a doc. A baseball size lump is likely a problem. A small lump at the injection point that lasts a few days is common. but not a baseball

 

[Philly D]

Not exactly the size of a baseball but its rather large. I have been surfing my ass off for information about this for the past few days and have found this to be rather common. I just don't know exactly how to tell if this is an abscess or just an Test E. lump for this far along ( 7 days ) after injection. It only really is visible to be that big when I flex the muscle. I will train my legs tonight i.e. squats to try and break up the pocket/lump. Has this happened to anyone on here before? The lump is not red anymore or hot, its just hard, stiff, and sore. Someone please let me know, if not I will be making the trip to the ER tomorrow. WTF this blows!!!