I got the gift of cellulitis...

Flex2019 · Nov 13, 2009

I got the gift of cellulitis...UPDATED WITH PICS FURTHER DOWN

Story goes like this- Did my normal Test E injection on Sunday. I always get some pain and tenderness from the particular brand I use, so I thought "No big deal" when I was sore on tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday, the pain and swelling got worse. It ended up running from my right hip down almost to my knee, and wrapping partway around the back of my hamstring.

Well today I could barely sleep last night and was in excruciating pain any time I tried to put weight on my leg all morning. The pain started deep inside my hip and spread across a good part of my leg. I figured it was time to go to the ER. I told them about my Sunday "Vitamin B12 injection" and explained what happened. The doctor took one look at it and told me it's a pretty nasty case of cellulitis. She asked me how the hell I've been able to train like this and told me she was surprised I could handle walking on it. "No pain, no gain" I told her.

So for my troubles, I got a 10 day course of Cephalexin and Bactrim and was told to keep close watch of the outline they drew on my leg. If it spreads at all I need to go back immediately. Now I'm just glad this is over.

1love · Nov 13, 2009

Wow that sucks. Is it still sore now or is it going away?

Flex2019 · Nov 13, 2009

1love said:
Wow that sucks. Is it still sore now or is it going away?

I hurts like hell...in fact, I can't think of many instances in my life that I've been in this much pain in daily activities-walking, driving, etc. I think a baseball bat to the hip would feel nice in comparison to this.

Ruhlfreak55 · Nov 13, 2009

that sucks...i've had issues with the last bottle of test i had....but only in upper body parts....my body took care of the infections though

njpooldude · Nov 13, 2009

was it from dirty "b12" ??

repmks · Nov 13, 2009

Flex2019 said:
Story goes like this- Did my normal Test E injection on Sunday. I always get some pain and tenderness from the particular brand I use, so I thought "No big deal" when I was sore on tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday, the pain and swelling got worse. It ended up running from my right hip down almost to my knee, and wrapping partway around the back of my hamstring.

Well today I could barely sleep last night and was in excruciating pain any time I tried to put weight on my leg all morning. The pain started deep inside my hip and spread across a good part of my leg. I figured it was time to go to the ER. I told them about my Sunday "Vitamin B12 injection" and explained what happened. The doctor took one look at it and told me it's a pretty nasty case of cellulitis. She asked me how the hell I've been able to train like this and told me she was surprised I could handle walking on it. "No pain, no gain" I told her.

So for my troubles, I got a 10 day course of Cephalexin and Bactrim and was told to keep close watch of the outline they drew on my leg. If it spreads at all I need to go back immediately. Now I'm just glad this is over.

why use crappy test e in the first place.

machola · Nov 13, 2009

be careful with bactrim. bactrim is known to cause tendon weakness and lead to tendon rupture. especially not good if you lift weights. i would ask for a different antibiotic. the ruptures can be 6 months after you take bactrim.

Fluoroquinolone-associated tendinopathy: a critical review of the literature.

Khaliq Y, Zhanel GG.

Department of Pharmacy, Ottawa Hospital General Campus, Ottawa, Canada.

With the expanded use of fluoroquinolones for the treatment of community-acquired respiratory infections and reports of tendon injury linked to the use of these agents, we reviewed the literature to investigate the frequency and strength of this association. Ninety-eight case reports were available for review. The incidence of tendon injury associated with fluoroquinolone use is low in a healthy population but increases in patients who have renal dysfunction, who are undergoing hemodialysis, or who have received renal transplants. Pefloxacin and ciprofloxacin were most frequently implicated, but tendon injury was reported with most fluoroquinolones. The median duration of fluoroquinolone treatment before the onset of tendon injury was 8 days, although symptoms occurred as early as 2 hours after the first dose and as late as 6 months after treatment was stopped. Up to one-half of patients experienced tendon rupture, and almost one-third received long-term corticosteroid therapy. Tendon injury associated with fluoroquinolone use is significant, and risk factors such as renal disease or concurrent corticosteroid use must be considered when these agents are prescribed.

PMID: 12766835 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

qbkilla · Nov 13, 2009

bro do you think it was from the brand of gear or something went wrong in the injection? care to share what brand it was?

i had something similar, when i did calves about a month ago. i could not walk right for 2 weeks. it started in my calf (first ever calf shot), went down into my lower legs, made my ankles fat, then my feet got fat and swollen, and eventually it went away.

it was warm, red, the redness kept spreading i could barley walk and standing up in the morning when i got out of bed was a nightmare.

however mine went away on its own thank god.

1love · Nov 13, 2009

Keep an eye on it and hope all goes well. If you got pics that are decent post some so everyone knows what your talking about.

Flex2019 · Nov 13, 2009

njpooldude said:
was it from dirty "b12" ??

bro do you think it was from the brand of gear or something went wrong in the injection? care to share what brand it was?

The Test was from VIP...I've posted a few times about the pain it gives me following injection. I've used the product since June and made great gains on it. This injection was the last cc in the vial. Hard to say exactly what caused this. I've read before that cellulitis can be caused by injecting too much too frequently in one site. This might be the case, as I only do glute injections right now because the pain will keep me from training if I inject anywhere else.

I do not blame VIP for this. They are a great sponsor and their products have helped me a lot this year. I've also used their EQ and it is completely painless. I think my body just doesn't like their Test E. I'll try a different Test next time.

Flex2019 · Nov 13, 2009

machola said:
be careful with bactrim. bactrim is known to cause tendon weakness and lead to tendon rupture. especially not good if you lift weights. i would ask for a different antibiotic. the ruptures can be 6 months after you take bactrim.

Holy shit Bro...I haven't heard this before. I'll be calling the doctor first thing in the morning. I wish I hadn't already started taking it. Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it.

Thor · Nov 13, 2009

WOW

that sucks big time man, sorry to hear that, make sure you keep us posted .

machola · Nov 14, 2009

Flex2019 said:
Holy shit Bro...I haven't heard this before. I'll be calling the doctor first thing in the morning. I wish I hadn't already started taking it. Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it.

no problem. good luck.

Flex2019 · Nov 14, 2009

Cellulitis Pics.....WARNING-----NUDITY!!

Here's a couple of pictures I just took to show what this looks like. First shot is my left leg, second shot is my right. No comments about my hairy ass please.

Jarconis · Nov 14, 2009

should always have some antiobiotics in your goodie box for stuff like this, in the future track down some zpaks, save yourself a trip to the ER.

1love · Nov 14, 2009

Holy shiiiiit! It's gotten so bad that it even put hair on your ass! But yeah it looks pretty swollen and definitely red. Lots of aas users will have this happen to them that is why I wanted you to post pics. Unfortunately as much as the pros and other vets of this board preach filtering and all the other sterile methods, the majority of the board members get their gear and have right at it. So I hope everything heals just fine for you and thanks for the thread on "the other" unwanted side effects. Are you still lifting as of right now or are you taking some days off?

Flex2019 · Nov 14, 2009

1love said:
Holy shiiiiit! It's gotten so bad that it even put hair on your ass! But yeah it looks pretty swollen and definitely red. Lots of aas users will have this happen to them that is why I wanted you to post pics. Unfortunately as much as the pros and other vets of this board preach filtering and all the other sterile methods, the majority of the board members get their gear and have right at it. So I hope everything heals just fine for you and thanks for the thread on "the other" unwanted side effects. Are you still lifting as of right now or are you taking some days off?

I'm training as usual for the most part- I'll skip my next couple of leg days if I still have swelling and pain-I don't think my squat workout this week really helped things.

1love · Nov 14, 2009

Yeah I would back away from the leg days for awhile or at least until the pain and swelling goes away completely. Good luck and keep us posted.

maldorf · Nov 14, 2009

Did you ever develop a fever? Hopefully it didnt get that far. In bad cases they will give you antibiotics by IV. I had two injections right in the area next to my abcess. Im not seeing an abcess on you anywhere, so thats good. An abcess could form later though.

Flex2019 · Nov 14, 2009

maldorf said:
Did you ever develop a fever? Hopefully it didnt get that far. In bad cases they will give you antibiotics by IV. I had two injections right in the area next to my abcess. Im not seeing an abcess on you anywhere, so thats good. An abcess could form later though.

I never developed a fever but did start to feel pretty sick-I think it might have been mental because the pain was really starting to get to me. It truly was pain like I've rarely felt before. Now I've been on the k-flex for a day and a night and although there is still swelling and redness, the pain level is down by probably a third. I'm going to keep a close eye on things in the next few days.