Infection

[rancherejim]

I keep reading about infection. My question is. Is it easier to get an infection down there than say a cut on the arm or hand?
My UR said that the dentist should be told about the implant when I have my teeth cleaned. I don't know if that is just during the healing process or if that is necessary all the time going forward. Will I have to be extra the rest of my life about infection?
Going for my pre-op appointment next week so will ask him at that time.
So great to have this web site, thank you all for the information that I have gotten from here.

[warrenw]

My UR said that the dentist should be told about the implant when I have my teeth cleaned. I don't know if that is just during the healing process or if that is necessary all the time going forward.

I had an appointment for dental cleaning two months after my surgery date and I asked my surgeon about this. The answer I got was "You do not need any antibiotics prior to any dental work with the implant." And I didn't inform my dentist about the implant.

[newbie443]

Back in 85 my left heel was shattered and 2 large staples were used in the first operation. After that they wanted me to tell my dentist. But after a time I just stopped doing it. Might have been only for a number of years or things might have changed. With my implant I received no such instructions. There has been a lot of change in recent years about antibiotics and the over use of them. There was a sheet about that in my discharge packet. Maybe big pharm took a hit on it. But doctors are different and if I remember when I did take um for a cleaning they were only a few and not a full week or 10 day thing. If your dentist wants to do it for the first year or 2 I would not worry much unless you take a lot already or have trouble with them.

Some of the dental workers are pretty cute and I might go ahead and tell them anyway.

[TomW46]

I have an infection right now! It's weird. My wife (physician) says she thinks its an "indolent infection" that may have a "biofilm protective layer". There's no redness like you would see from a cut on your arm or leg. The swelling around my implant never went down. Everything is swollen and misshapen. My balls and scrotum are still swollen. My pubic pad is still swollen. My dick stays sore and looks like it belongs to an alien. Talk about girth! I've put up with this for six months now. Dr. Kramer says he will need to "wash it out and replace it." Wow, I get to have another surgery! As soon as school's out and my wife can go with me, I'll be getting the revision. I guess something wasn't completely clean in my operating room? Some people are just luckier than others.

[newbie443]

Sad to hear that Tom. Do you know what your new implant will be?

[antman90]

I have an infection right now! It's weird. My wife (physician) says she thinks its an "indolent infection" that may have a "biofilm protective layer". There's no redness like you would see from a cut on your arm or leg. The swelling around my implant never went down. Everything is swollen and misshapen. My balls and scrotum are still swollen. My pubic pad is still swollen. My dick stays sore and looks like it belongs to an alien. Talk about girth! I've put up with this for six months now. Dr. Kramer says he will need to "wash it out and replace it." Wow, I get to have another surgery! As soon as school's out and my wife can go with me, I'll be getting the revision. I guess something wasn't completely clean in my operating room? Some people are just luckier than others.

It's disappointing to hear one of kramers patients ended up with an infection. He's going to have to put a malleable device in you once he takes out the infected one. So if you want a 3 piece ... your gonna need 2 surgeries ... one to take out the old one and place the malleable. Then another to remove the malleable and put in a three piece. I'm sorry you ended up with an infection. Praying for you.

[Larry10625]

I have an infection right now! It's weird. My wife (physician) says she thinks its an "indolent infection" that may have a "biofilm protective layer". There's no redness like you would see from a cut on your arm or leg. The swelling around my implant never went down. Everything is swollen and misshapen. My balls and scrotum are still swollen. My pubic pad is still swollen. My dick stays sore and looks like it belongs to an alien. Talk about girth! I've put up with this for six months now. Dr. Kramer says he will need to "wash it out and replace it." Wow, I get to have another surgery! As soon as school's out and my wife can go with me, I'll be getting the revision. I guess something wasn't completely clean in my operating room? Some people are just luckier than others.

Sorry to hear Tom;
I know all about infection, and the consequences, first hand. If they take your implant out, you will probably be looking at 6 months before they re-implant. I have had my second one since 14 Dec, 2017 and no problems.

Larry

[Limpbizcit]

Infection sucks! I'm waiting now for my three piece. The malleable doesn't extend into the glands enough for penentration. So its like a floppy head effect. I know the fear with extending it into glands is erosion, but I hoped I would like it enough to forgo another surgery. Thats not the case.

[Larry10625]

I have an infection right now! It's weird. My wife (physician) says she thinks its an "indolent infection" that may have a "biofilm protective layer". There's no redness like you would see from a cut on your arm or leg. The swelling around my implant never went down. Everything is swollen and misshapen. My balls and scrotum are still swollen. My pubic pad is still swollen. My dick stays sore and looks like it belongs to an alien. Talk about girth! I've put up with this for six months now. Dr. Kramer says he will need to "wash it out and replace it." Wow, I get to have another surgery! As soon as school's out and my wife can go with me, I'll be getting the revision. I guess something wasn't completely clean in my operating room? Some people are just luckier than others.

It's disappointing to hear one of kramers patients ended up with an infection. He's going to have to put a malleable device in you once he takes out the infected one. So if you want a 3 piece ... your gonna need 2 surgeries ... one to take out the old one and place the malleable. Then another to remove the malleable and put in a three piece. I'm sorry you ended up with an infection. Praying for you.

I never had the malleable implant put in. My surgeon said that he irrigated the area with a disinfectant and closed up and needed the 6 months to allow the area to heal properly. Everything is great now.

Larry

[TomW46]

Dr Kramer said he might be able to do the same thing, dependent on what he sees when he gets in there. I'm not a Doctor (or anything else, for that matter) but I don't see the logic of two surgeries rather than one. Why would putting in a semi-rigid be somehow better/safer than just putting in another three-piece after the surgery? If the doctor cuts you open and then sticks some things in your dick, what's the difference if he drops in a pump and a reservoir? Just to be cautious? At the expense of needing a third surgery later? Doesn't figure in my book. Then again, there's a lot of things I haven't figured out.