Description of Event or Problem · 1
I HAD A CONSULTATION WITH A UROLOGIST CONCERNING A PENILE IMPLANT IN (B)(6) 2010 AND (B)(6) 2010. DURING BOTH CONSULTATIONS, THE UROLOGIST WAS VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THE IMPLANT. I WENT WITH THE PENILE IMPLANT ON (B)(6) 2010. I HAD ONE NIGHT STAY IN THE HOSPITAL. THEN ABOUT THE (B)(6), I CONTRACTED A YEAST INFECTION IN THE GROIN AREA AND WAS IN MUCH PAIN. I WENT TO THE UROLOGIST ON (B)(6) 2010 AND RECEIVED TREATMENT FOR THE INFECTION. I CONTINUED IN PAIN FROM THE IMPLANT AFTER THE YEAST INFECTION WAS CURED. I WENT BACK TO THE UROLOGIST ON (B)(6) 2010 IN LOT OF PAIN. I UNDERWENT EMERGENCY SURGERY ON THE (B)(6), AS THE UROLOGIST THOUGHT PERHAPS A NERVE ENDING HAD CONTINUED TO GROW. I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL 2 NIGHTS WITH THIS SURGERY. I CONTINUED IN CONSIDERABLE PAIN FOR THE NEXT MONTH. DURING THIS TIME, AND BEGINNING WITH THE IMPLANT, I WAS TAKING 5-6 IBUPROFEN PER DAY ALONG WITH OXYCODONE, ALONG WITH KEEPING AN ICE PACK ON THE AFFECTED AREA DAILY TRYING TO CONTROL THE PAIN AND SWELLING. ON (B)(6) 2010, I AWOKE WITH A THICK FLUID COMING OUT OF MY SCROTUM WHERE THE SURGERY WAS PERFORMED. I WENT TO THE UROLOGIST. HE TOOK A CULTURE AND STARTED ME ON ANTIBIOTICS AND TOLD ME I HAD A (B)(6). I RETURNED 2 MORE TIMES AND BOTH TIMES I WENT TO THE UROLOGIST. IT SHOULD BE NOTED I AM NOT DIABETIC. FINALLY ON (B)(6) 2010, I WAS HOSPITALIZED AGAIN AND HE REMOVED THE PENILE IMPLANT. I WENT BACK TO THE UROLOGIST ON (B)(6) 2011 AND HE SAID I WAS WELL ENOUGH TO START THE VACUUM PUMP AGAIN. I FOUND OUT AFTER USING THE PUMP, I COULD NOT GET AN ERECTION AT ALL. I CONTACTED A MEDICAL SUPPLY PERSON FOR A NEW VACUUM PUMP AND WHILE VISITING WITH HIM, HE SAID HE HAD HEARD A LOT OF HORROR STORIES ABOUT PENILE IMPLANT. WHAT IS SO DISAPPOINTING IS AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL THE PAIN AND INFECTION, I HAVE LESS NOW THAN WHEN I STARTED IN (B)(6) 2010.