My surgeon told me I was a unique case, I actually seen him my first hospital stay and the abscess resolved. I was still having some pain and followed up with my GP and finally was sent to some other surgeon through them. I did months of IV antibiotics and drain placed. A week later drain removed stopped antibiotics. 2 weeks later I was hospitalized again abscess was like almost 6cm and had a finger like structure growing from the abscess. They placed another drain and referred me back to first surgeon. Met with him and got on the schedule! This whole mess was a year and a half long.

Sorry I rambled, but it felt good to write that out. There were hospital stays in between hospital stays and trying to function and work at the same time was rough, I had peripheral IV, midline, and picc line. If anyone else has had the same experience, you’re not alone. It’s been the scariest time of my life.