The outside of my quad just looked swollen, nothing crazy, no bruising or redness, just swollen and warm to the touch. What prompted me to go in was that I could barely walk (health anxiety had me thinking I had a clot/DVT).
Here's the MRI/contrast report:
"MR Extremity Lower Left Joint With and Without IV Contrast
IMPRESSION:
Muscle edema at left vastus lateralis, which may be secondary to myositis, muscle tear, or contusion. Possible thin, elongated fluid collection suggesting the possibility of intramuscular abscess, 6.5 cm longitudinal dimension, 9 x 3 mm transverse dimension.
Subcutaneous edema/cellulitis at the left thigh.
Narrative
MRI LEFT FEMUR /THIGH WITHOUT AND WITH CONTRAST:
HISTORY: left thigh swelling, deep space infection?, elevated CRP and WBC
COMPARISON: None
TECHNIQUE: Multiplanar, multisequence imaging was obtained of the LEFT femur before and after the injection of intravenous contrast. Scanning includes bilateral femora/thigh, from the level of the hips to the distal metaphysis, specific attention to the left.
CONTRAST: 19 mL of Dotarem.
FINDINGS:
BONES: Marrow signal intensity normal. No evidence of acute osseous abnormality. No evidence of fracture, contusion, or avascular necrosis. No evidence of pathologic marrow replacement. Physiologic amount of joint fluid at bilateral hips.
MUSCLE/TENDONS: Moderate, ill-defined muscle edema evident at the left vastus lateralis muscle, from the level of the proximal to the level of the distal shaft. Differential diagnosis includes partial muscle tear, contusion, and myositis. Adjacent subcutaneous edema/cellulitis. An elongated, linear fluid collection observed within this edematous portion of the vastus lateralis muscle, measuring approximately 6.5 cm longitudinal dimension, and 9 x 3 mm transverse dimension, suspicious for abscess. No other findings evident within muscle or abdomen.
SOFT TISSUE: No mass or abnormal fluid collection otherwise observed. No abnormality evident along the course of neurovascular bundles."
This will be the only time I post about this . I'm not going to entertain a shill . Tell the company your working for there's plenty of business to go around. we have been on SST since the reddit days over 7 years . we have never once had an issue with anyone getting an infection . our gear is double filtered and has 2% BA alcohol in it
Bacteria lives on your skin, on the bottle, on the syringe when exposed to the air, If you don't take proper precautions injecting you can easily get an infection. Even when you do take proper precautions you can still make a mistake . people get all types of viral and bacterial infections just from it living on there skin .
There are all types of things wrong with what you post . firstly there is no proof of hospital paperwork. I'm not saying you didn't go but you just copied and pasted something. Lets say the paperwork is legit, How does that prove anything? 7 years in business with no issues ever . If you took the time to review some of our posts you would know that we are one of the most honest,genuine and fair sources out there . we take a huge amount of pride in the gear we make. any of our customers could vouch for that. we are extremely meticulous. Any of the guys on the team if they could would say for sure I am a pain in the ass with getting everything perfect.
In the past we have had small issues like batches of test e with pip. Every bottle made and every bit of raws from that batch was tossed in the garbage. Nearly 4 k to be exact.
Another point I should make is you injected your quad. many people have injected there quads, myself included and developed a lump that can easily be diagnosed as cellulitis. It got red and slightly hot to the touch . Its your bodies way of telling you that injecting your quads is probably not the best place to inject There are too many nerves and blood vessels that make it a dangerous place to inject. There are those that dont have issues, but it dosent mean the potential isn't there at anytime
we have always tested our gear and have always taken great pride and care in the product we produce. Never skipping steps ever . The lab techs are well trained and know exactly what they are doing .
We are preparing some pictures to be posted but its taken some time. There are some variables that nobody can understand unless you are sitting where I am . One is always the fear of meta data . It can be erased sure. It still doesn't make me comfortable knowing that a slight mistake can cost your freedom. secondly myself or my partner whom handles the emails and websites for meso, pro M and bostons are no where near the lab. we cannot just show up there either . there is a huge security risk . I know what your thinking . why doesn't the lab techs send the pic ? They dont handle that part of the business and has specifically said they would not send anything from there phones . In which case I need to set a time and day to go there when either of us are not too busy. That is almost never. we put a lot into this business. The other part to that is the lab tech has also specifically told me that he did not want anything that can be identified . so that means we have to edit the pictures by changing the color of the walls ect the best we can to keep everyone safe . If people dont like that then Im sorry its the best we can do.
This is my word we have the pictures and are currently editing them the best we can . we will be able to show some of the equipment we have with the piece of paper proving its ours . This is 100% truth . so please stop speculating . we will prove to you. But somehow I don't think that will be enough.Im hoping people are willing to look past this incident and see it for what it is. please take into account that we have been here a long time without issue . we have a very large customer base for a reason. Nobody is trying to get over , we have no reason to.
Meso doesn't have too many domestic sources, That may be for a reason. we have seen many source companies get destroyed on here, maybe for good reason, but I also think many just left because they didn't want to deal with the BS. None of the sources I know feel its worth it to come here . Too much BS. They say people will try to destroy your company. Exactly whats happening.
Im sure there were those that certainly didn't belong here . Thats not us. What I can tell you is that we would not come to meso without being fully equipt and prepared to offer the kind of service meso demands. I can 100% assure you we are not some bathtub brewers that thought it would be a good idea to jump on meso and sell some gear. we are a well equip, established company that is more then capable of delivering high quality, clean gear to our customers . If you give us the opportunity we will show you.
Everyone has little issues.Every company does, and there will always be people trying to destroy us for various reasons . This is not the first time and it wont be the last. I dont blame them. We are 100% without a shadow of doubt a credible danger to there business
what I will say is we will post pictures very shorlty and if given the opperunity we will bring 110% to taking care of the customers on this board all I ask is you see things for what they are , look past the usual BS that happens here and give us the oppertunity to prove it . I prefer not to go back and forth defending my company but would prefer to prove it . You will see after time that we are who we say and can be the gold standard to other labs to come .
