I had something similar about 8 years ago, a deep skin infection halfway down the back of my left thigh, wasn't sure what it was as it got more painful I went to my GP who sent me to A&E where I get admitted. The first doctor says they'll have to operate and arranges it for that evening, a few hours later another doctor comes past, has a look and decides IV antibiotics should be fine and leaves. So for the next 3 days it's getting worse and worse and the original doctor comes past again. I'm a little concerned when his reaction is shock and "What the hell are you still doing here?!" Go into surgery a couple of hours later. Seems the infection had spread a lot during those extra days and I'm now missing a circle of flesh around 4 inches in diameter from the back of my leg with an extra deep hole about 1.5 inches across in the middle.
Had the district nurse coming round every day for a few weeks afterwards to change the packing and damn did that hurt, especially when some of it breaks up and she's poking away inside a raw open would with a pair of tweezers. Plus I wasn't able to walk properly for ages as the stretching in the skin of trying to straighten my leg was excruciating.
So, umm, best of luckI now affectionately refer to the enormous scar on my leg as a shark bite
hey, look on the bright side - you can use the hole to store a table-tennis ball with you at all times, just cover it with an elasticated fabric tube of some sort
