I had a melanoma removed from leg at the end of 2021. A few days later, shortly after the new year, it was looking red and there were some odd sensations. I had extensive nerve damage from the surgery, so we figured that's all the sensations were. There wasn't really any pain or heat, nor was a I running a fever. They put me on oral antibiotics for the redness and I continued to track my progress. It didn't look good, but a friend with more surgical experience insisted it was just bruising and the tightness was from standard surgical swelling. So, I tried to go on with the notion that it was normal...until it started dripping and oozing a nasty brown substance.