Thank you for all the "get well" and advice on my staph (MRSA) infection

[Omaha Steve]

I saw the infectious disease specialist today. I'll be home the rest of the week. He added 2 more meds and a gallon of the liquid soap you use before surgery etc. I'll be home from work the rest of the week. I will have missed 3 weeks of work from this. I see him again next Monday. I'm much better than I was Sunday.

Thank you all for being there for me.

OS

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I'm glad you're better, my dear Omaha Steve!

Please continue to take care of yourself...

[Buzz Clik]

2. Gads, Steve! Quit screwing around and get better!

Pack it with some peat moss, let the dog lick it, and hire a witch.

And don't forget the liquid soap and the meds.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Steve you are winning the lottery, as it were

try to win the actual lottery and not this one.

Oh and if Martha helps you with that, I am sure they told you, follow sterile techniques, You do not want to give it to her.

Get healthy.

[Marie Marie]

4. MRSA's a bitch but you can beat it.

Get well soon Steve - we are all sending you good vibes. That and a great big collective hug from your friends at DU:grouphug:

[Terra Alta]

5. I'm glad you are better.

Hope you're back to 100% before long. Prayers and vibes sent.

[abq e streeter]

6. Glad to know that you're getting better

I don't reply to a lot of OP's here, but yours are among the ones I regularly read.

[defendandprotect]

7. Best wishes -- glad you are recovering --

[Rick Myers]

8. Glad you are recovering!!!

Take it easy, OS!!!

[patrice]

9. Good!! to hear that, Steve! & Thank you for being there for US.

:hi:

[malaise]

10. Get well soon

:grouphug:

[madrchsod]

11. get well...!

did`t know you caught this. my wife basically disinfects herself every day because she works with people who have mrsa.

[bear425]

12. I wish you a speedy and full recovery!

My partner contracted MRSA while in hospital ICU years ago and they used Vancomycin to clear it.

[Missy Vixen]

13. I don't have MRSA, but I have a staph infection

It has NOT been fun. However, I'm humbly grateful it seems to be healing. I'm probably about another week out till it's gone. Ladies: If you use a disposable razor, replace them frequently.

:woohoo:

My thoughts are with you for a full, quick and complete recovery.

:hug:

[Omaha Steve]

14. That doesn't sound good either

You take care too.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. My Wife Contracted It

From, of all things, a cat scratch. Got into the bone around the first knuckle of her right hand.

She was on the antibiotic drip for weeks, but part of that is it's so hard to get enough of the medicine to a bone, since there isn't much direct blood flow.

Good luck. She's fine and has had no lasting effects. The medicine screwed up her GI system for a while, but she's been fine for a long time.
GAC

[WCGreen]

16. Been there...

In isolation for two weeks, then on the drip at home for two more weeks...

I feel for you.