Merril,
I hate to say it, but Mikey3 is right and I think you might be getting some bad
advice. [Emphasize "might"] By the time my MRSA was a problem for me, in other
words it was part of a sore, I immediately had to go on IV antibiotics. I used
a PICC line for six weeks to infuse vancomycin in 2006. When it reemerged in
2007 my body wasn't handling Vanco very well so I had to use another PICC line
another 6 weeks with Rocefin (sp?).
After using the Vanco in 2006 a small sore about the size of a dime opened on
my low leg far from my original infection. That was able to be successfully
treated with a combination of oral Bactrim (sulfa) and Doxycycline (in the
tetracycline family) over 14 days.
Because of my two major outbreaks and the bone involvement I'm now on what is
expected to be a lifetime of Bactrim or some oral antibiotic. If it reemerges
in the same place I'll likely be looking at a hemipelvectomy... the removal of
half my pelvis and the leg on that side. Even a successful surgery of this
kind is extremely risky, takes about six surgeons, and has a terrible record of
post surgical infection, necrosis and even death.
If you can, I'd suggest getting a second opinion perhaps by someone outside the
VA.
Please understand I'm not trying to scare you or anybody else. Just letting
you know my experiences and that of other people I've known who've had similar
situations.
Best regards (and best health!),
Tod
Has the sore been cultured and a sensitivity test done? No one can look at a
sore and say you have a MRSA infection.
In a message dated 4/3/2008 1:57:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL
PROTECTED] writes:
My doctors refuse to treat my MRSA. I have the sore which they monitor but
still believe I am better left not treated. What do you think?
The sore is managed ONLY by keeping in bed treating the sore on my inner
thigh as a heat rash which it is not. My healthcare is VA, think I should just
watch the sore grow or treat the MRSA?
Bill aka "Ding"
Very funny, Scotty. Now beam up my clothes.
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