The 19-year-old girl on the Dr. Phil show had the community based MRSA the same
as I had and I was not "terribly, terribly sick" either. I could have
potentially got that way just as Dr. Phil was worried about this girl and being
treated sooner than she was being treated. My aunt (who I believe gave me the
community-based MRSA had the same big swelling bumps under her armpits and then
later on her stomach and was never very sick or close to death either. It CAN
be treated and is curable. I think it depends on how you contracted it, how
well your immune system is, and how long you let it go without being treated
that depends on how you respond to the antibiotics they are giving people for
this superbug.
Corie
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From: Lori Michaelson
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; quad-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 2:38 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] the show today on Dr. Phil about superbug scare
We do not watch Dr. Phil anymore. Haven't for two years. Prior to that he
had a great show going on but then he turned sensationalistic. And there are
commercials every six minutes.
BUT I remembered getting a notice from his website and that THAT topic (MRSA)
would be covered with individuals with first-hand experience. Dr. Phil said
that he did not want to sensationalize it but he did not want to trivialize it
either. In our opinion... he did sensationalize it.
But, besides that and for those who did not watch it ... MRSA is 85% of
hospital acquired (I added the 5%) and 15% community acquired. Which is
exactly why I stay out of hospitals!
Further, we really don't think the blonde girl was diagnosed correctly. MRSA
makes you terribly, terribly sick or kills you with any few days. She probably
DOES have some sort of infection going but we highly doubt that it is MRSA.
She certainly would not be looking that well or going for so long without being
horribly sick.
Just our humble opinion. But acquiring methicillin-resistant staph aureus is
pretty much a death sentence. But we and/or the doctors have done that to
ourselves over the last xx number of years.
Keeping everything as clean as possible? Bleach will kill just about
anything and that is why I have turned to using that for the last 20 years or
so. There is not a product out there that will kill like bleach does.
Companies like to (LOVE TO) advertise that their product is a super safeguard
but, hey, it makes them a buck.
Lori Michaelson
Age - 43
C4/5 complete quad, 28 years post
Tucson, AZ
On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:14 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://www.drphil.com/shows/show/1048
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The doctors also said that the germicide gel is also good, although does
not get rid of dirt and using Lysol to spray everything down. A light seems
like a good idea, if you have someone that we use.
It seems especially good for use during this cold and flu season.
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Lori
C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post
Tucson, AZ
