Due to a bad case of Staph infection on my right leg.
I have never seen something spread so quickly and so far in just a few days. Woke up Monday before last with a bad headache (never get headaches) sore back muscles, and chills that lasted over an hour. Had a minor irritation on my upper thigh that looked like a spider bite but I figured I had COVID so I set up a test that same day.
By that night the irritation had spread about 4 inches to above my knee but I did not think much of it. The next day I got negative results back for the COVID test and the irritation in m leg was below the knee now. Went to ER and they did an Ultrasound for blood clots that came back negative but my blood work had high levels of white blood cells. So they IV'ed some strong antibiotics and told me to watch it closely. The next day it was all the way down to my ankles and covered the back of my calf. It also started oozing at this point from multiples areas on my lower leg. They admitted me to the hospital at this point and pounded it with antibiotics
At its worse, it covered about 35% of my leg and was excruciating in its pain. I have never seen in my life something that spread and became that bad in such little time.
Just a heads up, Do not mess around with anything you think is a possible skin infection. I was lucky in that it was surface only and did not develop any abscesses but this was seriously scary shit. Look your skin over and don't ignore any cuts or scratches
The reason I hesitated at first was that I have had a spider bite swell up and look nasty in the past so didn't think anything of it for 2 days. Lesson learned the hard way.
Now go rub some dirt in it and get back in the game!
Now go rub some dirt in it and get back in the game!
LOL...A little Superglue fixed it right up
...thanks for sharing the story and lesson learned...
They have me on Linezolid, Vancomycin, Amoxicillin now at home, all oral
During the Hospital stay, they pounded it with Vancomycin, Linezolid, and Oritavancin via IV,
They also gave me Gabapentin for nerve pain because I would get these shooting explosions of pain every couple of minutes that would radiate up the whole leg. The pain was so bad at one point that they were giving me Dilaudid every 4 hours for 2 days, then dropped it down to Percocet.
I'm going to upload some pics from when it was at its peak to photobucket tomorrow
That was MRSA, which is very similar to staph but even more dangerous. It is resistant to antibiotics and very difficult to get rid of.
My son got a nasty staph infection a couple of years ago when he fractured his wrist and a cut was not treated properly before the cast was put on. Landed him in intensive care for a week. Bad stuff.
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Staph is no joke. Isn’t that what happened in the Bucs locker room when Tynes was there?
That was MRSA, which is very similar to staph but even more dangerous. It is resistant to antibiotics and very difficult to get rid of.
My son got a nasty staph infection a couple of years ago when he fractured his wrist and a cut was not treated properly before the cast was put on. Landed him in intensive care for a week. Bad stuff.
When my son was 7, he had MRSA and it traveled to his wrist in the bone. Luckily it was below the growth plate. They drilled into the bone and removed the MRSA, put him on antibiotics and he ended up being OK.
But it was scary shit
Yup, The chills were brutal. Couldn't even use the computer because I was shaking so badly. 2 sweatshirts and a blanket did nothing.
The MR stands for "methicilin resistant."
Montana you might have had MRSA too, or some very, very similar bug, and thats why you needed a whole antibiotic smorgasboard of treatment.
Thank God you're OK now.
Yes, it started as a little white head pimple that looked like a spider bite and three days later he was in the ER.
Need you around to help us find our way out of this benighted era of Giants football . Will heed the advice .
Glad you are OK. Stay well.
The top first 3 picks are today.
I am still amazed at how it went from barely there to this sucks so quickly.
I don't think you need a P-word, but if so let me know
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The MR stands for "methicilin resistant."
Montana you might have had MRSA too, or some very, very similar bug, and thats why you needed a whole antibiotic smorgasboard of treatment.
Thank God you're OK now.