Quote From: joan1961Hi Debra: Found your letter from a google search. How are you doing?
I too had a deip & ended up with MRSA. I have been in the hospital every month since April 08' & am still on IV Vancomyacin. I still tire easy =( Wondering where you are now with this. I started with biopsies last August (A year ago!) I am now told the hematoma I received was probably the innitial breeding ground for this ugly staph. My Infectious Disease Doctor at Cleveland Clinic said that a hematoma's center is perfect for breeding of ugly bacteria. Who knows???
Here is my file info.
Breast Cancer Survivor with the BRCA2 Gene....
Finding out I had cancer was the easy part, getting MRSA twice & then Staph Aureus I have definately taken a HIT!
Nov. 07' Lumpectomy - got MRSA. Breast reopeneded - Packing for 4 weeks.
I had the Deip Flap Procedure (Double Bi-lateral Masectomy) in April 2008 because I have BRCA2 Gene.
Debri-ing in May to wounds that were not healing well.
Developed Staph in new breast week-long in-hospital stay in June --
July MRSA of Abdomen, very ill, vomiting, fever, back to hospital - IV Antibiotics (Vancomyacin & Zosin) Surgery of abdomen - 27" incision.
Here it is August -- still home on IV Home Health checks blood level weekly. I tire easily. I have missed a great deal of work. It is sad what I have become. I am just 46. MRSA is an epidemic & it is only going to get worse with the poor hygiene that goes on everywhere. Plus many restaurants do not often wash doors entering & exiting. It is amazing the filth that is out there once you become ill & take extra caution.
Let me know how you are.
We will beat this!
joan
Hi Joan, I am so very sorry I only found your reply now, in mid November...I hope and pray you get this message. MRSA is devastating. I finally, finally healed, but have been unable to find a reputable orthopedic surgeon who will perform a very necessary left elbow joint replacement (nother long story) because of my history of MRSA.
For those who don't realize. MRSA lives on the skin. We ALL have it. If conditions are right, and immune systems are weakened, (as in cancer, open wounds, other severe diseases), the nasty bug finds a warm, wet, haven to grow in, and wreak havoc in our bodies. It can and does kill. I was hospitalized more times than I can remember, home health, trying to heal flesh eating abdominal wounds from the inside out, sometimes on my own, and sometimes with help.
I'm still here!! I'm not perfect, never was, never wanted to be. But I survived MRSA. Because of my experience I've decided to NOT have the elbow surgery, even though I'm disabled because of my arm. I'm only 50. But I still tire so easily, can't work, and so and so on and so on.
Please watch out for the newest "super bug" that ABC News is warning about.
I hope this finds you well, and please, email me, and anyone email me with questions about MRSA at dads1997@embarqmail.com.
I beat cancer, and I beat MRSA twice, so I'm not too afraid of posting my email address!!
Deb/Debra...6 year cancer survivor
