Topic : 04/01 The Superbug

 I have MRSA. I was hit head on by a drunk driver while I was on my motorcycle. My left leg was broke in three places. All came through the skin. My spleen ruptured and had to be removed. I spent 20 days in a coma; for 15 of those days my stomach was left wide open to drain. Rods were put inside my leg. The lower part on my leg rejected part of the skin graft and had to be redone twice. The bone was not healing.

It had fluid steady draining. I was put on Vancomicin through a pic line.  I was rushed to the hospital with convultions. The pic line had gotten infected inside my heart. This happened twice. Ultimately I was put on

Bactrim and the infection went away. The doctor told me that MRSA never goes totaly away and that it can

remain dormant for years. After the rod was removed and the Bactrim did its thing, my leg healed and is doing pretty good. Thank you to the docotrs at University of Maryland Shock Trauma in Balitmore.

Thanks to Dr. Phil for getting the word out about MRSA. Two of my children and myself have had this deadly disease and have been very fortunate that it didn't become serious. My mom has also had this and since she started taking B-12 tablets everyday, she has not had a recurrence. I also have been taking B-12 daily and have not had a recurrence of the MRSA. It may or may not be related, but thank goodness that something seems to be helping.

Back in 2001 I went in for routine surgery to my local hospital and was released on schedule. I subsequently developed an unexplained high fever and my docs hospitalized me and blood cultures showed I had blood-borne hospital-acquired MRSA. I am allergic to just about every antibiotic known to man so they used the only antibiotic they thought had a chance of saving me - Vancomycin. Vanc has an unfortunate side effect in a relatively small percentage of the people who are treated with it. I started out somewhat hard of hearing, but could communicate fine with the help of my hearing aides. After the Vanc I was left profoundly Deaf. It has been quite an adjustment to suddenly find myself in total silence. I really miss the sound of my own voice and that of my family and friends.

That UV thingy doesn't do what you were told it would. Some bacteria are not killed by UV light and the ones that are need a longer exposure then what they recommended. If you want to kill bacteria use bleach, lysol and even toilet bowl cleaner.