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Cloud · 05-07-2010, 08:48 PM

did you do hot compresses when you first got the stye? (just thinking of how stuff like this could be prevented).

TheMercenary · 05-07-2010, 08:49 PM

Once you get MRSA you are done. No amount of Hot Compresses are going to fix it.

elSicomoro · 05-07-2010, 08:53 PM

Timer and syringe:

TheMercenary · 05-07-2010, 08:56 PM

Cool. I have not used those pumps before but they look just like most of them. Very cool you can do this at home. Huge savings in care costs.

elSicomoro · 05-07-2010, 09:08 PM

Cloud, we suspect that I might have gotten MRSA once I got to the hospital, but...we just don't know. This all could have started with a sinus infection, a clogged hair follicle, a scratch...*shrugs*

Merc, because of my size, the amount of vanc in my body has actually been small, so they've been giving me more. They were doing blood tests every day at the hospital and will be doing them every other day at home, starting tomorrow.

Yeah, the clinic I go through has a contract with the hospital I was at, so it's all been set up. Plus my mother-in-law is a home health care nurse, so she can help me with it as well.

Because the Cellar gets pulled a lot from Google, I'm gonna make sure I say this...my care at Barnes-Jewish Hospital was fucking stellar. I had great nurses and doctors and techs. Everyone was nice and they made my stay a little less maddening. I couldn't have asked for better care.

classicman · 05-07-2010, 10:23 PM

Sorry you gotta deal with this, but awesome to hear you are doing well. Had a run in with MRSA about a year ago. Nasty stuff. Get and keep some bottles of hand sanitizer around... and USE them all the time!

Nirvana · 05-07-2010, 10:41 PM

I am glad all that scary stuff went well for you!

Take care of yourself!

monster · 05-08-2010, 04:39 PM

RFcoupla hours ago watching the soccer

...I was actually quite warm under the two t-shirts, cardi, fleecy jacket, winter coat, hat, two double-layer fleece blankets, jeans, three pairs of socks (one thick) and hiking boots. But the hail that followed that pic by 5 minutes hurt like hell!

they won, though, and Hector made his (voluntary) debut as goalie and was really good.

I think that's a stunt neck. I'm pretty sure mine couldn't possibly be that horrible

Age is so cruel

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Stormieweather · 05-10-2010, 09:31 PM

Me, right the day before yesterday:

Elspode · 05-12-2010, 08:02 PM

Quite fetching!

TheMercenary · 05-13-2010, 04:21 PM

So sycamore, how are you getting along? Hope all is on the mend. Good vibes your way.

elSicomoro · 05-17-2010, 01:43 PM

Well, the eye is good. Just got back from the eye docs a bit ago...they're pleased with the healing.

I found out at the end of last week that I am now diabetic. Fortunately, I do not have to take insulin or medication for it. I had just started a new "eating lifestyle" before this whole MRSA mess started, and haven't totally abandoned that. My weight is still down from before the hospital stay, but now I just need to kick it up a notch.

It's really weird...it's like I didn't have the classic diabetes symptoms until I was told I had it...now it's like some sort of psychosomatic shit is going on. Stupid brain of mine!

You know what else is weird? When I was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy in '05, I was like, "Shit! Well, I need to get myself better!" I didn't freak out real hard over it. And I reacted the same way to the diabetes diagnosis. The only difference between the two is that I am fully responsible for getting diabetes by not taking better care of myself in recent years. But the MRSA thing? Scared the living shit out of me! I was scared I'd lose an eye or suffer brain damage or worse...never been so scared in my life.

classicman · 05-17-2010, 02:05 PM

Glad to hear your eye is better, at least.

Gravdigr · 05-17-2010, 03:01 PM

MRSA, (wiki'd it) sounds like that stuff don't play around, glad ya got it beat!

Griff · 05-17-2010, 07:58 PM

Scarey shit man... think I'll go wash my hands.

05-07-2010, 08:48 PM	#466
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	did you do hot compresses when you first got the stye? (just thinking of how stuff like this could be prevented). __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-07-2010, 08:53 PM	#468
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Timer and syringe: Attached Images

05-07-2010, 10:23 PM	#471
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Sorry you gotta deal with this, but awesome to hear you are doing well. Had a run in with MRSA about a year ago. Nasty stuff. Get and keep some bottles of hand sanitizer around... and USE them all the time! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-07-2010, 10:41 PM	#472
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	I am glad all that scary stuff went well for you! Take care of yourself! __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

05-08-2010, 04:39 PM	#473
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	RFcoupla hours ago watching the soccer ...I was actually quite warm under the two t-shirts, cardi, fleecy jacket, winter coat, hat, two double-layer fleece blankets, jeans, three pairs of socks (one thick) and hiking boots. But the hail that followed that pic by 5 minutes hurt like hell! they won, though, and Hector made his (voluntary) debut as goalie and was really good. I think that's a stunt neck. I'm pretty sure mine couldn't possibly be that horrible Age is so cruel . Attached Images __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-07-2010, 08:49 PM	#467
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Once you get MRSA you are done. No amount of Hot Compresses are going to fix it.

05-07-2010, 08:56 PM	#469
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Cool. I have not used those pumps before but they look just like most of them. Very cool you can do this at home. Huge savings in care costs.

05-07-2010, 09:08 PM	#470
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Cloud, we suspect that I might have gotten MRSA once I got to the hospital, but...we just don't know. This all could have started with a sinus infection, a clogged hair follicle, a scratch...shrugs Merc, because of my size, the amount of vanc in my body has actually been small, so they've been giving me more. They were doing blood tests every day at the hospital and will be doing them every other day at home, starting tomorrow. Yeah, the clinic I go through has a contract with the hospital I was at, so it's all been set up. Plus my mother-in-law is a home health care nurse, so she can help me with it as well. Because the Cellar gets pulled a lot from Google, I'm gonna make sure I say this...my care at Barnes-Jewish Hospital was fucking stellar. I had great nurses and doctors and techs. Everyone was nice and they made my stay a little less maddening. I couldn't have asked for better care.

05-10-2010, 09:31 PM	#474
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	Me, right the day before yesterday: __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

05-12-2010, 08:02 PM	#475
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Quite fetching! __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

05-13-2010, 04:21 PM	#476
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	So sycamore, how are you getting along? Hope all is on the mend. Good vibes your way.

05-17-2010, 01:43 PM	#477
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Well, the eye is good. Just got back from the eye docs a bit ago...they're pleased with the healing. I found out at the end of last week that I am now diabetic. Fortunately, I do not have to take insulin or medication for it. I had just started a new "eating lifestyle" before this whole MRSA mess started, and haven't totally abandoned that. My weight is still down from before the hospital stay, but now I just need to kick it up a notch. It's really weird...it's like I didn't have the classic diabetes symptoms until I was told I had it...now it's like some sort of psychosomatic shit is going on. Stupid brain of mine! You know what else is weird? When I was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy in '05, I was like, "Shit! Well, I need to get myself better!" I didn't freak out real hard over it. And I reacted the same way to the diabetes diagnosis. The only difference between the two is that I am fully responsible for getting diabetes by not taking better care of myself in recent years. But the MRSA thing? Scared the living shit out of me! I was scared I'd lose an eye or suffer brain damage or worse...never been so scared in my life.

05-17-2010, 02:05 PM	#478
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Glad to hear your eye is better, at least. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

05-17-2010, 03:01 PM	#479
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	MRSA, (wiki'd it) sounds like that stuff don't play around, glad ya got it beat! __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

05-17-2010, 07:58 PM	#480
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Scarey shit man... think I'll go wash my hands. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

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