F**king Staph!

[mrflexdiesel]

Well, it's been over 7 months now and still have a persistent lingering Staph infection. I'm really beginning to lose my sanity now since why training and motivation have faded away because of it. Now it hasn't affected my overall health, but it has affected my overall wellbeing. This is because everyday I will get new bumps (kinda like zits) around my eyes that swell my entire upper and lower eyelids up and hurt like hell. I will also get small reddish pustules on my nose, underneath my nose, and around my mouth. Almost like acne, but alot worse. The shit just won't stop and I am beginning to lose my f**king mind! I have been put on several different antibiotics (oral and topical) that only seemed to make it worse and since it's not affecting my overall health my doctor and dermatologist don't think it's a big enough issue to do blood and skin testing or cultures and possibly run IV's to clear it. The last past month I have been crushing cleansing herbs and herbs to boost my immune system because I thought that it might be suppressed from on and off steroid use over the past several years, but so far nothing from those either. I guess I'm going to have to go to a different doctor or check myself into the hospital when I have a bad flare up to be taken seriously and get this shit taken care of. If not it looks like I'm going to have this shit for the rest of my god damn life! A walking lepyr. Oh well, just thought I'd vent. By the way (PLEASE USE SAFE AND STERILE INJECTION TECHNIQUES BECAUSE THIS BACTERIA LURKS ON THE SURFACE OF EVERONE'S SKIN NOW AND THEN. IT ONLY TAKES A SMALL AMOUNT TO BE PUSHED THROUGH THE SKIN AND INTO YOUR BODY WHERE IT CAN BEGIN TO WREAK HAVOC AND YOUR SKIN, IN YOUR ORGANS, AND EVEN IN YOUR BONES!)

 

[Bulldog_10]

Damn bro...this is still going on?!?! What are the docs saying about this? There has to be something they can give you.

 

[rpol]

Sorry to hear that Bro. definitely time for another Doc. staph sucks had it in the army and it took 8 months to clear up. my Prayers go out to you.

 

[johndeere]

Sucks man, sorry to hear. I advise the same see a different doctor, their reluctance to do further treatment after this long is unacceptable. You'll be fine bro.

 

[muscleup]

good luck on getting better bro....godspeed

 

[JuicePimp]

Yup, my doctor and I had a chat about this the last time I got my b-12 script. Got to be super careful with the inj. procedure.

I hope everything gets cleared up for you soon bro, it sounds terrible.

 

[bigp3]

had a buddy of mine that battles a staph infection and it was a bitch. You will get better stay strong bro.,

 

[glennds]

boy that sounds terrible. i had no idea a staph infection would cause so much damage other than a localized area. did you treat the infection initially when you started noticing symptoms?

 

[canadianhitman]

Find a more sympathetic doctor, one that will bring you into the hospital and run an IV of some of those 'SUPER' antibiotics they reserve for emergency hospital use to kill resilient strains.

 

[mrflexdiesel]

Thanks for the concerns and replies guys. I greatly appreciate the support. Actually woke up this morning to another round under my nose and my left upper and lower eyelid had so many little bumps around it that my whole eye had swelled up pretty damn bad. I was like "enough of this shit" so me and the fiance strolled on down to the local hospital ER so it could get examined when they were at there worst. Well, still no samples or biopsy's were taken and the doc said that he thinks it may be some type of viral infection and not a bacterial infection. Said that it might just be something that will come an go throughout my life and that they might not ever be able to lay a finger on the exact cause (bacteria, viral, immune system disorder, stress, etc). I don't know, I still think it's a staph infection personally, but who knows. I also believe I need some type of heavy duty IV antibiotic therapy but the doc told me he didn't believe that it would help. Put me on a Herpes Simplex anti-viral like Valtrex and a pack of Prednisone (corticosteroids). Keep your fingers crossed for me guys, and again thanks to you all!