I had not read all of your blog til now. WOW!!  And I thought my problems were dreadful!  No, I can't understand how you feel but know you are in my thoughts and in my daily prayers!!

Thanks for taking the time to share about MRSA!  I wonder how many doctors are even testing for MRSA!  Seems if there is one outbreak on the news then everyone coming into the ER are tested; however, I wonder about the people who have been living with it and didn't know it because they had been diagnoses with something else.  This would be a good topic for The Doctors!  if they did it justice.

Peggye

My elderly mother, whom I was the primary caretaker for, was infected with MRSA while in the hospital.  Her doctor told us that it was an infected blackhead!  He refused to give her anything, refused to drain it, refused to do anything.  Now our entire family is battling this infection!  This was the same doctor who rehydrated my mother to the point where her body ballooned up to three times her actual size after one of her more severe strokes.  We need more doctors who actually care about their patients.

Hi Michele

I completely agree with what you wrote .People really need to take this seriously and they just don't .Where I used to work there was a huge break out of it the whole floor was under quarantine. Before you got off the elevator you had to put on protective gear.The door was even guarded! people have to start protecting themselves with the hand sanitizers. At one of our local food stores, they have a hand sanitzer dispenser when you walk into the door. and wipes for the carriages. they care about there costumers.I have even witnessed them cleaning down the cariiages!!.

This was a great and very informative blog Michele WELL DONE !!

If we could give KUDOS , i'd give ya the whole 10 !!

big HUGS friend

Lisa

Education is needed and it takes a strong person like you who is willing to put herself out there and allow herself to be as open as you are and I say thank you and to keep on educating those who need it because of you and your blog there are a lot of peple who now know what to look for and how to prevent this from happening to a member of their family should they have this diease.

                                                                       Carrie

Thank you Deb,

     Not knowing you can get MRSA other than from being in the hospital is definately not dumb.  That was how it was when MRSA was first discovered.  I was angry when I wrote this because the medical community is not even taking the time to educate patients with MRSA about how it spreads the importance of careful disposal of bandages, (drop them down a soda bottle and put a lid on it before throwing it away, like diabetics do with needles).  I was not angry with the people in the stories, it was not their fault, we rely on our doctors to tell us what we need to know.  There is just so much information that isn't getting out to the general population, it's sad.  If everyone was given this information and was conscious of infection control, this wouldn't even be a problem.  MRSA has been around since 1960, but it was isolated to hospitals, now it's gotten out to the general public.  I feel so strongly about this because I don't want others having to go through what I have.  It is easily treated if caught early and treated properly.  I hope raising awareness will stop it all together.  I'm glad you found this helpful.

Michele

Michelle, I have said this before and will say it again, I never knew much about this before. I had heard of MRSA, but thought it was an infection you could get while in hospital, and more likely only if you had some sort of surgical procedure done. Pretty dumb eh? I had no  idea of the seriousness of this condition or of the fact that you could contract it easily during your daily activities. I for one, thankyou for putting the information out there so that people are more educated on this subject, as it can possibly cause them be more careful and to question thier doctors more if they believe they may be faced with it. Take care of you.  Deb