good luck John. This MRSA is an absolute monster. I hope you're back to your normal self shortly, but then again I often enjoy the insights of your pharmaceutically enhanced mind. :-) Q
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 3:43 PM, John S. <alcibiat...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I hear about a lot of members fighting MRSA. Saturday, a small scratch on > my wrist became red and remarkably tender. Since I had a Tuesday appointment > with a GP, and a I keep several anti-biotics on hand, including Clindamyacyn > (what are the odds), I began taking it on Sunday. My doctor ordered I up the > dosage on Tuesday when he saw it. Definitely, take probiotics with this > stuff. > I'm being braggart here, never start a drug before talking to your doctor. > I did it because we share the same brain. Any anti-biotic is a serious > poison and can cause irreparable damage if used with certain other drugs or > with those of you with bad kidney problems. (if I start loosing urine volume > I have to meet a urologist at an an ER asap)Being a quad means many drugs > are getting tested. I've often wondered what you guys take for bladder and > kidney infections. Which anti-biotics are best tolerated and do the job. > Critical side effects and nuisance side effects? How many of you take > prophylactic drugs? Should you be? > A lot of you are very well informed and capable of learning enough drug > chemistry to do some otherwise expensive testing at home. > My wrist hurts like hell especially since I haven't felt it in 33 years. > I read the letter on low blood pressure and I am pretty certain low blood > pressure leads to these exact problems, as well. Healing the most minor of > injuries turns into life threatening problems. I swear it looked like a > tiniest piece of dead skin rubbed off at first. To a staff bacteria, it > probably looked like an Olympic swimming pool. > So, here I am waiting to see if it needs IV anti-botics. The real pisser is > it's my good hand, if you can call it that. Looks like it wants to pop a > golf ball out, The kind they play in the snow with. > I'm probably babbling from an anti-biotic high, but I thought I should > mention how low blood pressure can also make blood clots form as well as > weakening our immune systems. If you get any even super minor skin defects, > it isn't asking too much to put an antiseptic dressing on it. > > Have a nice Holiday, > john > I > > > -- Quadius C2-3 incomplete 13 years post injury
