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Posted: 10/17/2022 5:19:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You need more antibiotics. I got cellulitis from a simple bug bite on the back of my knee. It took two rounds of intravenous doxycycline and a month of two different oral antibiotics to clear mine up. At the largest, my red area went from mid thigh to mid calf. ETA: Oh, and that mofo needs lanced too. Got cellulitis from mine too. Mine was near the ankle. A few days in the hospital. It was from a Yellow Sac Spider (small, pale yellow spider). Be careful of them. They are dangerous and most people don't know it. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 5:58:25 AM EDT
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OP should be thankful he didn't use VA medical care otherwise this would be a memorial thread.
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Posted: 10/17/2022 6:24:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Is this a Recluse https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/249063/20220902_130852_jpg-2565937.JPG No it isn’t Looks like an orb weaver of some type off of its web. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 6:31:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Really? Because it doesn't look a thing like this one. https://www.canr.msu.edu/contentAsset/image/f1d036a2-1a09-4ec2-809a-081695037a0a/fileAsset/filter/Resize,Jpeg/resize_w/720/jpeg_q/80 is this a recluse is a question |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 6:32:36 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: No it isn't Looks like an orb weaver of some type off of its web. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 6:41:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: comprehension issues? is this a recluse is a question  Sitting here at work trying desperately to stay awake. 12-hour graveyard shifts suck. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 6:50:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Jesus. Did you just sleep with al that Benadryl On board? one takes me out. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 6:54:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bot fly larva? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Like was stated a bit earlier, listen to your patient. No matter how bizarre it may sound. This patient saw 2 other doctors for a “spider bite” on the left cheek. They covered them for staph,strep, mrsa etc, but the redness got bigger about the size of a quarter. The patient had been camping and living in northern Ohio. The patient noted itching and a feeling of “something moving” in the abscess. Well, I thought no way could it be a larval infestation, that doesn’t happen in northern Ohio. I put some bacitracin over the wound, to try and suffocate out the potential little bugger. 10 minutes later I was called to see this: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/307202/113A222B-0BE8-40FC-86FF-A88B1A87450F_jpe-2565878.JPG Well hell’s bells, You got a larvae! I made a small incision, and took out this 3mm bugger https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/307202/8901D594-BD0D-4A34-8773-E55B2E4F85CE_jpe-2565879.JPG Listen to your patient, and have an appropriate differential no matter how unlikely Bot fly larva? Yes, the lab didn’t give the exact species |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 7:05:09 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Got cellulitis from mine too. Mine was near the ankle. A few days in the hospital. It was from a Yellow Sac Spider (small, pale yellow spider). Be careful of them. They are dangerous and most people don't know it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: You need more antibiotics. I got cellulitis from a simple bug bite on the back of my knee. It took two rounds of intravenous doxycycline and a month of two different oral antibiotics to clear mine up. At the largest, my red area went from mid thigh to mid calf. ETA: Oh, and that mofo needs lanced too. Got cellulitis from mine too. Mine was near the ankle. A few days in the hospital. It was from a Yellow Sac Spider (small, pale yellow spider). Be careful of them. They are dangerous and most people don't know it. Fuck you   Attached File |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 7:13:35 AM EDT
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MRSA is nasty. My 3 yo son spent 10 days in the hospital with a MRSA UTI. Turns out he had kidney reflux which was causing infections. After surgery his condition went away.
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Posted: 10/17/2022 7:18:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: You need more antibiotics. I got cellulitis from a simple bug bite on the back of my knee. It took two rounds of intravenous doxycycline and a month of two different oral antibiotics to clear mine up. At the largest, my red area went from mid thigh to mid calf. ETA: Oh, and that mofo needs lanced too. Got cellulitis from mine too. Mine was near the ankle. A few days in the hospital. It was from a Yellow Sac Spider (small, pale yellow spider). Be careful of them. They are dangerous and most people don't know it. Fuck you https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/427921/Screenshot_20221017-070305_png-2565957.JPG Those damn things like to get into mod and trailer furnace main burner orifices [there is just one] and weave a web that blocks about 50% of the gas [3.5 IWC]. The blower will kick on/off if using a snap disc for blower operation, or blow cool air if controlled by a board. I get around 10-12 a year. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 7:33:03 AM EDT
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6 pages late and didn't read it all, but that is a classic brown recluse bite.
OP, did you leave the jeans on the floor or touching the ground over night before putting them on? |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 7:50:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How does this happen? There hasn’t been a day over the last 30 years where I haven’t had some sort of wound. Never had an infection. I suspect it's a combination of immune response and wound care. I'm mostly scar tissue and never been admitted for an infection. I've been bit/scatched by our cats playing over the last 30, only got infected once. Took some left over antibiotics and it cleared up. More super glue and butterflies than I can remember at work. I'm anal about sanitizing and applying ointment immediately after an injury if possible. Hand sanitizer in the truck for scratches/scrapes, etc. I have no idea how guys leave huge whiteheads alone. I'd been popping and draining that sucker every 5 min. So far it's worked. Maybe just luck. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 7:56:04 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Took some left over antibiotics and it cleared up. Not to pick on you specifically, but there should never be such a thing as 'left over antibiotics'. When you get put on antibiotics you should finish the entire course. People not finishing their antibiotic courses is why we have antibiotic resistant organisms like MRSA in the first place. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 8:55:05 AM EDT
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Make sure they do not discharge you until everything in under control.
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Posted: 10/17/2022 9:18:40 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Like was stated a bit earlier, listen to your patient. No matter how bizarre it may sound. This patient saw 2 other doctors for a “spider bite” on the left cheek. They covered them for staph,strep, mrsa etc, but the redness got bigger about the size of a quarter. The patient had been camping and living in northern Ohio. The patient noted itching and a feeling of “something moving” in the abscess. Well, I thought no way could it be a larval infestation, that doesn’t happen in northern Ohio. I put some bacitracin over the wound, to try and suffocate out the potential little bugger. 10 minutes later I was called to see this: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/307202/113A222B-0BE8-40FC-86FF-A88B1A87450F_jpe-2565878.JPG Well hell’s bells, You got a larvae! I made a small incision, and took out this 3mm bugger https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/307202/8901D594-BD0D-4A34-8773-E55B2E4F85CE_jpe-2565879.JPG Listen to your patient, and have an appropriate differential no matter how unlikely Come on, Doc! You can't listen to your patient! That's crazy talk! They are just drug seekers and uneducated rabble. With insurance money to be had. All patients are nowadays, to most large healthcare businesses, is money flowing in. The more you make them come back, the more you push off treatment by sharging them the sweet, sweet comebacks, the more money the administrators of the healthcare business make!!! Not to mention, the more you listen to them, the less time you have in your alloted 20 minutes to put information into EPIC so the giant national database can be updated on its citizens. Healthcare is not about healing people! It's about making money! Please get with the program or your priveleges will be revoked. On a more serious note, I agree with you Doc. Doctors need to listen more. The constraints placed on most American Doctors by their healthcare business bosses are making a mockery of why Doctors become Doctors in the first place. Hence the huge influx of foreign born Doctors, especially at the family practice level. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 10:05:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Listen to your patient, and have an appropriate differential no matter how unlikely "When You Hear Hooves, Think Horse, Not Zebra" - But don't discount the Zebras completely.... |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 10:08:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Is this a Recluse https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/249063/20220902_130852_jpg-2565937.JPG 
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Posted: 10/17/2022 10:27:18 AM EDT
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Update time: my RN told me this morning that preliminary reports are showing that the infection is in my bloodstream.
The Nurse also just told me that the preliminary wound culture site is showing Staph but if it forms MRSA then we’ll have a different conversation…… Well this morning I also got my original wound culture back from Hospital A and it’s positive for Rare Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin resistant (MRSA). I’m going to guess that means my stay at the Holiday Inn is going to be prolonged. My leg actually feels better and has been draining so hopefully that’s good news as long as it doesn’t kill me first. Not really sure what all this means but it’s got me a pretty nervous and the anxiety is running a little high. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 10:32:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Jesus. Did you just sleep with al that Benadryl On board? Oddly no, i was awake. It made a massive difference. Other antibiotics didnt shift it. Got bit in a rural area in a hotel in Georgia near south west area. Problems lasted a few months. Glad I took the benadryl treatment. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 10:33:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryLook for violin pattern on head like pic above. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 10:39:55 AM EDT
[#22]
Get well Dude!
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Posted: 10/17/2022 10:40:07 AM EDT
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Positive thoughts for you @twolabs. What a crazy turn of events.
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Posted: 10/17/2022 10:49:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Update time: my RN told me this morning that preliminary reports are showing that the infection is in my bloodstream. The Nurse also just told me that the preliminary wound culture site is showing Staph but if it forms MRSA then we’ll have a different conversation…… Well this morning I also got my original wound culture back from Alton Memorial (Barnes did the finalization) and it’s positive for Rare Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin resistant (MRSA). I’m going to guess that means my stay at the Holiday Inn is going to be prolonged. My leg actually feels better and has been draining so hopefully that’s good news as long as it doesn’t kill me first. Not really sure what all this means but it’s got me a pretty nervous and the anxiety is running a little high. Rest Eat Follow doc’s orders The current care sounds like it is the correct care. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 10:53:50 AM EDT
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I cut, stack and Split firewood regularly. We have northern black widows (the red dots) as well as southern (hour glass).
 Attached FileHave never seen a recluse here but we have these bros.  Attached Fileand these  Attached File |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 10:58:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Update time: my RN told me this morning that preliminary reports are showing that the infection is in my bloodstream. The Nurse also just told me that the preliminary wound culture site is showing Staph but if it forms MRSA then we’ll have a different conversation…… Well this morning I also got my original wound culture back from Alton Memorial (Barnes did the finalization) and it’s positive for Rare Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin resistant (MRSA). I’m going to guess that means my stay at the Holiday Inn is going to be prolonged. My leg actually feels better and has been draining so hopefully that’s good news as long as it doesn’t kill me first. Not really sure what all this means but it’s got me a pretty nervous and the anxiety is running a little high. Tell them about your anxiety. They kept me well sedated and happy during my 7 night stay. My infection was on the front of my knee. They were concerned about the infection eating the knee joint. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 11:12:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not to pick on you specifically, but there should never be such a thing as 'left over antibiotics'. When you get put on antibiotics you should finish the entire course. People not finishing their antibiotic courses is why we have antibiotic resistant organisms like MRSA in the first place. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Took some left over antibiotics and it cleared up. Not to pick on you specifically, but there should never be such a thing as 'left over antibiotics'. When you get put on antibiotics you should finish the entire course. People not finishing their antibiotic courses is why we have antibiotic resistant organisms like MRSA in the first place. By strange coincidence, I'm reading a science fiction short story about this. It's called The Native Soil, by Alan E. Nourse. Here's the part I find interesting:  The story was first published in 1957. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 11:28:56 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Update time: my RN told me this morning that preliminary reports are showing that the infection is in my bloodstream. The Nurse also just told me that the preliminary wound culture site is showing Staph but if it forms MRSA then we’ll have a different conversation…… Well this morning I also got my original wound culture back from Hospital A and it’s positive for Rare Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin resistant (MRSA). I’m going to guess that means my stay at the Holiday Inn is going to be prolonged. My leg actually feels better and has been draining so hopefully that’s good news as long as it doesn’t kill me first. Not really sure what all this means but it’s got me a pretty nervous and the anxiety is running a little high. MRSA doesn't seem that rare. I've had it several times. Didn't go to the hospital for any of them, just went to my GP and got antibiotics and monitoring. Obviously go the hospital if your doc says to or if you think it's bad enough to warrant. But I wouldn't worry at all if it's starting to shrink. Just keep on the stuff they put you on for the entire course, even if it looks like it's healed. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 11:29:32 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Tell them about your anxiety. They kept me well sedated and happy during my 7 night stay. My infection was on the front of my knee. They were concerned about the infection eating the knee joint. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Update time: my RN told me this morning that preliminary reports are showing that the infection is in my bloodstream. The Nurse also just told me that the preliminary wound culture site is showing Staph but if it forms MRSA then we’ll have a different conversation…… Well this morning I also got my original wound culture back from Alton Memorial (Barnes did the finalization) and it’s positive for Rare Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin resistant (MRSA). I’m going to guess that means my stay at the Holiday Inn is going to be prolonged. My leg actually feels better and has been draining so hopefully that’s good news as long as it doesn’t kill me first. Not really sure what all this means but it’s got me a pretty nervous and the anxiety is running a little high. Tell them about your anxiety. They kept me well sedated and happy during my 7 night stay. My infection was on the front of my knee. They were concerned about the infection eating the knee joint. This. They’ll give you something. Body doesn’t heal so good when you’re stressed. I am SO glad you went in and pressed the issue. You don’t fuck around with infections. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 11:53:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Update time: my RN told me this morning that preliminary reports are showing that the infection is in my bloodstream. The Nurse also just told me that the preliminary wound culture site is showing Staph but if it forms MRSA then we’ll have a different conversation…… Well this morning I also got my original wound culture back from Hospital A and it’s positive for Rare Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin resistant (MRSA). I’m going to guess that means my stay at the Holiday Inn is going to be prolonged. My leg actually feels better and has been draining so hopefully that’s good news as long as it doesn’t kill me first. Not really sure what all this means but it’s got me a pretty nervous and the anxiety is running a little high. This is what aggravates me about “Urgent” or “Emergency” care: They misdiagnosed you originally & the initial window for clearing this up quickly passed & now it seems you are way more down the rabbit hole than you should have been. I’ll keep you in my thoughts & prayers. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 11:53:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: MRSA doesn't seem that rare. I've had it several times. Didn't go to the hospital for any of them, just went to my GP and got antibiotics and monitoring. Obviously go the hospital if your doc says to or if you think it's bad enough to warrant. But I wouldn't worry at all if it's starting to shrink. Just keep on the stuff they put you on for the entire course, even if it looks like it's healed. MRSA is a group of different strains of bacteria which share the trait of being resistant to multiple drugs in the beta-lactam family of antibiotics. Some are more common than others. The strains may be susceptible to different antibiotics. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 11:59:37 AM EDT
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Recluse or close relative bite. Had the same thing happen except it got me on the neck from hiding in a hoodie. The redness extended down into my chest before I went to MD. Mr. MD takes one look and says "My, oh my !!" and ran out of the room. Sent me to a surgeon close by to have a look and he sent me back with orders for a whole gram of Rocephin to put in my hip, plus 500mg tabs. Started clearing up immediately but the actual site of the bite ended up sloughing off skin and would scab over, repeating like 5 times before it healed. Left a nice scar.
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:02:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Update time: my RN told me this morning that preliminary reports are showing that the infection is in my bloodstream. The Nurse also just told me that the preliminary wound culture site is showing Staph but if it forms MRSA then we’ll have a different conversation…… Well this morning I also got my original wound culture back from Hospital A and it’s positive for Rare Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin resistant (MRSA). I’m going to guess that means my stay at the Holiday Inn is going to be prolonged. My leg actually feels better and has been draining so hopefully that’s good news as long as it doesn’t kill me first. Not really sure what all this means but it’s got me a pretty nervous and the anxiety is running a little high. You can expect a 7 to 10 day course of IV antibiotics, depending on what the cultures show. Part of the process is exposing your specific bacteria sample to various antibiotics to see which antibiotics kill the little bastards. That way they know what specific drug or drugs to give you. In the meantime, they're giving broad-spectrum antibiotics to slow / stop the infection. They will also have to do other sets of blood cultures to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment and fine tune the dosage of the antibiotics. Let the nurses know that you are anxious, and they can get one of the docs to prescribe something to help. Hang in there and feel better. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:07:38 PM EDT
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This was the result of the MRSA infection in my shoulder.
I posted about it earlier in this thread. I was told by the surgeon who cut it out of me that the hole was deep enough for me to stick my entire thumb in it. MRSA ain’t a joke. Glad you’re in the hospital where you should be.  Attached File |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:36:28 PM EDT
[#35]
Thanks everyone!
So if I get the option to go home (tomorrow or Wednesday) with a picc line and iv meds with a home health nurse coming to my house) or stay in the hospital what should I do? I mean of course the normal answer is I want to get out of this place but I don’t have a whole lot of trust right now in the docs and what to do what’s best for this crap. I’ve never dealt with it or know anyone who has so it’s all new to me and throw in the broken trust thing right now equals my anxiety high lol. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:42:57 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This is what aggravates me about “Urgent” or “Emergency” care: They misdiagnosed you originally & the initial window for clearing this up quickly passed & now it seems you are way more down the rabbit hole than you should have been. I’ll keep you in my thoughts & prayers. The initial antibiotics would have covered for the possibility of MRSA. I do not see anything to suggest medical negligence or harm |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:51:34 PM EDT
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This past summer, I got cellulitis from some sort of bite on my lower thighs by my knee. Looked like when your’s started out. The red grew overnight so I went to urgent care. Luckily, a round of antibiotic ointment and steroid ointment got it. Don’t know if spider or mosquito. Or what it was.
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Posted: 10/17/2022 12:51:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: By strange coincidence, I'm reading a science fiction short story about this. It's called The Native Soil, by Alan E. Nourse. Here's the part I find interesting: https://i.imgur.com/S5GLmm8l.jpg The story was first published in 1957. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 1:03:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The initial antibiotics would have covered for the possibility of MRSA. I do not see anything to suggest medical negligence or harm Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: This is what aggravates me about “Urgent” or “Emergency” care: They misdiagnosed you originally & the initial window for clearing this up quickly passed & now it seems you are way more down the rabbit hole than you should have been. I’ll keep you in my thoughts & prayers. The initial antibiotics would have covered for the possibility of MRSA. I do not see anything to suggest medical negligence or harm Would it not have been more prudent to I&D the area then, which still hasn’t been done? |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 1:27:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thanks everyone! So if I get the option to go home (tomorrow or Wednesday) with a picc line and iv meds with a home health nurse coming to my house) or stay in the hospital what should I do? I mean of course the normal answer is I want to get out of this place but I don’t have a whole lot of trust right now in the docs and what to do what’s best for this crap. I’ve never dealt with it or know anyone who has so it’s all new to me and throw in the broken trust thing right now equals my anxiety high lol. If you can go home, do it. My wife is a nurse and recommends to always limit how long you stay in a hospital--as long as you are stable. Make sure you stay clean, care for the picc line--they should help explain how to take care of it and yourself. Do you have someone at home that can care for you (cook, help, etc?) You will get better rest at home, and your chance of getting sick(er) by staying in the hospital will lower. What does your insurance cover? |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 2:14:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you can go home, do it. My wife is a nurse and recommends to always limit how long you stay in a hospital--as long as you are stable. Make sure you stay clean, care for the picc line--they should help explain how to take care of it and yourself. Do you have someone at home that can care for you (cook, help, etc?) You will get better rest at home, and your chance of getting sick(er) by staying in the hospital will lower. What does your insurance cover? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Thanks everyone! So if I get the option to go home (tomorrow or Wednesday) with a picc line and iv meds with a home health nurse coming to my house) or stay in the hospital what should I do? I mean of course the normal answer is I want to get out of this place but I don’t have a whole lot of trust right now in the docs and what to do what’s best for this crap. I’ve never dealt with it or know anyone who has so it’s all new to me and throw in the broken trust thing right now equals my anxiety high lol. If you can go home, do it. My wife is a nurse and recommends to always limit how long you stay in a hospital--as long as you are stable. Make sure you stay clean, care for the picc line--they should help explain how to take care of it and yourself. Do you have someone at home that can care for you (cook, help, etc?) You will get better rest at home, and your chance of getting sick(er) by staying in the hospital will lower. What does your insurance cover? @billpete Thanks for the information. No idea what they cover yet. I’m retired .Mil so I have Tricare. It’s always been good for me and my family but have never really had a long term stay. I’d love to sit around and boss my wife around haha. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 2:24:50 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Would it not have been more prudent to I&D the area then, which still hasn’t been done? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: This is what aggravates me about “Urgent” or “Emergency” care: They misdiagnosed you originally & the initial window for clearing this up quickly passed & now it seems you are way more down the rabbit hole than you should have been. I’ll keep you in my thoughts & prayers. The initial antibiotics would have covered for the possibility of MRSA. I do not see anything to suggest medical negligence or harm Would it not have been more prudent to I&D the area then, which still hasn’t been done? In the beginning, there was likely no consolidation of purulence that would have been amenable to I&D |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 2:28:34 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Update time: my RN told me this morning that preliminary reports are showing that the infection is in my bloodstream. The Nurse also just told me that the preliminary wound culture site is showing Staph but if it forms MRSA then we’ll have a different conversation…… Well this morning I also got my original wound culture back from Hospital A and it’s positive for Rare Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin resistant (MRSA). I’m going to guess that means my stay at the Holiday Inn is going to be prolonged. My leg actually feels better and has been draining so hopefully that’s good news as long as it doesn’t kill me first. Not really sure what all this means but it’s got me a pretty nervous and the anxiety is running a little high. I know it's difficult but try not to stress out, that won't help anything. Hang in there, they'll get it worked out. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 2:38:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thanks everyone! So if I get the option to go home (tomorrow or Wednesday) with a picc line and iv meds with a home health nurse coming to my house) or stay in the hospital what should I do? I mean of course the normal answer is I want to get out of this place but I don’t have a whole lot of trust right now in the docs and what to do what’s best for this crap. I’ve never dealt with it or know anyone who has so it’s all new to me and throw in the broken trust thing right now equals my anxiety high lol. Get out if you can. Lost a good friend to a superbug. He had a kidney infection and they wanted to keep him for a couple of days. Superbug got spread on the floor and he is 1 of 4 people that died from it. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 2:43:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thanks everyone! So if I get the option to go home (tomorrow or Wednesday) with a picc line and iv meds with a home health nurse coming to my house) or stay in the hospital what should I do? I mean of course the normal answer is I want to get out of this place but I don’t have a whole lot of trust right now in the docs and what to do what’s best for this crap. I’ve never dealt with it or know anyone who has so it’s all new to me and throw in the broken trust thing right now equals my anxiety high lol. Going home with meds is a nice option. When I had a PICC line I had to go back to the hospital ever other day for a month. I quit after two weeks, got frustrated and pulled out my PICC line at home. Don't do that. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 2:47:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thanks everyone! So if I get the option to go home (tomorrow or Wednesday) with a picc line and iv meds with a home health nurse coming to my house) or stay in the hospital what should I do? I mean of course the normal answer is I want to get out of this place but I don’t have a whole lot of trust right now in the docs and what to do what’s best for this crap. I’ve never dealt with it or know anyone who has so it’s all new to me and throw in the broken trust thing right now equals my anxiety high lol. It sounds like the docs where you are have a grip on things. Going home on home IV antibiotics via PICC line is a pretty common thing in managing infections where the bug is responding well to the antibiotics. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 2:52:08 PM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This is what aggravates me about “Urgent” or “Emergency” care: They misdiagnosed you originally & the initial window for clearing this up quickly passed & now it seems you are way more down the rabbit hole than you should have been. I’ll keep you in my thoughts & prayers. Lol. Big hospital emergency departments are every bit as qualified to misdiagnose you and f you up as the little places. Arguably more so. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 3:10:11 PM EDT
[#48]
 Attached FileThis is a recluse and it’s off spring. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 3:25:27 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Bingo. Here's what can happen if you don't get it treated right away. My sister had a POS doctor who told her he'd check it out at her next appointment in a week. She waited three days, couldn't take it anymore, and went to the ER, where they found this (pic is post-debridement) https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/31267/FullSizeRender-2100246.jpg My mouth dropped open and I made a sound that I've never made before. |
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Posted: 10/17/2022 3:29:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Thanks everyone! So if I get the option to go home (tomorrow or Wednesday) with a picc line and iv meds with a home health nurse coming to my house) or stay in the hospital what should I do? I mean of course the normal answer is I want to get out of this place but I don’t have a whole lot of trust right now in the docs and what to do what’s best for this crap. I’ve never dealt with it or know anyone who has so it’s all new to me and throw in the broken trust thing right now equals my anxiety high lol. I recently had an extended stay in the hospital, ultimately made myself enough of a pain in the ass to get discharged, and the difference in how fast I started improving was pretty dramatic. Spent a hundred bucks on a walker that I used for a grand total of one day after getting home.
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