Being sick sucks.....

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

About a month later, I ran into a car door on a bike because some ***** opened it in front of me which gave me a nice puncture wound in my chest. It went below all the skin layers to where you can see the red tissue inside of you. That developed into a staph infection which I had to get antibiotics to treat.

Staph is the gayest bacteria in the world. I've had several bouts with it, because it's such a tricky little bastard. I had sores that popped up all over my body for ~2 years. I would take antibiotics while I had them and the week after they went away. Then a couple weeks later, another one would pop up.

And to put these shits in persepective, they looked like 3" pimples. They were red bumps with a white head about the size of a pea. Not only were they disgusting, but they hurt like a bitch. I had to cut them open, drain them and put a scalding hot compress on them.

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[Heresy 10+ year member]

Staph is the gayest bacteria in the world. I've had several bouts with it, because it's such a tricky little bastard. I had sores that popped up all over my body for ~2 years. I would take antibiotics while I had them and the week after they went away. Then a couple weeks later, another one would pop up.
And to put these shits in persepective, they looked like 3" pimples. They were red bumps with a white head about the size of a pea. Not only were they disgusting, but they hurt like a bitch. I had to cut them open, drain them and put a scalding hot compress on them.

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I originally thought they were just pimples when I got the MRSA infection. They were just as you described, and that is the reason I waited too long to go to the doctors. In addition to the antibiotics, I had to wash daily with Hibiclens which is very similar to the soap that surgeons use before they operate on people. The urgent care person who treated me said that something like 1/3 of people carry the bacteria that causes staph on their skin. The whole episode scared me, especially knowing that I had one of the drug resistant strains that was too deep to let it heal by itself.

 

[GrayMatter4tw 10+ year member]

 

[jmanpc 5,000+ posts]

So I found out today I have bronchitis //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/*******.gif.a649d21efc0d1fd4890a6428166586c1.gif

Friday and saturday, I was sneezing so much I literally couldnt think straight. I didn't do any homework, and I hardly left my room because i would go into a fit sneezing 10 times in a row every couple minutes. Then Sunday and Monday, I felt like I had a cold. A whole dang head full o' snot, sneezing, sore throat.... the works. Then Tuesday, I felt like sblazer was sitting on my chest because it was so hard to breathe. Last night, I didn't sleep because I had to concentrate on breathing. Now my chest is sore as hell since I've been working so hard to breathe. I finally went to the doc today and got some 'roids. I ought to feel better soon.

and lol @ the pancakes in Gray's sig. good times. and the chick with the iPod in her *****... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/yumyum.gif.0556df42231b304b9c995aefd13928a8.gif