I was diagnosed with mrsa in april of 2004 after having surgery on
my leg to debrieve a previous staph infection. The infection had
spread to my tibia and I had to have a large portion scraped out. I
have since had 2 more surgeries to replace the bone and reconnect
the tendon. I have been on vancomyacin since being diagnosed and
have developed another bacteria infection in my blood due to my cvp
line. They took out my cvp and replaced it with my 4th picc line.
Yesterday I had to have the picc line removed due to another
infection, we are awaiting the results of the tip culture on the
picc line. Has anyone else had numerous infections along with their
MRSA infection, I know I am not the only one in the world suffering
from this but I feel like my family just doesnt understand the
effect it has on me. I am at my wits end and just feel like giving
up. I have been on IV therapy for 13 months because of these
bacteria infections the first one starting 8/01/03 with simple
staph.