My doctor tells me that if something doesn’t come up and scream symptoms he doesn’t know what to do.  I basically have to keel over before he’ll do something.  I’m 54, so I wonder sometimes if my diet is off or my veggie diet needs more protein.  I eat nuts and drink a good glass of soymilk every day.  I sometimes eat meat. 

Lack of vitamin B can blow out your neutrophils – cause them to be vacuolated.  But I don’t know what else it can do.  This happened to mine, but I was taking a very good vitamin B source.  Also can be caused by alcohol use.  I don’t even drink socially.  Ever get the feeling they don’t believe you?  J  If all else fails, just don’t listen to the patient.  So my vacuolated neutrophils were most likely from infection.  He did the test to rule infection out, ruled it in, and turned his back on the test.

But most of this I’ve learned in the past week.  I’ve avoided all this in the months past.  I just haven’t wanted to worry.  My white blood count has been fluctuating more up than down, lymphocytes dropping, neutrophils vacuolated.  I stopped him from doing any more tests in September.  Now I want my blood tested for MRSA and he’s balking.

On a positive note, I went and saw my Nana today; and her color looks great.  She seems much improved.  On a less positive note, the nursing home is testing none of its workers, so she can become reinfected. 

I do know that the person that didn’t seem to know how to do my nasal smear didn’t do it right.  (ummm – let’s see – he said stick it in an inch and swish)  She was supposed to do both nostrils.  But was she supposed to do the nostrils or the sinus cavities?  Does it make a difference?  She stuck it into my sinus cavity.  I know she can use the same swab for both nostrils.

Anyway, my sinus swab from the one side came out negative, and I still don’t have my answer as to whether or not I could have it blood borne and have it not show up in my nose. 

I would be perfectly happy not to have this.  I would be surprised though.  After eating off the same silverware and eating the same food with as contagious as this is supposed to be….

My mother has an open skin lesion on her forehead (and one on her back) which is being taken off within the next week or so.  They will be tested for MRSA.

Regards,

Joyce

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