Hi judy,

Have your family members read some of the information at
tahilla.typepad.com/mrsawatch/ It will help them to understand just
how serious your condition is.

I just lost my Father on 9/14/04. He got mrsa at a hospital during
hip replacement surgery on July 5, 2004.

Helene

--- In MRSA@yahoogroups.com, "Judy" <moondncr30@a...> wrote:
> 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.