Hi, I was diagnosed with MRSA in a wound in my leg in April of this
year, the doctors are having a very hard time getting the wound to
close. 6 weeks ago my id doctor took me off of all meds because of
continuous infections in my picc lines. I told him I was still
experiencing a lot of pain in the leg and that it was getting worse,
he told me that the pain was from walking and to stay off of it for
a month to give it time to heal. I wasnt comfortable with that. 2
weeks ago I had to be taken back into surgery to have the wound
debrieved again for the 7th time, he had to scrape out 70% of my
tibia to het the infection out, we hope, and my bone doctor informed
me today that the culture came back MRSA. I have to see my ID doc on
tuesday to discuss. I am at my wits end with this, I am in constant
pain and am on percocet which at this time is just barely taking the
pain and burn away. My leg has been infected with bacteria since
8/1/03. How long am I going to have to go through this?? I need some
guidance on this, I am just about ready to let them take off my leg,
I cant handle this anymore.