MRSA Support Group

I was told last week that I have MRSA after having 2 stys in my left eye and then a boil inside my left nostril. My family has had MRSA and my mother nearly did not come back out of the hospital at one point last year that scared the daylights and also threw me into a depression becasue I had no control and no way of helping her. This may have come from my Peace Corps Service as all of my family came to visit me there and I did have staph infection. Whether it was MRSA or not I am not sure. Whether I got it from my family or they got it from me I dont know. Well now I have it. I have taken extreme measures to endure that I can at least get rid of my infection if not stop carrying MRSA on my body. I have pretty much quarantined my house, completey sanitize everything every day, have lessened my social activities, stoped smoking and drinking alcohol and caffine. I am doing this in part because I know this is a serious issue and I am not wiling to give it to anyone else. I will also do anything I can to get rid of it.

I may be a bit extreme but I am getting no help from my doctor. He put me on Phisohex which is basically Hibiclens to wash with and no real direction other than keep good hygeine. Whn the doctors office called to let me know they did not even tell me it was MRSA. They said your swab cam back positive for staph and I had to ask her what kind. I found this to be inappropriate. They did not schedule me a follow up visit but just called in my perscription to the pharmacy.

At this point I was in a panic, I have no answers no ways of dealing with this, was given no steps to prevent others from getting this or to heal myslef so I have taken matters into my own hands. I made an immediate appointment to see my doctor where he told me he didnt know anything and that I was taking it too seriously. The next week I got another boil inside my nose and another swolen eyelid.

I called his office and there was no response for two days. So I wrote a letter explaining the lifestly changes Ihad made and included about 36 questions that I still have not had answered and told him how desperate I was for help and that I had become severly depressed and wanted him to help me understand what was going on and how to fix it.

That day his office called and said they would make me an appointment with someone who could help me. That office called and booked me an appointment for that day. I went in thinking it was an infectious disease doctor and lo and behold Ihad been sent in for a psych eval that I had to pay $200 for. She also told me I was paranoid and that MRSA was not a bid deal. She then talked about treatment for me and instead of locking me up in the loony bin she decided to give me anti anxiety medicine so I wouldnt worry so much about the MRSA. SO now I am a zombie and Ive found that when you questions doctors when you cry out for help, you are concidered neurotic, an annoyance, unstable and having a break with reality.

I have a terrible fear of this yes but I feel that this fear is warrented and I need to be taken seriously I need to have my quesions answered. I need to have a plan to better health and I don't want this anymore.

Has anyone else had this kind of problem?
Posted on 01/06/08, 12:01 pm