Staph Infection Story Time

Aug 13, 2019, 10:44 AM

about two weeks ago, I was a bachelor for two days, which means I went insane with my friends. We basically were at the pool or in the lake from sun up to sun down. I even went skiing in the dark with just a life jacket on. Really smart things to be doing at 39 years old.

I had cut my chest on the pontoon while trying to get back into the boat. I was attempting to not use the ladder to save time and that wasnt the best idea. The cut was small and it stopped bleeding fairly quickly. I might have poured beer on it, but that doesnt really matter.

3-4 days later and back to real life, I have a HUGE knot/cyst on my chest. Super painful, super painful. So I go to dermatologist, they crack it open and draw out the nasty and send it for testing.

Next day, I have severe body cramps, stomach pains, neck tensing up, etc.. So everyone starts freaking and all the docs think I have MRSA. They hook me to IV's, get me all set up and start doing scans and listening to my heart as I guess MRSA and Staph can attack the outer lining of the heart.

Tests come back and its Staph. Thank goodness, I was scared. They have me on some super strong anti-biotics now and this gross topical cream that I use 3x a day. They are certain staph came from the lake and they all just looked at me like I was an idiot, especially my wife.

So yeah, good story. There is a part two that I will tell when I am ready as its more scary and I am not ready to share. But thanks for all the T's and P's. I have never been in a hospital all hooked up with people freaking and never want to do it again.

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