Darko 42 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Some stupid freaking mosquito bite on my calf turned into a full blown MRSA infection in my leg. I was really worried that I was going to lose the leg at first, but today it finally seems to be responding to the meds! It really puts life in perspective, you know? When youre sitting in a hospital bed and just thinking of how badly you want to be around and be healthy for your kids and wife. This has definitely been a wake up call for me in a lot of ways. Life is just too short and unpredictable folks! Take care of what's important and tell the people in your life you love them, because you never know when some mosquito bite might take it all away! PS - my Tromix 12 and 308 will be here this week (after almost two years of saving!) and I kept thinking, I'm going to die before I ever get to shoot them! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thebuns1 4,323 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 glad your going to be ok and in one piece. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolverine 10,360 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Well that was a wake up call! Glad to hear everything is going to work out OK. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RED333 1,025 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 DAMNIT MAN, that sounds like a hell of a bad bug, glade things are looking up and better. Perspective is what I keep in front of me every day, ya just never know. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BpS12 512 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Glad you're better. Stay on track and don't rush your recovery. It is tempting to do so. I burst my appendix last November and then got Illyus(sp) while in hospital(lousy post op care). You're right, it does kinda kick you in the ass about what really counts. Get healthy and kill ALL mosquitoes!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dad2142Dad 6,559 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Get healthy and enjoy the new toys Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheDarkHorse 216 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 You can't die now....you haven't lived yet!! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darko 42 Posted July 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Someone tell Tony to hurry up and get me my guns! In other news, I just found out they're keeping me another 48 hrs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
liberty -r- death 1,445 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Glad to hear you're getting better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nlacy 692 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Holy shit, man. I hope you get better soon (and I hope you've got good insurance!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogMan 2,343 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Get well soon. That sounds like bad stuff. Now I'm thinking about pouring drain cleaner on all my mosquito bites. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yakdung 2,926 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 (edited) Sorry. I almost caught MRSA myself after stepping on a nail. Doc gave me a dose of some mighty strong antibiotic that wiped out my gut in the process. Be safe and glad you are ok. Doc said I was very lucky. Edited July 15, 2012 by yakdung Quote Link to post Share on other sites
unclejake 428 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 MRSA is nothing to play with..lost my wife's cousin several years ago from it and she had LIGHTLY scraped her leg on a picnic table at a park! Glad to hear you dodged the bullet, and you are right about the wake up call...none of us are promised our next breath, so we all need to live, love, and act like there's no tomorrow! Prayers out for you and your family! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darko 42 Posted July 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Thanks guys. Still no word on when they're letting me go. At least a couple more days of intravenous antibiotics and pain killers... My stomach has been completely obliterated by the meds, and I'm supposed to switch from Vicodin to Morphine if it gets worse... All from a damn mosquito bite :facepalm: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Get well and eat yogurt to help that gut! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gaddis 1,689 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 You can thank all the assholes who get antibiotics for relatively minor shit and then don't finish the antibiotic course for that. Ya know, your typical Obama supporter. No shit there, I was in the ER last year for my thyroid cancer, and some 450+ lb. fat "welfare" bitch was in there demanding free antibiotics for her 5 year old sons case of the "sniffles." I bet that c**t didn't use up all the pills as instructed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yakdung 2,926 Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Thanks guys. Still no word on when they're letting me go. At least a couple more days of intravenous antibiotics and pain killers... My stomach has been completely obliterated by the meds, and I'm supposed to switch from Vicodin to Morphine if it gets worse... All from a damn mosquito bite :facepalm: I have experienced the same thing. The doctor more than likely pulled both triggers and prescribed a very powerful antibotic. This in turn wiped out both the good and the bad bacteria in your gut. Now the process begins after you are released to rebuild the good bacteria. Probotics are the answer to restoring your gut back to normal. It took over a year and my gut has never truly restored back to normal. I know that there is a concentrated pill form of Probotics, ask your doc he can guide you. Take care, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
YOT 3,743 Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Mosquito bite?! Yikes!!!! Get well soon. Friggin' biting insect creatures..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kresk 10,063 Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Hope your recovery continues to progress. I also had MRSA once, in the bloodstream. Puts you in really deep shit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VR762Shooter 838 Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 You wouldnt happen to be diabetic? I have a fear of MRSA for that reason among other crap. Best of luck man, feel better soon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darko 42 Posted July 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Not diabetic. Actually, I'm the picture of good health which why this is so scary. I do Crossfit 4-5 times a week, eat extremely healthy, have a relatively stress free job, and I even got laid a couple times last week... And I still got MRSA. MRSA don't fuckaround! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IndyArms 10,186 Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 I feel your pain... although mine was with a bout of cellulitis back in jan/feb... a week of bed at home and a week in the hospital... dilaudid every hour for the pain... lost about 30 pounds ( although that was a bonus!! ) I have NEVER been in such pain in my entire life... that was the worst... infections SUCK!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mogunner 240 Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Probiotic yogurt, acidophilus milk, both of these will get the good bacteria built back up in your digestive system pretty quick. Glad to hear that it's turning out ok for you, not like that girl who had her hands and stuff amputated from that crap! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vulcan16 971 Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Get better soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darko 42 Posted July 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Probiotic yogurt, acidophilus milk, both of these will get the good bacteria built back up in your digestive system pretty quick. Glad to hear that it's turning out ok for you, not like that girl who had her hands and stuff amputated from that crap! Yeah, thankfully it looks like we will avoid amputation, but there was a while there where I thought it was going to happen.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spartacus 1,619 Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Good to hear you'll be ok. Stock up on that Federal bird shot for the mosquitoes! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
storm6490 2,768 Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Hope you get squared away soon. Once you do, start working on your immune system. Sounds nuts, but go eat some dirt out of your garden. That should reset your bacterial levels in your system. I eat organic veggies and simply rinse them off. A little dirt on the carrots gives you a lot of good little bacterium that helps your system digest nutrients and will boost your immune system. You're system will be compromised when you get out of the hospital. The meds kill everything good and bad. You say you're in good healthy so it should be pretty easy to get your system back to normal. Best of luck! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Give the wife a thrill - a little anal lingus will reset you biotics - and she may like it too! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spartacus 1,619 Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 . The guy is recovering in the hospital and you guys tell him to eat dirt and lick his wife's crack! I love this place! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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