- Remember my first trip to the ER after WOW St. Louis? Thanks for the staph St. Joseph. They cut enough of me out of me to make a mini me, so i hope they got it all. I did have MRSA Stephen On Friday, June 29, 2007, at 10:59PM, "Gale R. Nie" <showme69@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >- >Just a clarification. I'm assuming you meant MRSA. > >From the CDC: >Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a type of bacteria >that is resistant to certain antibiotics. These antibiotics include >methicillin and other more common antibiotics such as oxacillin, penicillin >and amoxicillin. Staph infections, including MRSA, occur most frequently >among persons in hospitals and healthcare facilities (such as nursing homes >and dialysis centers) who have weakened immune systems. >MRSA infections that are acquired by persons who have not been recently >(within the past year) hospitalized or had a medical procedure (such as >dialysis, surgery, catheters) are known as CA-MRSA infections. Staph or MRSA >infections in the community are usually manifested as skin infections, such >as pimples and boils, and occur in otherwise healthy people. > >Hope they got it all. Take care. > >Gale > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Stephen Martin" <faery_generic@xxxxxxx> >To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 11:55 AM >Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Where's all the chatter and open cry for pity > > >> - >> LOL! I just spent the last work week in St. joseph's hospital. I had to >> have my wounds all cut out due to medicine resiliant staph infection. I >> am finally home and doing well. I was miserable sick until the surgery on >> Tuesday. >> >> I can not wait to cache soon. >> >> Stephen >> >> >> On Monday, June 25, 2007, at 07:41PM, <JimSGreene@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>>Hi Stephen, >>> Not going to Weldon Spring because of a few minor sores? Where's the >>>dedication my friend? I hope you feel better soon, but I'm only gonna send >>>this >>>once. >>> >>>Jim >>> >>> >>> >>>************************************** See what's free at >>>http://www.aol.com. >>> >> >> >> **************************************** >> For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this >> list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching >> Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw >> > > > > **************************************** > For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this > list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw > > **************************************** For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes, including unsubscribing from this list, click -----> //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw