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[Shiloh09]

This may sound like a stupid question, but was that the pneumonia shot? Went to doctor to check on my boil and was asked if I wanted one (a pneumonia shot, not another boil....which is healing nicely ) I have never had one before so I declined at this point and told him that I prefer to wait to do research.... not to mention the amount of antibiotics I am currently taking.

Levaquin was tough on my stomach last summer so I have learned to drink a lot of kefir for the probiotic. Feel better soon!

[Bird mama]

@LTT1  good God almighty.  Thanks for sharing your experience, I won't be getting the shot :-)

How are you feeling?

[chrystaltree]

How did the Pneumovax play into this?  It didn't cause what you have.  Did you have the bad reaction and they discovered this staff infection?  If that's the case, I think you are lucky that you had that reaction to the Pneumovax.  Scary to think about how sick you might have been if it was diagnosed later.  Get well.....

[I am still oxox]

Please make sure you are also taking a good probiotic, it will  help with the "gut reaction", it will also restore the flaua to your gastric track

[Annabellethecat66]

@LTT1 Annabelle here.  I don't know what any of that means but I just wanted to tell you I hope you feel better soon.  People as sweet as you should never get sick.  Fondly, Annabelle

[chrystaltree]

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@I am still oxox wrote:

Holy c**P I that is the sign of a massive infection, I am surprised you are not on IV meds with a count that high.

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        I thought so too but since she's on Levaquin, it's not mrsa.  Levaquin treats bacterial infections, it's not effective for mrsa or any other staff infection.  If they thought there was the sliightest chance of mrsa, she would be on iv meds.  They wouldn't have waited for any lab work to confirm.  That's not to say that she does not have a very serious bacterial infection.  

[Tinkrbl44]

What does  RXN mean?

[tucsongal]

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@Tinkrbl44 wrote:

What does  RXN mean?

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[Drythe]

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@LTT1 wrote:

My white cell count last week was 27,500. Normal is 4,500 to 11,000. So I had septicemia. 

Yes, there is still some signs of allergic reaction, but the more important thing is that my MD did blood work.

I believe that my system harbors Staph and I don’t know if it is MRSA or not.

This fact could have resulted in much worse outcomes if it had not been caught.

It would explain rashes; stomache irritation and ear/sinus infections.

They were alarmed to find this also. The Levaquin I was put on is curing some ongoing issues, too.

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@LTT1

I responded to your CIDP post, I am so sorry for your friend's DD's illness & hope she has a great recovery.

Not wanting to be an alarmist, but my issues started 3 days after back to back treatments with Levaquin for pneumonia. I'd had the ding dang vaccine too, know it doesn't always work.  I caught it on a flight to Greece.

Anyway if you have a chance, read the "black box" warnings about Levaquin.   The symptoms are eerily similar and the Docs gave it some serious thought, now they say for me not to use Levaquin again just to be safe.  Let me know what you think if you read them.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[noodleann]

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@RedTop wrote:

I would think your lab testing would detect a staph infection.   The common staph that killed my dad was detected through blood testing.   If you are concerned about MRSA, ask the doctor to do a nasal swab and have it tested.   You do not want MRSA to go undiagnosed, and untreated. 

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Just an FYI, as someone who's experienced multiple MRSA infections, I can attest that the nasal swab is not definitive.

I broke my leg badly a few years back and had to have multiple surgeries on it. In one operation, I acquired a pathogen from the hospital. It was not MRSA, and the head of the hospital wrote to me to apologize for it.

Two months later, when it was evident that I had an infection that was probably located around the hardware in my leg (so antibiotics can't reach it), the surgeon booked me for surgery to remove the hardware and clean out the leg. As part of the protocol, I had a nasal swab the morning of surgery, and it was my second negative swab during the series of surgeries.

When they opened up my leg, however, it was swimming in what tested as MRSA. Because of my MRSA history, they probably attributed it to pre-existing germs, not a hospital acquisition. I think otherwise, but either way, I had a raging MRSA infection despite a clean swab for MRSA.