Need some prayers for Ricky

[RickBomba]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

It's amazing that a small injury can have such far-reaching implications in regard to your health.
I had a case of cellulitis in my leg that turned septic, and spend 5 days in the hospital. It wasn't the fever that scared me, as I've had fevers before and I can usually deal with them with OTC meds.
It was when my urine started coming out looking like black coffee that I realized I needed to go to the ER immediately.

Seems my cellulitis, which is typically a skin rash, had gone under the skin and reached the vein/artery in my leg. When I was admitted they told me that my kidneys were on the verge of shutting down.

After a 5 day round of pills and injections, I now have a permanent rash-scar on my leg and occaisional swelling of the leg, as the infection affected the blood vessels in that leg.


The clincher for me was that after all the testing, poking and prodding they still couldn't tell me where the cellulitis came from?

My thing was actually really bad. I had 7 broken ribs and a punctured lung, fluid in the shoulder, could have been some back damage, and had some hip damage.

I was getting way better and the thing with the shoulder blade came out of nowhere. I had been back at work for two weeks and was getting ready to start going back to the gym at the time, then BAM!

I've had a couple of friends with cellulitis. They pretty much gave me the same treatment in the hospital. Seems innocuous on the surface, but that one's a BIATCH.

Today was the first day in 21 days that I haven't been on the five strongest antibiotics known to man. Glad to be done.

I got pretty lucky for sure.

[FishermanTim]

Seems like most hospitals are treating every "infection" as if it were a drug resistant super-bad version.
I guess they would rather go with the mega-potent antiboitics than possible deal with anything MERS related.

When they gave me my meds they explained why they had gone to a stronger med than what I had taken during my first bout with the cellulitis. Thankfully I have made as complete a recovery as possible.

Hopefully you will have similar results with your particular "demon".

[RickBomba]

Started doing situps and pushups again today. I used to do 300 each a day on non-gym days.

I got 30 of each in this am.

Every day gets very very very little incrementally better.

[Notfishinenuf]

Might want to look into some probiotics when you are done with the antibiotics. They really mess you up.

Vic

[Poncho]

I feel for you bro keep up the hard work
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[RickBomba]

They gave me probiotics for a while and I eat yogurt every AM.

Luckily, I have no problems with dairy. I think I'm the only person that I know that didn't have issues.

[FishermanTim]

Originally Posted by RickBomba

They gave me probiotics for a while and I eat yogurt every AM.

Luckily, I have no problems with dairy. I think I'm the only person that I know that didn't have issues.

I don't have any issues with dairy.....except that the cows keep walking while I'm trying to gety a drink

[chris L]

a guy from Maine told me yesterday that Maine has ugly woman and pretty cows , he dont dairy issues for sure


Rick Good job keep up the hard work , it pays off
innocuous is running tomorrow at Belmont Park in New York M/L 12/1

[Finaddict]

Glad you are feeling better Rick

[justplugit]

Great to hear your making headway, Rick.

[numbskull]

Good News. Heal quick.