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I have been hospitalized with MRSA three times. The first one started as a mosquito bite that got infected. No one else in my family got it. The first time I ended up having surgery and have a pretty big scar. The next two I knew what it was right away and got into the hospital and on Vancomyacin. (IV stuff that gives me a headache!) The last time they sent me home with the IV, I did it myself twice a day and had a nurse come once a week to change out the tubing and such. The infectious disease doctors that I saw suggested a smaller population base would be helpful. They also said lots of hand washing and not to share towels with anyone. Also not to share gym equitpment without cleaning it. Aparently lots of people can carry it and never get sick at all, and other people only get it when they are already sick and have a wound and others like me are extra suseptable. I have a low immune system though and so I can get it easy. You can get it from someone's sweat who is carrying it. I had to be tested again before a surgery and I am not carrying it. (the nose swab is quick and easy, though not fun) Since we moved to a smaller town and I have been careful, I have not had it once. That was four years ago and still none of my family has gotten it.
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