hi jeff,
I caught MRSA 2 years ago when I had an abdominal abscess (lovely side effect from CD) and my GI surgeon sent me to the ER for stat MRI. Couldn't believe how dirty the place was. Surgeon told me he had to open and drain the abscess but the ORs were tied up for several hours and that I could wait or have it done until local shots and IV dilaudid. I chose to do it on the spot, didn't want to wait. to make a long story short.. was admitted with an IV antibiotic, sent home 2 days later on oral antibiotic and packed dressing to the wound.
Well, I kept on getting infection after infection ranging from staph, strep, klepsiella, and MRSA. Then surgeon had to do another exploratory surgery above stoma as I wasn't healing. Then came the IV amphicillin and wound vac. yippee.(sarcasm) Wound vac did help within 2 months and it closed but the darn thing reopened AGAIN and I had to go to infectious disease MD. Put on antibiotics for over a year due to different infections and it wouldn't close all the way..would keep reopening.
Now, I've been using prisma and it's almost closed but I won't count on it. I'm a candidate for a free clinical trial with the prisma and e-stim around the area to help the blood flow near the wound so it will close. Tried e-stim before and it didn't work but with prisma, I am praying that this stupid thing will heal w/o me driving 1 1/2 hrs. both ways starting in the Spring.
My heart goes out to you. be sure to take probiotics with meals (it's good bacteria that you need as the antibiotics will kill them), eat first and then take the antibiotics that may help. if you are in pain, take your pain meds for as long as you're on the antibiotics. I am speaking from experience.
If the pain gets really bad from the antibiotics, just call the MD and he can switch it to something else. Drink drink drink (water not hooch lol), applesauce, bananas, toast, anything gentle to prevent the big "D". feel free to PM me if you need more help.
God bless you my friend.