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sarah · 07-23-2006, 05:34 AM

Dear Kimberly,
Seems strange that they wouldn't investigate your concerns more thoroughly. I hope you never have another bad experience like this again.
Here in France, they draw back some blood which they discard, they wear gloves and a mask that covers the face and nose.

Dear Her2ers: Staph infection question - I always thought it was associated with the throat so I went to www.mayoclinic.com to look it up and just about had a heart attack!! the picture of the "abcess" is exactly what I had on my right arm during chemo and afterwards and it took a long time to heal. It itched and started as small bumps that then became open, oozing sores. I put calomine lotion of it. Anyway, my arm sores now are healed - just a light scarring from the sores. Here's my qustion, if it was a staph infection wouldn't I be deathly ill by now - a year or so later? or can it subdue and come back and should I be checked for a staph infection? or because I'm NOT deathly ill it must mean it's obviously something else - allergy to the Taxol, Cortisone or whatever other poisons I was given?
Here's the photo and info I looked at:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/mrs...735/DSECTION=2
thanks
sarah

07-23-2006, 05:34 AM	#11
sarah Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: france Posts: 1,648	Dear Kimberly, Seems strange that they wouldn't investigate your concerns more thoroughly. I hope you never have another bad experience like this again. Here in France, they draw back some blood which they discard, they wear gloves and a mask that covers the face and nose. Dear Her2ers: Staph infection question - I always thought it was associated with the throat so I went to www.mayoclinic.com to look it up and just about had a heart attack!! the picture of the "abcess" is exactly what I had on my right arm during chemo and afterwards and it took a long time to heal. It itched and started as small bumps that then became open, oozing sores. I put calomine lotion of it. Anyway, my arm sores now are healed - just a light scarring from the sores. Here's my qustion, if it was a staph infection wouldn't I be deathly ill by now - a year or so later? or can it subdue and come back and should I be checked for a staph infection? or because I'm NOT deathly ill it must mean it's obviously something else - allergy to the Taxol, Cortisone or whatever other poisons I was given? Here's the photo and info I looked at: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/mrs...735/DSECTION=2 thanks sarah Last edited by sarah; 07-23-2006 at 05:37 AM..