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WWE’s Bob Holly (Bob Howard) has been battling a serious infection for months. He apparently got a staph infection which seemed to clear up with antibiotics but came back. He had surgery to remove bone chips and fragments from his elbow and it was discovered the infection had settled into the elbow joint and spread through his system. He now has what is called MRSA, which is a very serious bacterial/staph infection that is resistant to most antibiotics. He has been getting IV antibiotics around the clock but has not shown improvement yet. There is a very real danger that he could lose his arm or worse. WWE conducted an interview with him at this link: Hardcore Holly Fighting for Life. In the interview, Holly says he was told to wrestle instead of getting the infection taken care of which led to this life-threatening situation. He doesn’t blame WWE. In fact, he praised Vince McMahon for taking care of him (financially) throughout this ordeal. "I’m not through yet," Holly says at the end of the review.
My mother had this same infection and it is amazingly difficult to rid your body of. She made it through on a potent cocktail of several antibiotics in intensive care for over six weeks. I am not a Holly fan per se, but I wish him a speedy and full recovery.
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I have MRSA. From time to time it tries to flare up. Inside the elbow is a lymph gland. Lymph glands produce white blood cells that try unsuccessfully to destroy the MRSA bacteria. This is why the lymph glands swell and the area gets red. The itching is caused by the buildup of histamines in the area. I never used any antibiotics for my MRSA. I control my symptoms by a regime of vegetarianism (because the heme iron in meats and fish causes MRSA bacteria to rage out of control); I drink homemade kefir (which contains massive amounts of good bacteria which can hold down these MRSA hideous bacteria) HOLD DOWN, not kill. Nothing presently known can kill recent strains of MRSA.
If I see a symptom appearing, like the one I have now inside one elbow, I drink more kefir to flood my body with good bacteria in order to hold down the MRSA bacteria. It works for me. I got MRSA back in December of 2006. It is now November, 2008. As long as I stay on my regime, I rarely get any symptoms.
To control the itch, I spray some Chloroseptic throat spray to numb the area. It helps for a few hours.
MRSA symptoms can take a few weeks to calm down. MRSA bacteria hunker down, but they do not die. Someday there will be a cure, but there is none at present. My regime is a management protocol, not a cure. Is it easy to do what I do to control my MRSA? NO. But I do it because I prefer clear skin and the energy to do whatever I wish. BTW, simply washing with soap and water is NOT going to get MRSA off your skin. The person who infected me had just washed his hands and dried them on my bathroom towel. Then he shook my hand to thank me for work I did for his wife. Two days later, you already know what was all over my body: huge boils. Then my lawyer friend who represents that man told me the truth. The man has MRSA. So please disregard the incorrect information about “washing with soap and water” I use antibacterial soap exclusively nowadays. Telling people to wash with plain soap and water clearly is an attempt to calm people’s fears. The truth is better. Soap and water MAY get SOME of the MRSA bacteria off your hands, but obviously this man had plenty left on his hands after he washed and dried them, then shook my unsuspecting hand. I had never heard of MRSA before. I learned about it the real hard way.
I was diagnosed with staph in my elbow yesterday and was taken off the 2 antibiotics I was on and place on leviquin 750mg one time daily for 10 days thanks to my family Dr that suggested signing a release to request report from aspiration. Instead of waiting I went to the ortho’s office to see if they had gotten results. The nurse first said it was not back, I questioned why since it was taken 5 days ago. She looked again and found it. While looking at it she stated she could not give me results until the dr(ortho) looked over them. After she stood appearing to be in a delima but suggested for me to sign a release at there office and she would fax while I stood there. I called my family dr about 4 times over the next 4 hrs and was told it was on the dr’s desk and they would call asap when she got the time to look at it. Recieved a call approx 4 pm about the confirmation of staff in r elbow. Not only do I understand the lack of time due to being too busy. I also work in the medical field and realize how crazy busy we can get, but I have also realized sometimes a little persistence does not hurt. I TRULY BELIEVE BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND DESPERATION TO GET BACK TO WORK. I WOULD STILL BE ON THE ORIGINAL 2 ANTIBIOTICE UNTIL THE DR(ORTHO) GOT BACK FROM VACATION A WEEK LATER. AND ONLY GOD KNOWS WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED
I was dx by family dr with infection due to blood work confiramation that afternoon saw orthopedic who added another oral antibiotic and addition to the one perscribed by family dr The orthopedic also aspirated the bursa of my elbow and have not recieced results of culture It seems to get better by morning with decreased swelling edema and redness At night it gets painful red and swollen Really debating on going to ER tonight but was hoping to go back to work soon thanks sue
It is very difficult to say without knowing more about your medical history. What do you think they are trying to cover up?
There is a link between MRSA and arthritis but MRSA is usualy the cause
I have been fighting a infection in my elbow for six months. First the doctor said it was a systemic bursa infection and now they say it is MRSA and that it is in the elbow joint and that it is caused from my Rheumatoid arthritis. I think they are wrong and trying to cover it up. What do you think?