ENCAPSULATION FORUM - Releasit: MRSA

I had an open wound on my leg that went from above my knee to halfway down my tibia.

My right knee had been crumbled and my tibia fractured.

Bone was grafted from my hip to my knee.

Once a day, the nurses would come around, remove the bandage from my leg and then take out the 5' of packing tape that was in the wound.

They would then irrigate the wound with a saline water solution.

They would then re-pack fresh bandage into the wound and close me up again with another clean bandage.

For six months I had been on a drip feed of Vancomycin.

I was also on 3 x 500mm of Naprosyn tablets per day. (Because they "forgot" to take me off them).

I spat the dummy, (means I got agro and tried to punch out this young kid about 27, "disease specialist"), when he took the high road and told me that they would amputate my leg, that I was "just" a patient, and "HE" was the specialist.

What did I do ??

Twice a day, early morning and mid-late afternoon, I would get a wheel chair, the same kit as what the nurses used, plus fresh bandages, etc;

I would then proceed in the wheelchair across to the Cairns Esplanade, a big grassy area on the foreshore of Trinity Inlet.

I would find a spot away from the people, remove all the bandages and packing and flush the wound the same as the nurses did.

THEN I WOULD LEAVE MY LEG HORIZONTAL TO THE SUN FOR TEN MINUTES TO LET THE U.V. RAYS FROM THE SUN DO THEIR BIT.

Bear in mind, this was an open wound about twelve inches long and an inch and a half wide.

Raw flesh and very tender, my tibia was also visible partially.

My theory was that U.V. killed bacteria, and ten minutes, twice a day SHOULD NOT burn the flesh.

After this, I would then re-pack the wound, then wrap it all up again with a clean bandage.

Two weeks after I started doing this, they wheeled me into surgery, removed the titanium plate in my leg, (which I still have), stitched me up and told me to get out as they never wanted to see me again because they were unable to find any trace on Mrs A in my system.

Down the track, when I was returning to the outpatient department for my monthly check-ups, I asked an old resident orthopaedic surgeon about what I had done, re; the sun & u.v.

He told me that the other people were ready to amputate and that I had saved my own leg by doing what I did.

I asked him why the hospital didn't allow all their patients with Mrs A to do what I did.

His reply, ?? "LITIGATION, if something goes wrong, the hospital is liable".

One other thing, when I first asked the nurses for the kit after spitting the dummy, they did ask me if I had Doctors permission to which I said "NO"!!

They then phoned this same old bloke and asked him about it and his reply was, "If that's what Shorty wants to do, let him do it".

I also didn't have Mrs A until they opened up my leg, (cut me).

I guess it's the same with everything, unless you ask, no-one will tell you.

I blame the bacteria in the hospital air conditioning, also possibly unclean practices with instruments, etc; but I can't confirm this.

I do know that several older hospitals here in the north that don't have air conditioning, have never had a Mrs A infection.

I have also heard of others saving their limbs by using "Manuka" honey from New Zealand on open wounds.

I don't know why this type of honey and can't really verify it's truth.

Hope this helps,

Shorty.

MRSA

Mrs A

Re: Mrs A

Two typs

Re: Mrs A