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*Anya* · 10-17-2014, 10:16 AM

For me, personally, it is not that I fear Ebola. I fear the infection control practices of hospitals (or lack thereof), I fear the lack of honesty of the CDC and I fear, in general, the lack of of a cohesive, proactive, response to any health crisis in our country.

I have experienced this failure, personally. This is not some abstract concept for me.

Two years ago, as I have written previously in the Listening-to-each other thread- I went into the hospital for gynecological surgery, early in the AM. Before the end of the day, I had a temperature that was sky-high and a case of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile (C-Dif). I was profoundly ill, wound up in CCU and a 11-12 day hospital stay.

It wasn't finished there. On discharge, among other issues, I had 3-4 relapses of C-Dif between March and September 2012. I had to go back on vancomycin antibiotic (cost of $2,800.00 for each course of treatment) and one episode of kidney infection before stabilizing.

Then, in July of this year, I had a squamous cell cancer removed from my leg in a dermatology out-patient office. Within 3 days, I had methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the wound (which was tightly covered with Tegaderm).

This took a month to heal, with a couple of rounds of antibiotics. I went to a university hospital infectious disease specialist who confirmed that I was not a carrier, i.e., I did not have MRSA when I went to the doctor in the first place.

I am an RN. I have worked in hospitals. I went into the hospital with the most positive attitude. An expectation that I would contract C-Dif did not enter my consciousness. I did not even consider that I might get MRSA. I have other minor surgical procedures with no negative outcomes.

I don't only post my personal opinion in this thread. I look for legitimate studies, journals, WHO and CDC's own published information. Jesse's link for EbolaDeeply.org was an excellent source of information, too.

Facts for all of us-both negative and positive are critical. Personal experiences are no less important. They show us that we must be alert, educated and knowledgable, to keep ourselves and those that we love as healthy and safe as we possibly can.

http://www.hospitalinfection.org/essentialfacts.shtml

http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwr...cid=mm6309a4_w

10-17-2014, 10:16 AM	#2
Anya Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Lesbian non-stone femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Committed to being good to myself Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Coast Posts: 8,258 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 39,306 Thanked 40,455 Times in 7,284 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	For me, personally, it is not that I fear Ebola. I fear the infection control practices of hospitals (or lack thereof), I fear the lack of honesty of the CDC and I fear, in general, the lack of of a cohesive, proactive, response to any health crisis in our country. I have experienced this failure, personally. This is not some abstract concept for me. Two years ago, as I have written previously in the Listening-to-each other thread- I went into the hospital for gynecological surgery, early in the AM. Before the end of the day, I had a temperature that was sky-high and a case of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile (C-Dif). I was profoundly ill, wound up in CCU and a 11-12 day hospital stay. It wasn't finished there. On discharge, among other issues, I had 3-4 relapses of C-Dif between March and September 2012. I had to go back on vancomycin antibiotic (cost of $2,800.00 for each course of treatment) and one episode of kidney infection before stabilizing. Then, in July of this year, I had a squamous cell cancer removed from my leg in a dermatology out-patient office. Within 3 days, I had methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the wound (which was tightly covered with Tegaderm). This took a month to heal, with a couple of rounds of antibiotics. I went to a university hospital infectious disease specialist who confirmed that I was not a carrier, i.e., I did not have MRSA when I went to the doctor in the first place. I am an RN. I have worked in hospitals. I went into the hospital with the most positive attitude. An expectation that I would contract C-Dif did not enter my consciousness. I did not even consider that I might get MRSA. I have other minor surgical procedures with no negative outcomes. I don't only post my personal opinion in this thread. I look for legitimate studies, journals, WHO and CDC's own published information. Jesse's link for EbolaDeeply.org was an excellent source of information, too. Facts for all of us-both negative and positive are critical. Personal experiences are no less important. They show us that we must be alert, educated and knowledgable, to keep ourselves and those that we love as healthy and safe as we possibly can. http://www.hospitalinfection.org/essentialfacts.shtml http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwr...cid=mm6309a4_w __________________ ~Anya~ Democracy Dies in Darkness ~Washington Post "...I'm deeply concerned by recently adopted policies which punish children for their parents’ actions ... The thought that any State would seek to deter parents by inflicting such abuse on children is unconscionable." UN Human Rights commissioner