I have been ill for the last two months and have not written but I am finally better and catching up on the MRSA news. Unfortunately it looks like not too much has changed except it is spreading more. My daughter has been in remission for two months and we are hoping that it never returns.
I met a young man who had just had a beautiful tattoo on his arm that had a funny looking hole along one of the lines. I told him it looked like MRSA and then didn’t see him for two months. When I next saw him he had been to a doctor and treated the MRSA but the tattoo was ruined, covered in deep scars from the many boils that erupted along every line. He had gone to a friend for the tattoo. IF you are considering a tattoo please make sure and use a reputable place. I know people who are now buying and taking their own needle sets to get tattooed and it is not a bad idea but keep in mind that it doesn’t have to come from the needles. The artist might be infected himself and still pass the microbes on to you even wearing gloves if he happens to touch his nose (where the MRSA microbes reside) and then continues working on you. Myself I think my tattoo days are over!!!!
Take care all and I hope to find some good news to report here soon.