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I Fought the MRSA And, I Won
By Matthew Perry

I fought the MRSA and, I WON…I fought the MRSA and, I WON!

Yes, I had MRSA…not a fun experience…and I had MRSA when MRSA wasn’t cool…or at least it wasn’t talked about in the media as it is now.

What is MRSA? Well if you do not know, this is cut directly from mayoclinic.com

“MRSA infection is caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria - often called “staph.” MRSA stands for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. It’s a strain of staph that’s resistant to the broad-spectrum antibiotics commonly used to treat it. MRSA can be fatal.”

Did you notice the last part…yes fatal…

Now like I said, I had MRSA before it was in the media so often, this November will make it 2 years ago.

The ER just scratched their head…they thought I just got bit by something…and gave me a shot in the arm…my own doctor (who I saw later that AM) however flipped out a bit, mostly because of the “closeness” to my all important brain. He got out his trusty scalpel (just like a kid in a candy shop) and cut me and squeezed me, repeat, repeat…repeat…then a shot in the ass!

So my point of this story is to ALL of the arrogant individuals out there (including myself) that think that they are above catching things like MRSA…and then ignoring the symptons…kind of like my face swelling symptoms, which, BTW, I would have kept my nose to the grind stone, pardon the pun, and “fixed” myself…which more than likely would have deleted my existance. I would explain more about MRSA, but just Google it to find out more….wash your hands…MRSA is very common is hospitals and HEALTH CLUBS…

I fought the MRSA and, I WON…I fought the MRSA and, I WON! But I did not do it by myself…

If you had a curious bump, scratch or twitch and had a possible life saving experience, please do share. And hats off to my wife for constantly checking all of my parts…when she is on a hunt, I just leave her be.

Cheers to your Continued Health & Fitness!
Matthew

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