Nathan
I also had to get blood tranfusions after my surgery, I don't know if you can get staph from that. I have been on very strong antibotics from June 2007 until the end of Aug 2007. I was off the antibotic for two weeks and my doctor took blood tests and it showed my count was high for inflamation which means there is an infection somewhere. Of course I think the staph infection is back. I just had another blood test today in a few days I'll find out if my counts are normal or not. Staph infections attach themeselves to implants and once they go on your implants it is very hard to get rid of them and most cases they have to go back in for surgery clean out the infection and replace the hardware. I was given more antibotics to take if the blood results come back high again. My choice is to take the antibotics for the rest of my life or have surgery. The the surgery isn't guaranteed - the staph may be dormat for a while and attach itself on the new hardware. If I can I will wait for next year hopefully my fusion will be solid by then and have the hardware removed.
Sue
I also had to get blood tranfusions after my surgery, I don't know if you can get staph from that. I have been on very strong antibotics from June 2007 until the end of Aug 2007. I was off the antibotic for two weeks and my doctor took blood tests and it showed my count was high for inflamation which means there is an infection somewhere. Of course I think the staph infection is back. I just had another blood test today in a few days I'll find out if my counts are normal or not. Staph infections attach themeselves to implants and once they go on your implants it is very hard to get rid of them and most cases they have to go back in for surgery clean out the infection and replace the hardware. I was given more antibotics to take if the blood results come back high again. My choice is to take the antibotics for the rest of my life or have surgery. The the surgery isn't guaranteed - the staph may be dormat for a while and attach itself on the new hardware. If I can I will wait for next year hopefully my fusion will be solid by then and have the hardware removed.
Sue
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