Re: Re: Some Questions I agree

[Guest guest]

So sorry to hear about your friend. I send get well wishes that she is home

soon.

dreamer_plus <dreamer_plus@...> wrote:

I have been spending a lot of time up in our hospital, I had shied away from

there at first, but my best friend has melanoma stage IV and time is critical.

Soooooo I have been there a LOT. She has c. difficile and she had MSRA but I am

right there.. and yes on my better days I help with her care. handwashing

handwashing handwashing. change clothes as soon as I get home. Hand wash after

grocery carts...

ANd drink pplenty of water. (but I do not re use water bottles unless I HAND

wash them THOROUGHLY, paying very close attention- as they can harbor germs.)

- In , Birdijo@a... wrote:

> In a message dated 21/08/2004 08:19:16 Central Standard Time,

> gilpnh@y... writes:

>

>

> > When on the immunosuppressants, does it make you more suceptible

> > to infection as a general rule?

> >

>

> Okay, seriously now: I've been on several of these drugs including Remicade

> for about 2 years now. I also worked full time plus in hospitals as a floor

> nurse/charge nurse during that time. I have been exposed to TB (accidently!

I

> don't take TB patients due to the Remicade), and many other infectious things

> like shingles and drug resistant infections. I have not caught anything...I

> was worried when we had a bunch of influenza patients and later a round of

> infectious gastroenteritis patients, but I didn't catch anything! HOORAY!

Why?

> I wash my hands! The single most important thing any of us can do is

> thoroughly wash our hands. Before we eat, after we eat, before and after

toileting,

> etcetcetc. If you are careful about that and don't make out with anyone who

> has an infectious disease, you are helping your odds greatly! Cary

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

So sorry to hear about your friend. I send get well wishes that she is home

soon.

dreamer_plus <dreamer_plus@...> wrote:

I have been spending a lot of time up in our hospital, I had shied away from

there at first, but my best friend has melanoma stage IV and time is critical.

Soooooo I have been there a LOT. She has c. difficile and she had MSRA but I am

right there.. and yes on my better days I help with her care. handwashing

handwashing handwashing. change clothes as soon as I get home. Hand wash after

grocery carts...

ANd drink pplenty of water. (but I do not re use water bottles unless I HAND

wash them THOROUGHLY, paying very close attention- as they can harbor germs.)

- In , Birdijo@a... wrote:

> In a message dated 21/08/2004 08:19:16 Central Standard Time,

> gilpnh@y... writes:

>

>

> > When on the immunosuppressants, does it make you more suceptible

> > to infection as a general rule?

> >

>

> Okay, seriously now: I've been on several of these drugs including Remicade

> for about 2 years now. I also worked full time plus in hospitals as a floor

> nurse/charge nurse during that time. I have been exposed to TB (accidently!

I

> don't take TB patients due to the Remicade), and many other infectious things

> like shingles and drug resistant infections. I have not caught anything...I

> was worried when we had a bunch of influenza patients and later a round of

> infectious gastroenteritis patients, but I didn't catch anything! HOORAY!

Why?

> I wash my hands! The single most important thing any of us can do is

> thoroughly wash our hands. Before we eat, after we eat, before and after

toileting,

> etcetcetc. If you are careful about that and don't make out with anyone who

> has an infectious disease, you are helping your odds greatly! Cary

>

>

>