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MRSA

I have had MRSA, confirmed and tested too many times to count. I contracted MRSA at age 12. I am now 30 and I have had well over 500 abscesses. I have been treated in the past by a Dr of infectious disease who was baffled that I still had outbreaks because my skin tested negative for colonization. However, every single outbreak I get tests positive for MRSA and is very resistant to nearly everything but Macrobid. Vancomycin has not helped and I am borderline allergic to it as it caused me to have convulsive vomiting. Rocephin, Clindamycin, Keflex, Z-pack… and others do not kill this nasty hanger-on. I am allergic to sulfides. I have had nose treatments with Mupirocin and I use antimicrobial soap everyday from head to toe. I wash my hands so much they crack and bleed. I have also had Polinidal disease which tested MRSA positive. I cannot rid myself of this aggressive disease. The hardest part is that I get lesions mostly on the labia majora. The lymph nodes in the groin swell and the scar tissue and indurated tissue is so bad that the boils no longer come to head themselves. As of 2006 I must be lanced nearly every time or the infection spreads under the skin until there needs to be multiple areas lanced to initiate secondary healing. Years back I was tested vigorously because my blood had an "unidentified white blood cell" they quarantined my home and I went in for them to take my blood. I never heard back from anyone (Michigan, 2003). It is important to note that I do not have a compromised immune system such as HIV or Hepatitis. However, I do have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. I am also type 0+.


Now I suffer on a regular basis in many ways. My self-esteem takes an exponential hit. My sex life is effected along with a loss of feeling in the general area of constant infection. My right labia majora used to be the main affected area before I had that area marcupialized in 2004. Now the MRSA mostly targets the left labia majora and the lower part of my thigh and buttocks. However, I have had the infection on my face, neck, legs, back, chest, wrists, abdomen, arm pits…. you name it. I have had as many as 7 lesions at once. I can go months without any sign of infection at all. During those months of reprieve I do not back away from treatment. I have gone back and forth on the constant antimicrobial treatments for the skin to avoid dry skin cracks that are a liability for infection. I fear being too far away from the ER in case I get a really aggressive bout and it gestates in less than 24 hours into something that needs to be addressed immediately. I have psoriases which also infects.

We are constantly cleaning the shower with bleach. We are constantly cleaning all surfaces. We do not use the same towels or clothes. I don't even shake hands with strangers anymore because I am so sterile that I am likely to contract something new quite easily. In the ER if I have to be there for only a short while I am likely to stand and I try not to touch anything. I have developed a rather negative stance on public places. I wash my hands before I start shopping. I carry antibacterial gel in my purse. It is to the point that my friends with HIV are less careful than I am. I have never heard of anyone having this bacteria for as long as I have (that were confirmed). The central Mayo clinic probably has a file room just for me… I know they store samples of everything they get so I imagine I have my own directory. You know, file the MRSA under D for Dana…. That's my story.

Dana's Cookies to die for

This is my first time actually creating the actual recipe using basic science and charts of conversion.


Creation Recipe Blogged #1


Dana's Candy Cookies - Bulk Holiday Cookies with Peanut Butter and Nutella


Sift or wisk and set aside;
1 1/2 Cups of All Purpose Flour
1tsp Salt
1tsp Baking Soda
1/2 tsp Baking Powder

Cream together;
1 Cup of Unsalted Butter, Soft (1/2lb or 2 sticks)
1 1/2 cup of packed brown sugar
2 tbsp of peanut butter
4 tbsp Nuntella (or 1/4 cup of sugar)
Slowly add Flour mix to Wet Mix

Incorporate 1 at a time
2 Eggs
2 Tsp Vanilla


Incorporate Slowly mixing completely before adding


3 Cups total of; Heath Bar Pieces, Reeses minis and Dark chocolate chips (Mix in a separate so you have even distribution)


Easily doubled

Bake at 350 in half flattened balls about an inch and a half apart
Better if you refrigerate them first for a few hours before baking
To do this faster I merely roll the dough into three tubes of batter in wax paper and put them in the freezer for a half hour.




Also

Better if you remove them before they are completely finished cooking to keep them chewy. To make harder cookies into chewy cookies put them in a sealed container with one slice of bread overnight. Then you remove the bread and reseal. This will keep them moist and chewy.

VARIATIONS

You could add other candies, chocolate chips or whatever you like using the same ratio
You can make these into oatmeal cookies by adding 1 1/2 cup of oats in place of candy and 1/2 cups of nuts or raisins.

I went to the Dr today and things are not looking so good

I have been blogging my pain for the past few weeks and i am sure you have all seen my posts. I went to the Dr today in an emergency visit. She says the ovarian cysts are so big she can feel them easily with her hand. She told me I have to be back Monday afternoon for a full workup. She also said she is worred becuase my culture came back with a lot of radical cells. She did nto say the C word but I think she was trying to avoid it. She just tole me that it was very important I come back on Monday to have the work done. She is very worried. Suck. Honestly I am numb after the miscarriage in Sept. I honestly wish it was just all gone so I did not have to have false hopes and pain and procedures and medical bills.. not to mention the various secondary problems I am having like the massive teenage-looking breakout all over my neck, chest and back. It hurts and it is unsightly. I look like a meth addict. It's so unfair. I am alright though, honestly. I will get through it as I always do but I am so worn thin. Just too much.

Apple Berry Cherry Cheesecake Crumble

This is how I did it; 18x20 crumble

4 Apples;

Granny Smith
Golden Delicious
Gala
Jacob

1/2 bag of each frozen fruits; Berry mix, Black Cherry, Blueberry

In a pot place Apples and sweat over med heat before adding frozen fruit add 2 tbsp cinnamon about a tsp of nutmeg and a few sprinkles of clove (pinch)

Your not cooking the mix as much as you are sweating it and coating the flavors evenly. After they have sweated about a centimeter of liquid to the bottom of the pan add about 1/8 cup of jiffy mix slowly sprinkling and mixing as you go. Some white is okay.

After you done with the mix grease a 18x20 double cake pan (or a subsequent broiler pan)
Pour mix into the pan and add 6 tbsp of jiffy baking mix or self rising flour onto fruit


Now the filling which is optional lends a nice cheesecake flavor

2 packages of cream cheese
1/4 cup of sugar in the raw OR 1/8 of a cup of white sugar
Heat cream cheese a little to get it flowing if need be
1 tbsp vanilla
2 eggs
Mix in a bowl and pour on top of fruit spread with a spatula as even as you can manage without messing with it too much


Crumble;

1 1/2 cup of brown sugar
1/2 tbsp of cinnamon
1 cup of Jiffy
1/2 cup of oats
you can add flax or nuts if you wish
2 tbsp of oil and mix about the same of water in the dry mix do not add more water or you will get a paste

Sprinkle over your cheesecake and fruit mix

Bake for 45-55 min on 375

Serve warm or cold
Keeps for 6 days

Windows 7 Review

Windows 7 Home Professional = Awesome

Though I have had a few compatibility problems they were always resolved right away and the fix was incredibly easy. 99% of my hardware and custom made computer ran perfectly. I do have the same complaint of anyone with my motherboard which is the Asus TurboV won't install in Windows 7 RC
I'm going to Asus site for my P6T motherboard.

Don't waste your kitchen leftovers - Make Stock

We used our old carrot tops, onion peels, and whatever organic leftovers we have from the week and add it to a stock pot with a little water and spoices. We save meat bones or leftovers form the week. WE save it in a fridge for a day or so until something accumulates. Not more than 4 days.

We then boil everything for down for an hour or more. We then strain it with a good strainer or soon out impurities. This way we are using what we have. We just keep a bowl in the fridge and make stock one a week. Sometimes we add other stocks, bullion flavorings to our stock to prepare to make a meal with it. It keeps in your fridge for few days. It freezes well.