Thread: A mate went into hospital to get seriously sick, been there for a couple of weeks now

Me Bro went into the same brand private hospital here in Mackay for a knee replacement and came out with the same infection.

Now three years later he is in the Base Hospital having his eighth knee replacement operation.
They inserted a rod and have him on drips and injections still trying to get rid of the infection before they put in the tin knee joint. He is likely to be in for another six weeks before they operate again.

Trouble has been that he has been clear after an operation but a different strain of bug develops after about six months.

They are baffled but as he is a Vietnam Vet I put it down to an Agent Orange encounter.
Some of the Vets in the USA are having huge Agent Orange problems years later with sleep appnia, The Bro suffers badly with it.

But will they listen !!!

Seems my mate is going in for the 5th operation on Wednesday, this is ridiculous, how many times can a 70 yr old survive getting put under. I reckon if he could he would love to get to another hospital.

Hospitals are full of diseases. Golden staph infections are common as is MRSA (Multi Resistant Staph Aureus). There is no cure for MRSA, I believe.
Some think the change from fulltime to contract cleaners to try to save money has made the problem worse because the contractors are not available 24/7 to clean, but I'm not sure if that is right.
Feel for your mate.

Imagine how many less germs hospitals would have if people actually wore covered shoe,s not thongs or bear feet, as they do in my neck of the woulds. Adults with thongs and there kids in bear feet.

Originally Posted by Bazzle218

Imagine how many less germs hospitals would have if people actually wore covered shoe,s not thongs or bear feet, as they do in my neck of the woulds. Adults with thongs and there kids in bear feet.

Bit wouldn't the covered shoes have germs on them??

I wear thongs as much as I can.....after wearing heavy steel cap boots all day.

Originally Posted by Bazzle218

Imagine how many less germs hospitals would have if people actually wore covered shoe,s not thongs or bear feet, as they do in my neck of the woulds. Adults with thongs and there kids in bear feet.

I often see people walking in the shopping strips barefoot, not my cuppa tea after dogs , pigeon and other animals have **** and peed on the foot paths, people spit on the footpaths and spit out chewing gum, and people walk barefoot on this, i wonder if they even wash their feet before the crawl into bed at night PHEW . Bare foot should be confined to the sandy beaches

A few years back I had a multiple prostrate biopsy done under general anaesthetic. Weeks later I was feeling a bit off and went to my local community hospital. They admitted me and started the usual series of blood tests. After this I went on a series of antibiotics. They received all but one result. These came back clear. They then received the last blood test result which showed sceptecemia (blood poisoning) and belted me with a new stronger round of antibiotics. When I was eventually released I was told I had golden staff in the blood and if I had left it much later it would have been very bad for me.

At least you're still with us Jim