Killer Bug Outbreak + general illness

**Lou Girardin** · 29th April 2005, 08:25

Just another good reason to have medical insurance. Then you can avoid the disease incubators called public hospitals.

**Sniper** · 29th April 2005, 11:11

Killer bug???? I came all the way to wellington to catch a killer bug????/ Not good

**MrMelon** · 29th April 2005, 11:18

It's not an outbreak of a "killer bug" it's just a slightly more virulent strain of Staph. It's still just as succeptible to antibiotics as any other one though. Yay for the media blowing things way out of proportion again though....

**Ixion** · 29th April 2005, 12:50

Originally Posted by Gremlin

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I sorta have a health check every 3-4 months. When I go to donate blood (but not to the road). Other than that, I can't remember when last I visited a doctor. Probably about 3 years ago.

Our family doesn't even have a proper family doctor....

Yeah yeah. It's now just over 50 (five zero) years since I went to a doctor. (Actually, I was taken by my mother)

And bugs don't infect me, I infect the bugs.

**StoneChucker** · 29th April 2005, 18:44

Originally Posted by Hitcher

For feck's sake Stoney. You paranoid hypochondriac. It's only Staphlococcus aureus. Common as mud. As easy to kill as an Iraqi moped courier.

Hehehe

Hey, you're halfway right, and Mr Melon is 75% right. It is Staph. aureus BUT it's a new strain, NOT easily treatable with conventional methods.
I didn't say it was the fecking Ebola virus!

But, I went to work today and got told to piss off and go home (not quite those words). So I did, stopped off and hired a PS2 and Gran Turismo 4

I've been sick for almost a week now, and it's getting worse. HOWEVER, I have NOT gone to the doctor and I'm not taking anti-biotics.
I don't really care, just wish I could sleep (through the coughing).

**Krusti** · 29th April 2005, 21:41

Relative of mine is a nurse in unit and is one of the nurses off work due to testing pos for bug....no symtoms...was looking after one of the babies that died...not nice specially when they have young kids of own..told me felt sorry for parents of kids with all this publicity...was not transfered from staff so that was a relief for them. A pretty emotionally draining job nursing in these units

**Hitcher** · 29th April 2005, 22:15

Originally Posted by StoneChucker

I've been sick for almost a week now, and it's getting worse. HOWEVER, I have NOT gone to the doctor and I'm not taking anti-biotics.
I don't really care, just wish I could sleep (through the coughing).

Pimms. It worked for me...

**Velox** · 30th April 2005, 00:59

Originally Posted by MrMelon

It's not an outbreak of a "killer bug" it's just a slightly more virulent strain of Staph. It's still just as succeptible to antibiotics as any other one though. Yay for the media blowing things way out of proportion again though....

Yeah - I know the doctor they interview, and I'm pretty sure that his wife was saying that evidently it can be wiped out with penecilin and that it's all pretty much just media-hype (yet again)!

**StoneChucker** · 30th April 2005, 14:23

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Pimms. It worked for me...

On this mate, you're 100% correct

**Jeremy** · 30th April 2005, 14:46

Virulent != antibiotic resistant.

Unfortunately bacteria have a very nasty ability to reabsorb the DNA of others. So supposing that we had two bacteria, one with antibiotic resistance and the other one that is the virulent strain. If you kill the virulent strain bacteria via antibiotics then the antibiotic resistant one may pick up the DNA which makes the other virulent.

Now if you want to be really worried the bacteria which we spray our crops with (because we genetically modified it to secrete a crystal which kills certain types of insects [mainly catipillers]) closest relative is anthrax. And it'll will quite happily take up the bit which makes anthrax lethal to animals.

**Slipstream** · 30th April 2005, 18:16

So here I am being a "good" mum and taking care of my sick kids and then sick me and what FUCKING HAPPENS....I fail my FUCKING ECON TEST!!!!

FUCK FUCK FUCK.....

I remember when I didn't need to study, knew it, passed it...now I need to fricking study........balls to the walls arse up head down. Cannot fail a single nother thing

I HATE BEING SICK!!!!!!!!!!!!

I HATE HAVING TO STUDY ECONOMICS....grrrrrrrrrr

Not a happy vegemite at all

**ajturbo** · 14th May 2005, 10:58

Originally Posted by Gremlin

Our family doesn't even have a proper family doctor....

had to take luke to get a check up for his diving.... where the fuck was a doc???? it took me ages to go through the ph book to find a place.... they saked me what the name of his other doc was... who knows i said!!.. but they said .."what a bout his health records?"

"well" i said, you will have to start a new one..... they NOT impresed!!

i told them that mine are all at the physio

**Sensei** · 14th May 2005, 11:11

I remember when I didn't need to study, knew it, passed it...now I need to fricking study........balls to the walls arse up head down. Cannot fail a single nother thing

You are not play that Xbox all night again are you ???

Good luck with the Retest

**StoneChucker** · 14th May 2005, 17:58

I'm the same. I don't have a family doctor. I don't have any health records... The after hours doctor in Newtown (Welly) charges an EXTRA $10 if you don't write downt the name of your regular / family doctor. I mean, wtf! I'll just make one up next time.

It's funny, I follow the servicing requirements of my bike to the "T", wash / polish it regularly and otherwise take great care of it. Me? Haven't been to a doctor for AGES!

**Yokai** · 17th May 2005, 15:56

Ugh...

Currently NOT sick. But:

Mrs Y, I, and both Mrs Y's Mum and mrs Y's Mum's Boyfriend have had the 24 hour Vomit and Poop thing... It's HORRID when your shit is runnier than your pee.

Yokai