MRSA swabs/ positive :( Started by: Charlotte

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  • Charlotte 31
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    Well, one of my MRSA swabs (the nasal one) has come back positive 🙁 I got a call from the nurse today to let me know. She said I will have to contact my GP to get treatment and then they’ll have to do three separate swabs again and if they don’t come back negative I can’t have my op. I’m absolutely gutted and afraid that it will have to be postponed which will be awful for me as I’ve already booked the time off work.

    I feel absolutely deflated now 🙁 has anyone else had them come back positive?

    Emma 35
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    Sorry to hear this 🙁 but there is good reason they do these tests first – if u went ahead with this it could be very dangerous to you and others in surgery that day – potentially fatal!!

    You can always have another op date down the line – health is more important.

    I know how frustrating it is – I was due my op last year when I suddenly was struck with freak illness – ended up on a drip in hospital and unable to move or eat for weeks. I was eventually diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and unfortunately even though I felt better by the time my postponed op date came around, my test results said I wasn’t 100% ready. So again for the third time I had to book a new date – I’m currently 7das post op finally!! Over a year later! And as I work in schools I can only have this op at the start of a long holiday break as can’t take time off during terms! So last summer turned into last Xmas hols, but had to wait til this summer to finally get it done.

    Be patient, get to ur gp, get well xxx

    chloe 3
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    I had MRSA previously with my pregnancies and it is defiantly worth finding out before hand and the treatment is really easy if it is just nasal you apply a cream in your nose for a week I think it is if you have it on your body you just use a special wash for a week. I had both lol

    Charlotte 31
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    Aw thank you ladies! That’s reassured me 🙂 my op isn’t intil 26th August so hopefully I should be ok! xx

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