Okay, so warning, this is a little gross.
4wks ago when I wacked my head, about 3 days after i had a blocked duct
in my armpit (from weaning). I had to get it drained. It was really
disgusting!!! Went on antibiotics, and it was all cleared up.
Well Thursday these 4 bumps pop up in my armpit (same one), yesterday
there was just 2, and today they are red, painful, and a little bigger.
Part of me wants to run up to the urgent care (they are so cool up
there...we went when my 2-yr old broke her collarbone a few months ago,
and I had to get a finger infection drained about 2 months ago) and get
these suckers drained.
BUT, part of me wants to leave them put until Tuesday morning when I
see the RD. I'm wondering if these have ANYTHING to do with whats wrong
with me. IT seems like swollen lymph nodes maybe? I have no idea. All I
know is that since my joint pain started I've had some WIERD thing
happen in my body!!! (strange infections and stuff)
What do y'all think?? DH said I should run up to the urgent care, but
then he also wants the RD to see them. So, he told me to get on here
and see what y'all think.
(he loves you guys.....I think he likes it because I don't whine as
much to him anymore, and I also feel more informed after reading posts
here, and just knowing there are other people out there....I feel more
able to "push" for what I want now too. SO, a HUGE thankyou to everyone
here. *hugs*)
I vote for grossing out your Rheumy for the same reasons you stated. If they get a lot worse, then you can do the Urgent Care thing.
Well, I would gross out your rhuemy. With everything going on he needs to see your arm pit.
Weird things are going to happen to and with your body if you have an immune system that is haywire. You will get used to it after a while lol. My doc always says to me...gotta love your crazy immune system. I tell him...yeah...it is paying for your kids college education lol.
haha....Okay then. Grossing out the rheumy it is!!! (unless it gets REALLY bad between now and then.)Well if you're gonna take a pic anyway...........you KNOW we all wanna see it.
We're some gross/weird folk, aren't we?
MsMidge,
Are they VERY painful? They could be a type of infection called MRSA, especially if you have had it before and had it drained. MRSA is methycillin resistant staph aureus. It's a staph infection that is resistent to a lot of antibiotics. If you have to have these drained also, get him to culture. TELL HIM TO CULTURE IT! MRSA is very contagious. I know all this because my son, me and my husband all had this. A key s/s is very painful! They can give you an antibiotic, but you might have to see an infectious disease specialist. We had to do alot to get rid of it. Bad thing is that you can get it from someone if they touch a shopping cart at freak mart. Always carry hand sanitizer!! PM me if you want to know more, it was a long story!
Trish
Trish, please share your story with all of us. The more info we have, the better off we are as none of us needs another thing to deal with. Geez!Hopefully that is what it was. The biggest thing with MRSA is that it came up like a little bump, but it is very painful. Then it got very big. My son had one on his hip and I swear it looked like a spider bite. That's what I thought it was. It hurt very bad. He could hardly move his leg. It popped on its own. This is gross but that is the nastiest crap I have ever seen come out of a wound. Anyway, it took a long time to heal, but it did. Then in 2-3 weeks, another one came back, except it was on his thigh. I think totally he had 5 that came up. Well, my husband had a bump that came up on his shin. In 2 days it was so painful he could barely stand it. So I went with him to the Dr. and told him to culture it. He did and it was MRSA. The Dr had to cut it open to drain it. He had another one come up under his arm in his armpit. He had to get that one drained also. Well, last April we went to Tuscon to see my hubby's brother. I had a crack in my toilet seat at home. If you can believe this it made a little place on my bottom. We left for Tuscon on saturday and by sunday I had to go to the emergency room. That place on my bottom was so painful I couldn't even sit down. Well I told the MD the story and he had to drain it and he cultured it and it was MRSA. Took an antibiotic and I had an allergic reaction to it. It was crazy. When we got home our PCP sent my husband and me to an infectious disease MD. MRSA is primarily spread through the nasal passages. We had to put bactroban (which is an antibiotic ointment) on a q-tip and swab our noses every day for 2 weeks, then stop for two weeks and so on. We had to wash in hibiclens for a whole season (the Summer). Finally it must have gone away because none of us ever got it again. Sick people can acquire MRSA in the hospital, but it is community acquired also. All someone has to do is touch something like the shopping cart and someone comes behind them and you can get it that easily. Don't pick your nose either! Freak mart has antibacterial wipes so you can wipe the handle down, which is a good idea. Always, always wash your hands, that is the biggest thing.
I hope that is not what you have, but anytime I hear of anyone having a bump like that and it is painful I always think MRSA. Let me know MsMidge.
Trish
Thanks for explaining this Trish.