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Sorry I haven't posted anything. Currently I have been ordered to stay home for 3 days by the doctor. See here is what happened... I had gotten a few rashes (see if you know me, this is normal since I have eczema). Well the rashes continued to get worst then a month later I went to urgent care to get it checked out. Well the doctor I saw just said that it may be an infection and she prescribed me a "cocktail" (a mixture of creams in this case). Well see the problem with getting a cocktail cream is that you have to go to a special pharmacy called a compound pharmacy. Well these type of pharmacies aren't that accessible to me since I live in the desert plus I am sure insurance wasn't going to cover it and it was going to be pricey. So I figured to just keep my rashes clean and put neosporin! Great idea right? Nope! Apparently since I had been using neosporin and cleaning my rash with an antiseptic for two months my body had gained a resistance. So I went to urgent care again on Monday after getting hives and random fevers.. and wala.. I had gotter a Staph Infection (infection of the skin). The doctor totally freaked me out. She said I had to stay home from Mon-Wed and to go back to her on Wed for a follow up. She said it was a MUST!!! She said that my follow up on Wed will determine if I need to be admitted to a hospital! GREAT! Yeah on top of this she practically prescribed me the entire pharmacy... 2 different creams, 1 antibiotic ointment, 1 oral antibiotic, 1 ibuprofen, and 1 vicoden (because it was painful, I was practically crying when you touch the rash)... if you added those all together that was 6 prescriptions! Not including the antibiotic shot I got on my tush (which hurt pretty bad)! I asked why I needed a shot and she said, "I do not think you understand the seriousness of your infection and its potential." Yeah that freaked me out among other things, let alone the fact that I had to endure all of this by myself (hubby had to go to work). All in all I am feeling better, PRAISE THE LORD! But we shall see tomorrow what the doctor says... the upside is that my rashes are looking better the downside is that it is still inflamed. :(

FYI: I am sparing you some details in regards to this infection... I am doing you a favor because it was pretty gnarly!