Staph after Back Surgery??? Micro-Diskectomy

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I was wanting to see if anyone has experienced a staph infection not MRSA kind after back surgery?
I have been treating for numerous months on different IV antibiotics at home. Blood work has been OK CRP elevated Sed Rate the same WBC ok. Pain in legs, buttocks calf & nurab in foot they say it will just take time. If I hear that or what your pain level nuraber I think I will screeeeeam! THis has gotten really old. Sitting is a bear did some PT had little sucess, still cant walk much causes more pain in lower back. Always med headed tired no energy cant sleep dizzy. Tired of taking meRAB pain, muscle relaxer, anti-imflams. Just plain tired. Taking Dapto for staph.
Anyone else experiencing this? What are the long terms effects of being on so many different IV Antibiotics? Immune system problems? Nerve pain problems?
 
Despite their best efforts to prevent it, infections will occur in approximately 1% of all back surgery cases. I also was the unlucky recipient of an infections from klebsiella after having a discectomy/laminectomy surgery. I had to have another surgery to clean out a massive hematoma that was draining badly out my incision and was caused by my first surgery. I was put on Cipro (nasty stuff!!!) for the infection and it cleared up after one round of antibiotics thank goodness.

Long-term use of strong antibiotics is really hard on your body, but in your case also very necessary to get rid of the infection. All of the good bacteria are being killed along with the bad, and this especially affects your colon health. If you haven't already, it would be a good idea to visit a health-fooRAB store who has a very knowledgeable owner/manager who can help you take supplements/vitamins/probiotics to help your body recover from this.

Staph, even the non-MRSA type, can be very resilient and it can take a while to kill it all off. I wish you the best that your ordeal gets over soon, and that you don't have long-term effects from it!
 
Where (location in back) and when was your surgery? Is this your first back surgery at this area?
 
This was in my low back and happened after my first surgery. I'm up to 5 surgeries now and likely facing another one soon. Ugggh!
 
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