Fast forward to today. After Kona, I took a great couple of days of R&R on Oahu with Dave and Joanna. We did a great hike through Manoa Falls and a couple trips to the Ocean. I came back and ran a little XC race and I thought everything was great. Well, I was still tired from Kona but having fun. (Picture of Joanna and Me at an overlook on the Manoa Falls Trail)
Later that day, I say a little bump on my leg I thought was an ingrown hair. By Sun, it doubled in size and I had another one on my right quad. Fortunately, I had a doctor’s appointment on Mon. Originally, I had hoped for just a flu shot and my asthma medication but now I had something more interesting.
My doctor took a sample of the puss for cultures and gave me some antibiotics to take care of it. Gradually, over the next few days they stopped growing and started to shrink. Thank God the drugs are working.
On Sat, I ran the another race for BSK and the Running Company. The pumpkin patch 4 miler. It started great but on the second lap my legs exploded and I lost over a minute to the group I was running with. On the bright side, I had a great time with the BSK crew but wow, ironman is taking it’s toll on me.
Later that day, I open my mail and got the test results from my culture. The results are………..Heavy Staph, Methicillin resistant. Yes, that’s right boys and girls I have successfully caught two MRSA infections in less than 4 years. I think this is a record that no one wants to match. Fortunately, they caught this one early and my doctor chose one of the few antibiotics that worked against this strain. Lucky me!
I don’t think this is helping my recovery. I thought I got all my bad luck out for the year with my crash in July. I guess I had a few more sins to pay for this year. Oh well, I am getting better and no hospital stay this time.
My doctor took a sample of the puss for cultures and gave me some antibiotics to take care of it. Gradually, over the next few days they stopped growing and started to shrink. Thank God the drugs are working.
On Sat, I ran the another race for BSK and the Running Company. The pumpkin patch 4 miler. It started great but on the second lap my legs exploded and I lost over a minute to the group I was running with. On the bright side, I had a great time with the BSK crew but wow, ironman is taking it’s toll on me.
Later that day, I open my mail and got the test results from my culture. The results are………..Heavy Staph, Methicillin resistant. Yes, that’s right boys and girls I have successfully caught two MRSA infections in less than 4 years. I think this is a record that no one wants to match. Fortunately, they caught this one early and my doctor chose one of the few antibiotics that worked against this strain. Lucky me!
I don’t think this is helping my recovery. I thought I got all my bad luck out for the year with my crash in July. I guess I had a few more sins to pay for this year. Oh well, I am getting better and no hospital stay this time.
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