MRSA and immunosuppressants...

[CountessDracula]

Any docs on mumsnet who can help me with this?

My stepfather had a massive stroke at Easter and has been in hospital ever since, left a couple of weeks ago to go into a nursing home. He has MRSA in his throat and at the site of a feeding tube.

I take immunosuppressants (azathioprine 150mg a day) for Crohn's and I have been told that I can't go and see him. Is this right? I can't bear the thought of him wondering why I haven't been (I did go before I knew it was a problem - so could I have caught it anyway and if so what ar the symptoms?)

They don't want to tell him he has it as he is a terrible worrier. So i can't go in in a mask or anything

Ah fantastic I have never spoken to anyone who has actually had it before!

Will CAT JanH or feel free to CAT me direct

CD xx

CD, have had email from Bunglie, please CAT me ASAP and I will send you her address. (She has dozens of addresses, uses different ones for different things, I'm not quite sure what she's up to...)

Sorry to hear about all these complications, I remember hearing about your stepdad's stroke but hadn't realised he was doing so well, I'm glad he is out of hosp. Didn't know about you having Crohn's either, it sounds a complete PITA.

shitdamn CD have you seen private eye this week about this? apparently, in eastern europe they have total cure for mrsa...to do with phages...seriously, people that would have lost foot/leg being healed in georgia of all places...

(and why don't we have the threatment, coz there's no money in it for the drugs companies argh).

this has something on it

and here quite astonishing really