Me too.
I had a small sore spot on my arm for several days and I woke up one morning and my entire right arm was like Popeye. It was huge. I thought it was filling with some kind of liquid and was going to explode.
So I went to the emergency room. The lady at the desk asked what I needed. I said "I need to see a doctor." She replied, "about what?" I just showed her my arm. She took my info and told me to go sit down. With 15 other people in there, I figured I was looking at a half a day experience at best. In less than 2 minutes I was in a private room.
I said to myself, this is not good.
“You’re an idiot. This friggin’ thing damned near killed me in 2006.”
“Me too.”
Actually it was the hospital that almost killed you. Almost certainly the MRSA was acquired from contact with the staff. What they are saying in the media that MSRA is on everyone’s skin is BS. Staph aureus is normal flora on the skin, but those strains are not very antibiotic resistant. These strains are a problem, not a crisis.
It's a little reassuring to have to wait a bit sometimes. However, the last time I was in the ER, I was rather cranky about the fact that they were not impressed by the golf tee protruding from my heel.
I was pretty impressed by it.