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An Infection I Just Couldn’t Shake

What happens when even the most potent antibiotics don't work? A personal tale from the front lines of the fight against potentially deadly bacteria.

By Susanna Schrobsdorff | Newsweek Web Exclusive

Oct 23, 2007 | Updated: 5:47 p.m. ET Oct 23, 2007

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Posted By: curlykin22 @ 09/16/2008 12:54:21 PM

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Posted By: Nins @ 07/06/2008 11:49:50 PM

Comment: Did you know that if McCain is elected you will have to pay income tax on the value of the medical insurance that your employer gives you? Worse still, he is offering a tax break for people who pay their own insurance, BUT only $2,500 for individuals and $5,000 for families.

Let's say you have a family of four. Your insurance policy costs would be at least $1,500-2,500 per month under a self-pay plan, which cost more than employer group plans. So, you pay $18,000 -$30,000 per year for insurance, and you get to deduct only $5,000 of that. If you paid $25,000 for you insurance, you would be out of pocket $20,000 per year. This is FAR WORSE than the current system, where if you are self employed you can deduct 100% of you medical insurance costs.

So, if you're not self employed, you would stick with your Employer's plan. Employer plans for a family of four have a value of $900-$1,500 per month totaling 10,800-$18,000 per year. Surprise! On April 15th, you owe tax on all of that as INCOME to you. Say your bracket is 25%, and the value of your Employer medical plan is $14,000. You will OWE THE IRS an additional $3,500, and that's ON TOP of whatever monthly premium you already pay to your employer for your insurance.

Many analysts say that McCain's new rules would encourage employers to stop offering health benefits. If that happened, then far fewer Americans would be insured than are insured today, because what family of four can afford $18,000-$30,000 out of pocket per year for self-pay health insurance?

Furthermore, McCain's plan does not require insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions of people who self-pay their insurance. People under employer group plans have all of their pre-existing conditions covered. This is a hugely unfair aspect of the current system. Insurance companies can afford to cover the pre-existing conditions of the much larger pool of people with group insurance, but they refuse to pay the pre-existing conditions on the smaller pool of self-pay customers. They have been allowed to price gouge the self-pay customers, which is a form of market manipulation that should be illegal.

So let's say one of your kids had diabetes and you have high blood pressure, then your employer stops offering insurance. You now have to buy your own, but you and your child are INELIGIBLE due to pre-existing conditions. Oh, yeah, they will let you buy the insurance, but you can't use it for any pre-existing condition until you have paid on time every month for two years. And you know what happens at one year and 11 months? You get a letter saying your policy has been cancelled. I have many patients this has happened to.

McCain's plan SUCKS.

It does nothing to help middle class working Americans afford or obtain medical insurance. In fact, it makes the current system WORSE.
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http://www.northantset.co.uk/675/Man39s-MRSA-cure-claims.941888.jp

An elderly man who lived with a potentially lethal infection for two years claims he has cleared himself of the illness with colloidal silver.

David Sharman, 82, was infected with superbug MRSA in June, 2001, but believes determination and a regular dose of colloidal silver has helped him beat the infection.

He said: "There are so many terrible stories about MRSA in the news, but people seem to just talk about it and are not doing anything.

"I started to use colloidal silver and, after almost two years living with the infection and having regular check-ups, I was told I was clear."

Mr Sharman, of Exmouth Avenue, Corby, claims he contracted MRSA after a series of hip operations at Kettering General Hospital during 2001.

He said: "The wound on my hip became infected and the hospital informed me that I had MRSA before I was discharged for rehabilitation.

"I was determined to help myself and began using colloidal silver directly on my wound daily."

Colloidal silver is a liquid commonly used before the 1930s as an antibiotic treatment and is available at health food shops.
It works by attaching itself to a vital enzyme found in bacteria and disabling the offending pathogen, preventing it from reproducing.

Mr Sharman, who has three children Richard, 22, William, 20, and Sarah, 18, with wife Denise, said: "I could feel myself slowly getting better and the day I got the all-clear, just before Christmas 2003, was an extremely happy day for the whole family.

"Getting MRSA doesn't have to mean it is the end of the road and I really believe colloidal silver helped me."

Dr Richard Slack is a microbiologist based in Nottingham who works in infection control.

He said: "The silver is quite a good antibiotic used in burns units because it does kill MRSA and other bacteria that cause wound infections.

"There is absolutely a possibility that this has been beneficial to Mr Sharman."
Posted By: bob j @ 11/15/2007 11:29:38 PM

Comment: additional on colloidal silver , dr's were using this in 30's and 40's and were impressed with great cures and success with it ,but was hard to make and expensive then,and anti biotics came along and were cheap and quick ,and high proffit margins ,so they switched ,,and forgot the silver ,many dr's today dont even know what it is . now it is easily and quickly made for pennies a gallon,in minutes, and will deffinetly come back into use .one of these days ,is no other alternative, as the anti's become less and less effective..regardless of rumors and naysayers does not turn your skin grey,, f made improperly and taken in huge doses ,might ,but made correctly ,will not and is easy to make correctly.. it can be bought in health food stores ,but is rather expensive for what it is ,so much better to learn to make ones own..
Posted By: bob j @ 11/15/2007 11:16:14 PM

Comment: folks need to study up on colloidal silver ,,natures natural anti biotic,, bacteria and virus cannot escape it if it gets to them,kills all ,no building up resistance to it ,safe ,harmless to humans ,cant overdose on it ,is easy to make ones self .(not giving medical advice) ,just talking about what is commonly known, but is suppressed as would cut dr's and pharmacitical incomes dramaticly. do some research on google or similar search and decide for ones self .we did and make and take our own for about 15 years now ,and have knocked down colds and flu and other things many times as have friends who use and take ,so many
different uses for it .many use for pets also,is data on record,that it has cured massive doses of parvo ,or
distemper. we take regular small doses as a maintainence dose to keep healthy ,as do our pets ,,works for us.
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Posted By: Wellinformed @ 11/03/2007 9:29:22 PM

Comment: It seems that there is an actual risk of contracting MRSA by simply being in a high risk enviroment like a hospital or locker room. My friend, who works in a hospital refuses to touch doors handles with his hands and bought some device called the Handler that he uses to open doors etc. I use to make fun of him. I think I will ask him where he got it!
Posted By: jamjar @ 10/26/2007 4:58:19 PM

Comment: A big part of the problem is the overuse of antimicrobials in our homes. Instead of washing your hands with soap and water or using every day soap to wash your dishes everybody uses "stuff" with antimicrobials. Superbugs develop due to overuse of antibiotics and antimicrobials or from patients demanding and receiving antibiotics for viral illnesses. It's time we all get knowledgeable here and start acting in a responsible manner- you can't keep blaming hospitals for everything, you have to be responsible for your own health.
Posted By: stevecough @ 10/26/2007 4:35:19 PM

Comment: I developed contracted MRSA while being given an IV for dehydration after radiation treatments for cancer. The nurse used the porta-cath for my chemotherapy to give me the hydro. MRSA developed behind the porta-cath and got into my bloodstream. Over the next 11 days in the hospital, I lost the sight in my right eye; the hearing in my right ear; and needed surgery on my right shoulder for bone spurs that had developed. I am scared to death of this "superbug" and I don't believe for a second the health community is telling us how bad it is spreading across the U.S. outside of hospitals.
Posted By: Robert1947 @ 10/26/2007 6:58:20 AM

Comment: Vitamin D can be a powferful antibiotic that could defeat these superbugs. See http://www.vitamindcouncil.com/newsletter/2006-june-july.shtml