Why don't people...

[InfalliblexLove]

Ever listen to me?
Okay, so, this girl from my school (friend's sister) has MRSA. We we're supposed to go to dinner for my best friend's birthday, right? Well we invited this girl's sister, let's call her Jessica, to go with us. Then we found out her sister has MRSA (it can kill you if you don't get treatment). So, all of our parents said if she goes, we can't. So the birthday girl told her that and she got really defensive (I understand why, though. I'd be mad if I was pretty much uninvited.). We were supposed to go to Olive Garden about 2 days later, and guess where they went the next day? Olive Garden of course. So my mom found out and made us change restaurants. We ended up going to Max & Erma's and had a good time anyway. Then I think later that day, "Jessica" went to my friend's, let's say Andrew, house after we told her not to because she's most likely carrying the disease. She goes anyway. She gets "Andrew" infected. We're all super mad. And she's playing dumb and trying to blame it on my other friend who may have it. Which they haven't even hung out.
People annoy me so much.
/vent

 

[JulielovesDisney]

I love how ignorant people are...

 

[Padme]

Ok, I don't really belong on the teen board, since I am 40 but your post caught my eye for some reason and I have to respond.

Please, please, please!! will you and your friends (and parents) take the time to actually read about MRSA and see that it isn't as horrible as you are making it out to be. You are all panicking for no good reason and its sad for your "friends" to be ostracized the way they are just because of an infection they probably had little to do with getting.

Yes, caution is wise in any case dealing with a contagious disease, but you are all going overboard.

I have a friend who had MRSA. He kept it clean, bandaged and made sure he took his medication and followed up with his doctor. I had plenty of contact with him but made sure never to have contact with his infected area. We work together, go to the gym together, i touch things he touches and NEVER had a problem. He is better now and hopes to continue to be.

As with any illness, frequent hand washing is excellent and just taking general precautions not to get close to or touch any infected areas.

For poor "Andrew" to now be isolated just because he was visited by someone with MRSA is just sad and ignorant. Your whole post and attitude reminds me of when AIDS first started making the news and people were afraid to be in the same room with anyone who had it, let alone touch them. I remember that hysteria well and it was sad and ugly.

Please don't let ignorance ruin friendships or destroy someone's life. MRSA can be dangerous, but if the person knows they have it, chances are good they are treating it and doing everything in their power not to spread it further- on themselves or to anyone else. They need support of friends not to be treated like outcasts.

Educate yourself. Please.

 

[life of the party]

aww i feel bad for "jessica"
i man her sister has the disease, not her, & she still cant do anything.
she got uninvited from dinner & when she tried to hang out with a friend, he got infected.

 

[InfalliblexLove]

OK, I don't really belong on the teen board, since I am 40 but your post caught my eye for some reason and I have to respond.

Please, please, please!! will you and your friends (and parents) take the time to actually read about MRSA and see that it isn't as horrible as you are making it out to be. You are all panicking for no good reason and its sad for your "friends" to be ostracized the way they are just because of an infection they probably had little to do with getting.

Yes, caution is wise in any case dealing with a contagious disease, but you are all going overboard.

I have a friend who had MRSA. He kept it clean, bandaged and made sure he took his medication and followed up with his doctor. I had plenty of contact with him but made sure never to have contact with his infected area. We work together, go to the gym together, i touch things he touches and NEVER had a problem. He is better now and hopes to continue to be.

As with any illness, frequent hand washing is excellent and just taking general precautions not to get close to or touch any infected areas.

For poor "Andrew" to now be isolated just because he was visited by someone with MRSA is just sad and ignorant. Your whole post and attitude reminds me of when AIDS first started making the news and people were afraid to be in the same room with anyone who had it, let alone touch them. I remember that hysteria well and it was sad and ugly.

Please don't let ignorance ruin friendships or destroy some one's life. MRSA can be dangerous, but if the person knows they have it, chances are good they are treating it and doing everything in their power not to spread it further- on themselves or to anyone else. They need support of friends not to be treated like outcasts.

Educate yourself. Please.

Thank you for your post.
I have researched it. Extensively. Both my mother and I have, actually. You see, this girl who has it, got it in July and didn't do anything about it. None of us knew about it until recently, and she just got on antibiotics. Her whole family has been exposed and they still decided to not care whether or not they infected others. It was "Jessica" who infected him any way. Not the other girl.
I honestly believe that they don't know how it spreads or what it does/can do.
So thank you for taking the time to post on my board and tell me to educate myself, when, in fact, I already have.
P.S.- It wasn't just our parents. It was several children who could no longer hang out with them for the time being, until the infection has gone down some.


Life of the party- I, too, feel bad for her. I mean, she didn't ask for her sister to get it. But, it wasn't my choice to uninvite her... I wanted her to go, but my mom said no. I told her we could hang out in a few weeks though, after this whole thing has blown over.

JulielovesDisney - Was that directed at me, or them?

 

[InfalliblexLove]

Double post. My bad...

 

[BabyPiglet]

I can't believe you're treating Jessica like that.

 

[JulielovesDisney]

Thank you for your post.
I have researched it. Extensively. Both my mother and I have, actually. You see, this girl who has it, got it in July and didn't do anything about it. None of us knew about it until recently, and she just got on antibiotics. Her whole family has been exposed and they still decided to not care whether or not they infected others. It was "Jessica" who infected him any way. Not the other girl.
I honestly believe that they don't know how it spreads or what it does/can do.
So thank you for taking the time to post on my board and tell me to educate myself, when, in fact, I already have.
P.S.- It wasn't just our parents. It was several children who could no longer hang out with them for the time being, until the infection has gone down some.


Life of the party- I, too, feel bad for her. I mean, she didn't ask for her sister to get it. But, it wasn't my choice to uninvite her... I wanted her to go, but my mom said no. I told her we could hang out in a few weeks though, after this whole thing has blown over.

JulielovesDisney - Was that directed at me, or them?

Them for exposing other people to MRSA.

 

[InfalliblexLove]

Them for exposing other people to MRSA.

Thank you! Jeez someone who gets it. It's not a laughing matter. They should be at least a little bit more cautious. I'm not asking them to lock themselves up in their rooms for weeks. Just be more careful as to what you are doing and where you are going. Please

BabyPiglet - Again. It was not my choice. After a while she was more understanding and we agreed to go out lunch or dinner at a later date.

 

[JulielovesDisney]

Thank you! Jeez someone who gets it. It's not a laughing matter. They should be at least a little bit more cautious. I'm not asking them to lock themselves up in their rooms for weeks. Just be more careful as to what you are doing and where you are going. Please

BabyPiglet - Again. It was not my choice. After a while she was more understanding and we agreed to go out lunch or dinner at a later date.

My grandfather had MRSA. He got it from a hospital because they were really careless about it. It's horrible, and people need to be aware of spreading it when they have it.

I feel bad for your friend, but they all need to stay away from other people as much as possible until they are sure that it's under control.

 

[Sparx]

i have to agree with jenny.

you don't live with these people, you don't know what kind of medical treatment the sister is getting, and you're being incredibly ignorant, and rude to jessica. you don't know that jessica infected andrew. mrsa isn't that dangerous if its taken care of.

 

[InfalliblexLove]

My grandfather had MRSA. He got it from a hospital because they were really careless about it. It's horrible, and people need to be aware of spreading it when they have it.

I feel bad for your friend, but they all need to stay away from other people as much as possible until they are sure that it's under control.

It's also very hard to get rid of because it's resistant to a lot of antibiotics.

 

[InfalliblexLove]

i have to agree with jenny.

you don't live with these people, you don't know what kind of medical treatment the sister is getting, and you're being incredibly ignorant, and rude to jessica. you don't know that jessica infected andrew. mrsa isn't that dangerous if its taken care of.

Excuse me. But "Jessica" and I have been friends for quite some time, thank you. I do know the treatment she is getting. And, yes, she did. I would appreciate it if you would keep your ignorant & rude comments to yourself.
Have a nice day.

 

[Sparx]

Excuse me. But "Jessica" and I have been friends for quite some time, thank you. I do know the treatment she is getting. And, yes, she did. I would appreciate it if you would keep your ignorant & rude comments to yourself.
Have a nice day.

yeah. you must be a great friend. you exiled her from your group, and then when she found ONE person to hang out with her, you get mad at her for "making him sick" and you can't even prove that it was her fault.

with friends like you, she doesn't need enemies.

 

[InfalliblexLove]

yeah. you must be a great friend. you exiled her from your group, and then when she found ONE person to hang out with her, you get mad at her for "making him sick" and you can't even prove that it was her fault.

with friends like you, she doesn't need enemies.

Mmm yeah. I'm sure you're perfect, too. And you're such a great reader too! Wow. Your mother must be so proud. Well. You can go on living your life now. Because you totally won. I love how you think you know my life. Love it. It's so great. I mean, it's like we grew up together. Wait. You never grew up.
Yes. I could go all day with this.

 

[Babyjustrun]

Excuse me. But "Jessica" and I have been friends for quite some time, thank you. I do know the treatment she is getting. And, yes, she did. I would appreciate it if you would keep your ignorant & rude comments to yourself.
Have a nice day.

Y'know, Shelby ain't being rude at all.
You're just trying to cover up the fact that what you did was absolutely unnecessary

 

[Pecobill]

yeah. you must be a great friend. you exiled her from your group, and then when she found ONE person to hang out with her, you get mad at her for "making him sick" and you can't even prove that it was her fault.

with friends like you, she doesn't need enemies.

Whenever me or one of my friends gets sick with something that can be dangerous we don't hang out with the person till they get over it.That is how it should be.Jessica just didnt have any respect for her friends health so lets put the blame where it belongs on Jessica.

 

[JulielovesDisney]

yeah. you must be a great friend. you exiled her from your group, and then when she found ONE person to hang out with her, you get mad at her for "making him sick" and you can't even prove that it was her fault.

with friends like you, she doesn't need enemies.

I'm not trying to jump in this..but if she was diagnosed with MRSA..then he was diagnosed with MRSA after hanging out with her, chances are he got it from her.

 

[AliceinHalloweentown]

If I was in your shoes I'd be supporting her. If they weren't taking care of the MRSA, I'd keep it at a slight distance maybe, but definitely not exiling her.

Anywho..
I can see this thread's getting heated up (really the snarky responses aren't necessary), so I'm going to skedaddle out of here.

 

[Pecobill]

I'm not trying to jump in this..but if she was diagnosed with MRSA..then he was diagnosed with MRSA after hanging out with her, chances are he got it from her.

Makes sense to me.