Ringworm - YUCK!

[Biciclista]

Fungus is the least of your problems:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/op...ml?ref=opinion

The late Tom Anderson, the family doctor in this little farm town in northwestern Indiana, at first was puzzled, then frightened.

He began seeing strange rashes on his patients, starting more than a year ago. They began as innocuous bumps — “pimples from hell,” he called them — and quickly became lesions as big as saucers, fiery red and agonizing to touch.

They could be anywhere, but were most common on the face, armpits, knees and buttocks. Dr. Anderson took cultures and sent them off to a lab, which reported that they were MRSA, or staph infections that are resistant to antibiotics.

MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) sometimes arouses terrifying headlines as a “superbug” or “flesh-eating bacteria.”

[Mr. Bloom]

Diagnosis - Ringworm. Doc said that Lamisil and Lotrimin and so readily available that resistant fungal strains are evolving. So, stronger creams were ordered. He said give it two weeks.

ON A BRIGHTER NOTE:

I've never been OLDER than I am right now...BUT... I've NEVER been HEALTHIER than I am right now

For the first time - IN MY LIFE - my blood work was in range in ALL CATEGORIES!
Cholesterol: 183
Triglycerides: 137 (ALWAYS a problem for me in the past)
HDL: 37 (Until I started riding, this was usually below 20)
LDL: 119
LDL/HDL: 3.22 (10 years ago, it was 9.2!!!!)
VLDL: 27

CYCLING and Healthy Eating has been good for Mr. Silver!

Can you tell I'm excited?

Maybe I should go celebrate with Fried Chicken Fingers, French Fries, and a Large Milkshake

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Congratulations on your blood tests- that is really a wonderful life change for you! You have every right to be super proud of all your efforts.

[Running Mommy]

YAY!! Great blood work mr. silver! Good job.
As for the ringworm.... ehhh... yucccckkk... Bet silver and silver daughter are just LOVING that..oy

[sundial]

Excellent numbers! May you live to cycle 100 years.