I have had an infected abscess under my right armpit for a week now. I can’t get the health services staff to take a culture to see why I keep getting this! It’s the third time for me. The last one was in October. Clearly, the antibiotic they give me isn’t doing the trick. Last night, the abscess ruptured and it has been leaking puss and blood all day. I went to to “pill line” just now and the nurse wouldn’t even give me bandaids. Then, when I got back to my unit late, the compound staff wouldn’t let me eat dinner.
Update: I couldn’t get them to do something for me, so I lanced the abscess myself with a razor blade! Finally, I got a culture. It turns out it’s MRSA (an antibiotic-resistant infection spread by factors such as crowding, contaminated items and surfaces, and lack of cleanliness).