I was referred here by my PCP after have blood work done saying I had staph infection (or so I thought ). I had been dealing with a rash for sometime & not feeling so well , so I had every test ran .
I do not do well on antibiotics because of my gut issues, so was referred here to do antibiotic IV treatment for Staph. I was under the impression that it was super dangerous for staph to be in blood.. Thought I was going to go septic .. So was anxious to get started !
Seen the PA Stephanie, who I liked a lot . We went over my history & she informed me I would be getting a picc line & having home health set up (all very overwhelming ).
I then had to wait at a hospital ALL day & night to get the Picc line put in . Had to have my husband give me a hardcore antibiotic that made me feel awful ! And experienced a ton of discomfort from the Picc line itself . Absolutely miserable .. All to find out when I did my follow up with Dr.Shah, that that blood test I had done was a "titer test" and mine was only over by 2 points & that EVERY BODY has strep & staph titers!
There was NO actual staph culture even ever done !
Basically None of this was explained to me till after I went through all this treatment . My blood work remains the same , rash is still there. Now I'm stuck with a shit ton of medical bills , & went through that all for Nothing .
Be careful here , get second opinions !
On a good note, the nurse Christina was amazing & the fact that Stephanie the PA knew so much about MTHFR gene I have was refreshing , but come on people ..how do you look someone in the eye & put them through all this hell with no actual diagnosis.