Staph and RNY?

ok gang.....i'm in some serious pain and i haven't been to the hospital yet.  i woke up this morning and my right leg that i have been having so many problems with was hurting as if I had slept all night on it.  I just chalked it up to that......as my day wore on, the pain kept getting worse and worse.  right after lunch I started getting a fever and I went to the bathroom to see if i could see anything on my leg.  OMG....well my legs are naturally swollen (from the venus stasis) but this time, from the calf muscle down to my heel was all RED and VERY tender tot he touch...like it hurt to touch a newly growing hair on my leg.  I have been thinking the worse.  it feels like someone took a sledgehammer to my leg and swung as hard as they could.  for the rest of the time I was at work, I put my leg up and then the fever took hold and I decided to just come home.  when i brought my leg down i just about screamed in pain because the blood was coming back to it and it was throbbing something fierce.

I'm really hoping it's not a staph infection (I've never had one before) but I can't see any bites or anything.  If it does turn out to be staph....I'm just wondering about the antibiotics they will put me on....are they wls "friendly"?

 I wonder if it is cellulitis.

Please contact your health care provider now!

jude

Judex is right.  It does sound like Cellulitis.  I've had it before in both of my legs and it's pretty awful. 

Call and get to your doctor as soon as possible, please.  I'll send good thoughts your way, Aaron!

Brent... 

 Could also be blood clot...very common in the legs

ok now Aaron.............GET TO A DR NOW!!!!!!  XOXO

 I agree completely!  It's the weekend and you likely won't be able to see your doctor really soon, so don't risk it!  Please please take care of yourself, okay?

Aaron-
That sounds serious! Please let us know how you are doing.

sending you quick healing energy.
D

So you have been to the doctor and they said........  ?

I'm going first thing in the morning......everything was closed by the time i got home.  i didn't wanna go the expense of the ER........i can handle it until tomorrow........I'll send dustin a text message telling him if I get the grand suite int he hospital or I'm home resting.

I get the whole expense thing, believe me....but a bill is not more important than your life.
That totally sounds like a blood clot. Not something that should wait IMHO

Hope you are doing ok