Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com by opus.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.37.109.8/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1) id AA15847; Tue, 23 Aug 1994 11:25:09 -0700 Return-Path: <justin@mcm.com-DeleteThis> Received: from uucp2-b.netcom.com by hplms26.hpl.hp.com with SMTP (1.36.108.4/15.5+ECS 3.3+HPL1.1S) id AA19330; Tue, 23 Aug 1994 11:25:15 -0700 Received: from localhost by netcomsv.netcom.com with UUCP (8.6.4/SMI-4.1) id LAA17723; Tue, 23 Aug 1994 11:06:49 -0700 Received: from crenshaw.mcm.com by guava.mcm.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA02156; Tue, 23 Aug 94 10:34:38 PDT Received: from justinpc.mcm.com by crenshaw.mcm.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA17446; Tue, 23 Aug 94 10:34:37 PDT X-Host-Id: crenshaw From: justin@mcm.com-DeleteThis (Justin Gordon) To: wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis Subject: Possible infection danger in the bay Date: Tue, 23 Aug 94 10:34:35 PDT Message-Id: <9408231734.23822C@justinpc.mcm.com-DeleteThis> X-Mailer: SelectMAIL 1.2
The previous weekend, a sliver of my fingernail broke and I pulled it off,
causing a little bleeding. It seemed like nothing and I didn't think
much of it. Later last week, it started to hurt and swell up. The pain and
swelling got so bad, that I went to see a doctor.
He diagnosed me with having a soft tissue bacterial infection in my finger.
I suspect that I got it from the water at Crissy Field. He prescribed me
som antibiotics (and pain killers) and my finger is slowly getting better.
If I had ignored the pain and not seen the doctor, the situation could have
gotten bad enough that I would have lost the tip of my finger.
So I am telling this story for two reasons. Be careful if you get a cut and
go in the water, and if suspect an infection, don't hesitate to see a doctor
to get some antibiotics.
Has anybody else had any experiences like this?
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Justin Gordon
email: justin@mcm.com-DeleteThis
phone: 415.267.1287
Mellon Capital Management
595 Market Street, #3000
San Francisco, CA 94105
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