Thanks to Wikipedia, I thought I'd give you some information:
Cellulitis is an inflammation of the connective tissue underlying the skin, that can be caused by a bacterial infection. Cellulitis can be caused by normal skin flora or by exogenous bacteria, and often occurs where the skin has previously been broken: cracks in the skin, cuts, blisters, burns, insect bites, surgical wounds, or sites of intravenous catheter insertion. The mainstay of therapy remains treatment with appropriate antibiotics. Skin on the face or lower legs is most commonly affected by this infection, though cellulitis can occur on any part of the body. Cellulitis may be superficial affecting only the surface of the skin but cellulitis may also affect the tissues underlying the skin and can spread to the lymph nodes and bloodstream.
And that's what I have. Cellulitis. I was in the hospital from 3 a.m. Tuesday until almost 7 p.m. Thursday. It sucks that something so simple as a small infection could cause this. I hate being sick (not that I think anyone really likes it!) and this is just another sickness I have to deal with. I'm really glad to know it's not contagious.
I tell you, it's fucking always something. It's like I'm always sick. This cellulitis shit has got to go. I'm tired of hospitals and doctors and pills.
The only good thing about finding out I have cellulitis is knowing I'm not dying. I mean, in a sense, we're all dying... but when I realized I needed to go to the E.R. at 2 in the morning Tuesday, I thought the end was near and I was so scared. Before I knew what was wrong, my imagination was filling in the blanks and running away from me that I was seriously freaked.
