[Aliantha]

Staff is a bacteria which lives on everyone's skin. It's amazing what disgusting little creatures we have living off us.

I had a staff infection in my foot last year. I thought it was just a normal cut which became slightly infected, but over the course of about six hours, my whole foot swelled so that I couldn't bend my ankle or any of my toes. I went to the local doc who jabbed me with penicillin and also something else (the name eludes me at the present moment). I had to go back for a jab every day for the next 4 days and take some nasty pills for a while too.

My sympthies are with you TS.