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Listeria from Blue Bell

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  • Thatgrimguy
    Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,738
    edited October 2016
    A few days on Cipro and the hand is 1000% better. Still a little tender but definitely clearing up.   After spending the last 3 years in a lawsuit the last freaking thing I want to deal with right now is more lawyers. I will, at a minimum, report it though.
    XL, Small, Mini & Mini Max Green Egg, Shirley Fab Trailer, 6 gal and 2.5 gal Cajun Fryers, BlueStar 60" Range, 48" Lonestar Grillz Santa Maria, Alto Shaam 1200s, Gozney Dome, Gateway 55g Drum
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  • Thatgrimguy
    Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,738
    I think I never shook the listeria at first because I was still eating the darn ice cream on my first round of anti-biotics. We didn't know till my last day of the first round (which was 2 different types of anti-biotics_
    XL, Small, Mini & Mini Max Green Egg, Shirley Fab Trailer, 6 gal and 2.5 gal Cajun Fryers, BlueStar 60" Range, 48" Lonestar Grillz Santa Maria, Alto Shaam 1200s, Gozney Dome, Gateway 55g Drum
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  • Thatgrimguy
    Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,738
    Thanks for the concern everyone. Love this community!
    XL, Small, Mini & Mini Max Green Egg, Shirley Fab Trailer, 6 gal and 2.5 gal Cajun Fryers, BlueStar 60" Range, 48" Lonestar Grillz Santa Maria, Alto Shaam 1200s, Gozney Dome, Gateway 55g Drum
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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Damn Scott, that sounds terrible man!  Very happy to hear you're getting better!
    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,173
    Dang.....the thing you hear about but seldom know people. Man I hope you you continue your recovery. I would deffinatelly report it.
    Ellijay GA with a Medium & MiniMax

    Well, I married me a wife, she's been trouble all my life,
    Run me out in the cold rain and snow
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  • JohnnyTarheel
    JohnnyTarheel Posts: 6,629
    Wow... Hope you recover soon... Those are tough symptoms your describing..
    Charlotte, NC - Large BGE 2014, Maverick ET 733, Thermopen, Nest, Platesetter, Woo2 and Extender w/Grid, Kick Ash Basket, Pizza Stone, SS Smokeware Cap, Blackstone 36"
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  • StillH2OEgger
    StillH2OEgger Posts: 3,896
    Glad you're feeling better. That does not sound like fun. More importantly, hope you're able to still enjoy (different brand) ice cream after this.
    Stillwater, MN
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,715
    Tough road for sure.  At least you are on the upswing.  Sounds like you need to fire up the SF just for some therapy.
    I realize you have had your fill of lawyers, but you need to pursue this just to make sure BB is held accountable if nothing else.
    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • blind99
    blind99 Posts: 4,974
    Dang, that's awful!  Glad to hear you are on the mend. 
    Chicago, IL - Large and Small BGE - Weber Gasser and Kettle
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  • BUFFALOMOOSE
    BUFFALOMOOSE Posts: 383
    Missed you at brisket camp but glad to hear you are feeling better. 
    South Buffalo, New York
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  • nolabrew
    nolabrew Posts: 246
    Dang man, that's awful.  I'm glad to hear you're feeling better and I hope they give you a life time supply of some other type of icecream when you report it.
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  • DaveRichardson
    DaveRichardson Posts: 2,324

    That SUCKS!  I'll bet that the hand and other joints was related to the listeria.  Once it gets into your system, it will hand out in some places that are harder for the antibiotics to reach - joints.  That's one of the reasons we will regularly go into a joint that we think is infected, remove hardware, flush with GALLONS and GALLONS of antibiotic laced saline, put in new parts, and have people on IV antibiotics for weeks.... 

    Please take those meds like its a religion!  Its the best thing!

    LBGE since 2014

    Griffin, GA 

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  • DuckDogDr
    DuckDogDr Posts: 1,549
    Sorry you've been sick... But if you're having pain in your joints I would definitely request a tick titer panel

    listeria shouldn't cause joint pain... Could be coincidence 
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
    Dang Scott, I'm sorry to hear this.  Glad you're feeling a little better.  Was it only you?  Hopefully your family wasn't harmed.  

    I saw the post and thought it was old. I didn't know Blue Bell had another outbreak.  That's crazy!  I would think this second bout would be the death of them.  Terrible.  

    Get better man!  I'll say a prayer for you.  
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  • Thatgrimguy
    Thatgrimguy Posts: 4,738
    DuckDogDr said:
    Sorry you've been sick... But if you're having pain in your joints I would definitely request a tick titer panel

    listeria shouldn't cause joint pain... Could be coincidence 
    It wasn't joint pain per say. But a bacterial infection that found it's way into my joint. My Dr. said basically the exact thing that @DaveRichardson just said above. That the infection gets it's way into hard to reach areas sometimes and it will take time to get reestablished and flare back up. Part of what makes listeria such a pain.
    XL, Small, Mini & Mini Max Green Egg, Shirley Fab Trailer, 6 gal and 2.5 gal Cajun Fryers, BlueStar 60" Range, 48" Lonestar Grillz Santa Maria, Alto Shaam 1200s, Gozney Dome, Gateway 55g Drum
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  • Hotch
    Hotch Posts: 3,564
    edited October 2016
    Brother Grim hope you get well soon.
    Large BGE, MiniMAX BGE, 2 Mini BGE's, R&V Fryer, 36" Blackstone Griddle, Camp Chef Dual Burner 40K BTU Stove
    BGE Chiminea
    Prosper, TX
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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,387
    Sorry to hear your down and you were missed at the Brisket Camp.  Good luck getting on the mend quickly.  
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    Tampa Bay, FL
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  • tgs2401
    tgs2401 Posts: 424
    I hope you feel better soon. Very scary..
    One large BGE in Louisville, KY.
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  • Eggscuses
    Eggscuses Posts: 406
    Hope you have speedy recovery. 
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  • piney
    piney Posts: 1,478
    Damn Scott, I noticed you were away for a while I just thought you were cooking or vacationing. I hope all goes well!! See you at Butt Blast 2 in NC!
    Lenoir, N.C.
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