WHarris1 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 On a 24 hour antibiotic. Could be serious. Not sure what's up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHarris1 Posted May 19, 2005 Author Share Posted May 19, 2005 Sounds like staff infection, career/life threatening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Wow, keep us updated Willie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHarris1 Posted May 19, 2005 Author Share Posted May 19, 2005 I'll see what I can do as they just had 1 breaking report on the ESPN Wednesday night game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonkeyKongerko Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Stark has a blurb on ESPN.com saying he is totally immobilized. Really makes you put all the mistrust and anger aside for a second and puts things into perspective. Get well soon Barry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kogs35 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 barry get better and then please tell espn to f*** off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxin' Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 What's going on?? Life-threatening?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxin' Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Link Sounds like he has been hiding this from the media for two weeks now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benchwarmerjim Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Staph infection is getting real bad these days. Sports Illustrated had an article about it a few months back. The Staph is becoming more resistant to antibiotics scary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddy Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 the baseball gods are telling us something... but also get well soon - i dont like you but i dont want you to die either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 OK, so I have a question. Theoretically, would long periods of steroids reduce the bodies ability to fight infections? I know that the kidneys and liver can be taxed by steroids, and often times ex-users suffer shutdowns of those organs, right? And the ability to fight off this stuff is a function of the kidneys and liver somewhat, right? Sorry if I am off here, but my biology knowledge is lacking here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 19, 2005 -> 07:08 AM) OK, so I have a question. Theoretically, would long periods of steroids reduce the bodies ability to fight infections? I know that the kidneys and liver can be taxed by steroids, and often times ex-users suffer shutdowns of those organs, right? And the ability to fight off this stuff is a function of the kidneys and liver somewhat, right? Sorry if I am off here, but my biology knowledge is lacking here... Hm, isn't your wife a bio teacher? I bet she would know....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ May 19, 2005 -> 09:40 AM) Hm, isn't your wife a bio teacher? I bet she would know....... Yeah, but she is at work right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosMediasBlancas Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 So, both Bonds and Sammy have staff infections right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soxy Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 19, 2005 -> 08:43 AM) Yeah, but she is at work right now Poor lady..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 Get well Barry....then retire and go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 (edited) QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 19, 2005 -> 08:08 AM) OK, so I have a question. Theoretically, would long periods of steroids reduce the bodies ability to fight infections? I know that the kidneys and liver can be taxed by steroids, and often times ex-users suffer shutdowns of those organs, right? And the ability to fight off this stuff is a function of the kidneys and liver somewhat, right? Sorry if I am off here, but my biology knowledge is lacking here... Uhm, let's see... where can we find a biologist around here....? Uhm... wait, oh yeah, how about... ME!?! [Not that I feel slighted, of course...] SouthSider, I think you're actually asking a backwards version of the question, and this is possibly being borne out in the woefully small sample (n=2 = useless for all but idle speculation, but what the hell) of the currently infected Barry and Sammy. Some good research dating back a good 15 years, actually suggested a possible up-modulation in immune response in athletes taking anabolic steroids versus an unjuiced control group. The issue with the putative 'Roid Boyz right now (and here comes the idle speculation) is that being off of steroids now after presumably many years of use has severely compromised immune systems that had been artificially revved up by the anabolic steroids. The abstract of the paper that came to mind can be found here on PubMed. My interpretation follows. Your wife can help you translate the bio-babble, but the interesting part is that the steroid users in that study had significantly higher ability to proliferate B lymphocytes (the cells putting out antibodies in a cellular immune response) in response to exposure to SAC, which is a strain of (dum dum dumm!!) Staphylococcus. Juicers also had enhanced NK cell activity, but that would correspond to enhanced ability of these cells to seek and destroy cancerous cells or those infected by viruses. While not directly playing a role in fighting a staph infection, if NK effectiveness is compromised and the immune system is therefore overtaxed and stressed, it can certainly open up a person to a secondary bacterial infection like staph. A finding that seemed at first unusual to me (with rudimentary working knowledge of immunology but no expertise by any stretch) was the elevated immunoglobulin (=antibodies) levels in the unjuiced control group. In thinking about it though, that seems to make good sense as these circulating antibodies would be indicative of ongoing low grade cell-specific infections that a substantial portion of the control group is currently fighting. In contrast, the juicers don't have a lot of circulating antibodies because they are currently not fighting infection. If they became infected, their T cell-modulated scaling up of B cell numbers would be expected to be rapid and the infection quickly brought under control. The response would, of course rely on antibody proliferation, so if the juicers were sampled at the time of an incipient infection the immunoglobulin numbers would be extremely high. I'm not up on the follow-on research, but it's easily searchable on PubMed if you are interested. I encourage Soxy and Hurt and any other bio-geek types to offer their own assenting/dissenting interpretations of the research and add anything else they have. Also bear in mind something that has already been posted by Benchwarmerjim (pleased to meet you, btw), and that is that staph infections are becoming more tenacious and harder to fight with antibiotics, presumably yet another indication that our years and years of antibiotic overuse as a prophylaxis was a very bad idea and we've inadvertently selected for lots of superbugs. So, add that knowledge to the preceding for perhaps a clearer picture of the 'insult-to-injury' scenario being seen now. Edited May 19, 2005 by FlaSoxxJim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 After reading that, my head hurts. Thanks Jim, now I just need to find my bio-babble to Hoosier dictionary to translate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steff Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ May 19, 2005 -> 09:46 AM) So, both Bonds and Sammy have staff infections right now? FWIU.. they are going around and several locker rooms have come up positive for them. These two are newsworthly though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Critic Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ May 19, 2005 -> 10:09 AM) Uhm, let's see... where can we find a biologist around here....? Uhm... wait, oh yeah, how about... ME!?! [Not that I feel slighted, of course...] SouthSider, I think you're actually asking a backwards version of the question, and this is possibly being borne out in the woefully small sample (n=2 = useless for all but idle speculation, but what the hell) of the currently infected Barry and Sammy. Some good research dating back a good 15 years, actually suggested a possible up-modulation in immune response in athletes taking anabolic steroids versus an unjuiced control group. The issue with the putative 'Roid Boyz right now (and here comes the idle speculation) is that being off of steroids now after presumably many years of use has severely compromised immune systems that had been artificially revved up by the anabolic steroids. The abstract of the paper that came to mind can be found here on PubMed. My interpretation follows. Your wife can help you translate the bio-babble, but the interesting part is that the steroid users in that study had significantly higher ability to proliferate B lymphocytes (the cells putting out antibodies in a cellular immune response) in response to exposure to SAC, which is a strain of (dum dum dumm!!) Staphylococcus. Juicers also had enhanced NK cell activity, but that would correspond to enhanced ability of these cells to seek and destroy cancerous cells or those infected by viruses. While not directly playing a role in fighting a staph infection, if NK effectiveness is compromised and the immune system is therefore overtaxed and stressed, it can certainly open up a person to a secondary bacterial infection like staph. A finding that seemed at first unusual to me (with rudimentary working knowledge of immunology but no expertise by any stretch) was the elevated immunoglobulin (=antibodies) levels in the unjuiced control group. In thinking about it though, that seems to make good sense as these circulating antibodies would be indicative of ongoing low grade cell-specific infections that a substantial portion of the control group is currently fighting. In contrast, the juicers don't have a lot of circulating antibodies because they are currently not fighting infection. If they became infected, their T cell-modulated scaling up of B cell numbers would be expected to be rapid and the infection quickly brought under control. The response would, of course rely on antibody proliferation, so if the juicers were sampled at the time of an incipient infection the immunoglobulin numbers would be extremely high. I'm not up on the follow-on research, but it's easily searchable on PubMed if you are interested. I encourage Soxy and Hurt and any other bio-geek types to offer their own assenting/dissenting interpretations of the research and add anything else they have. Also bear in mind something that has already been posted by Benchwarmerjim (pleased to meet you, btw), and that is that staph infections are becoming more tenacious and harder to fight with antibiotics, presumably yet another indication that our years and years of antibiotic overuse as a prophylaxis was a very bad idea and we've inadvertently selected for lots of superbugs. So, add that knowledge to the preceding for perhaps a clearer picture of the 'insult-to-injury' scenario being seen now. Oh, PLEASE, you just TOTALLY made that s*** up...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlaSoxxJim Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 QUOTE(The Critic @ May 19, 2005 -> 11:41 AM) Oh, PLEASE, you just TOTALLY made that s*** up...... It's really interesting to note that the poll on the site with that Bonds story has most respondents now thinking he's done: I admit that 'never' was my gut reaction to the question as well. But if it is at all possible that he can come back for maybe two more seasons would his ego let him take a pass when he's so close to passing Hank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosMediasBlancas Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 QUOTE(Steff @ May 19, 2005 -> 04:36 PM) FWIU.. they are going around and several locker rooms have come up positive for them. These two are newsworthly though. Time to bleach the shower stalls maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sec159row2 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ May 19, 2005 -> 10:09 AM) Uhm, let's see... where can we find a biologist around here....? Uhm... wait, oh yeah, how about... ME!?! [Not that I feel slighted, of course...] SouthSider, I think you're actually asking a backwards version of the question, and this is possibly being borne out in the woefully small sample (n=2 = useless for all but idle speculation, but what the hell) of the currently infected Barry and Sammy. Some good research dating back a good 15 years, actually suggested a possible up-modulation in immune response in athletes taking anabolic steroids versus an unjuiced control group. The issue with the putative 'Roid Boyz right now (and here comes the idle speculation) is that being off of steroids now after presumably many years of use has severely compromised immune systems that had been artificially revved up by the anabolic steroids. The abstract of the paper that came to mind can be found here on PubMed. My interpretation follows. Your wife can help you translate the bio-babble, but the interesting part is that the steroid users in that study had significantly higher ability to proliferate B lymphocytes (the cells putting out antibodies in a cellular immune response) in response to exposure to SAC, which is a strain of (dum dum dumm!!) Staphylococcus. Juicers also had enhanced NK cell activity, but that would correspond to enhanced ability of these cells to seek and destroy cancerous cells or those infected by viruses. While not directly playing a role in fighting a staph infection, if NK effectiveness is compromised and the immune system is therefore overtaxed and stressed, it can certainly open up a person to a secondary bacterial infection like staph. A finding that seemed at first unusual to me (with rudimentary working knowledge of immunology but no expertise by any stretch) was the elevated immunoglobulin (=antibodies) levels in the unjuiced control group. In thinking about it though, that seems to make good sense as these circulating antibodies would be indicative of ongoing low grade cell-specific infections that a substantial portion of the control group is currently fighting. In contrast, the juicers don't have a lot of circulating antibodies because they are currently not fighting infection. If they became infected, their T cell-modulated scaling up of B cell numbers would be expected to be rapid and the infection quickly brought under control. The response would, of course rely on antibody proliferation, so if the juicers were sampled at the time of an incipient infection the immunoglobulin numbers would be extremely high. I'm not up on the follow-on research, but it's easily searchable on PubMed if you are interested. I encourage Soxy and Hurt and any other bio-geek types to offer their own assenting/dissenting interpretations of the research and add anything else they have. Also bear in mind something that has already been posted by Benchwarmerjim (pleased to meet you, btw), and that is that staph infections are becoming more tenacious and harder to fight with antibiotics, presumably yet another indication that our years and years of antibiotic overuse as a prophylaxis was a very bad idea and we've inadvertently selected for lots of superbugs. So, add that knowledge to the preceding for perhaps a clearer picture of the 'insult-to-injury' scenario being seen now. and people say math is hard???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 QUOTE(The Critic @ May 19, 2005 -> 10:47 AM) Get well Barry....then retire and go away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChWRoCk2 Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 yeah barry is really screwin with my fantasy team, dont know if i should drop him or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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