80s rock legend Billy Idol is battling a scary medical condition, the MRSA super bug, which is known to be resistant to antibiotics.The 66-year-old updated fans on his health in a series of tweets Sunday and Monday, revealing that he hopes his severe sinus infection will be cleared up in the next two weeks.Last month, the White Wedding singer was forced to bow out of his upcoming tour with Journey due to the chronic infection.
Get well soon:80s rock legend Billy Idol is battling a scary medical condition, the MRSA super bug, which is known to be resistant to antibioticsThe rocker, whose real name isWilliam Michael Albert Broad, tweeted out a health update on Sunday, asking fans for their positive thoughts.'Had further sinus procedure but now need to have the IV treatment as MRSA I have is resistant to oral antibiotics..
lets see if this works.. probably will.. think positive,' he wrote. Luckily, it seemed the procedure did work and Billy Idol didn't need to have the intravenous treatment.
He told followers in a subsequent post the following day that he was able to try to other oral medications.He penned: 'Medical update correction: I have to take a further 2 types of antibiotics to beat this MRSA sinus infection no intravenous just by mouth… 2 more weeks to go yuk!
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