My non-emo pain part 3
Jul. 9th, 2010 02:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icepixieBecause I know you're all so interested in the saga of my burnt finger, here is an update.
I somehow managed to get to sleep last night, and when I woke up, the pain was entirely gone. It was like magic. (Well, okay, it's not too happy when I move my finger.) I...am hoping this just means it's healing rather than that it has progressed into a third-degree burn with associated nerve damage. I figure if I still have feeling in the fingertip, it can't be that bad.
So all was going well, and then I smacked my hand against the wall in the shower and boom--no more blister. Yeah, I'm brilliant.
The blister was pretty disgusting, but I think it looks worse now. Well, it does when I can see it, which is rarely, because I have packed this thing up under two layers of gauze and...you know, at the moment I think there's more Neosporin (antibiotic ointment) on my finger than there is finger. Despite my precautions, my inner hypochondriac is exercising its right to go crazy at two in the morning, and is screaming about sepsis and tetanus.*
Please, please heal without further excitement, little burn. Srsly.
* Yes, I know I will have plenty of warning before sepsis sets in. I will go to a doctor if things get red and painful.
I somehow managed to get to sleep last night, and when I woke up, the pain was entirely gone. It was like magic. (Well, okay, it's not too happy when I move my finger.) I...am hoping this just means it's healing rather than that it has progressed into a third-degree burn with associated nerve damage. I figure if I still have feeling in the fingertip, it can't be that bad.
So all was going well, and then I smacked my hand against the wall in the shower and boom--no more blister. Yeah, I'm brilliant.
The blister was pretty disgusting, but I think it looks worse now. Well, it does when I can see it, which is rarely, because I have packed this thing up under two layers of gauze and...you know, at the moment I think there's more Neosporin (antibiotic ointment) on my finger than there is finger. Despite my precautions, my inner hypochondriac is exercising its right to go crazy at two in the morning, and is screaming about sepsis and tetanus.*
Please, please heal without further excitement, little burn. Srsly.
* Yes, I know I will have plenty of warning before sepsis sets in. I will go to a doctor if things get red and painful.
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Date: 2010-07-09 04:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-09 03:57 pm (UTC)Hahahha! Um, drainage is good?
ps tetanus shots are an excellent life decision anyway. And they last ten years!
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Date: 2010-07-09 08:33 pm (UTC)Apparently not for burns. So claims the internet, anyway. Bah.
ps tetanus shots are an excellent life decision anyway. And they last ten years!
Yeah, I'll get one this summer. It's been about that long since I had one.
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Date: 2010-07-09 08:53 pm (UTC)If it weren't good for them, they wouldn't be so... drainable! Um.
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Date: 2010-07-10 07:56 pm (UTC)Well, I think I'm going to go to the doctor on Monday, 'cause the skin around it's kinda...puckered. And weird. And also I want a tetanus shot.
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Date: 2010-07-09 08:35 pm (UTC)Hope you start feeling better soon, will send my fic along to you shortly.
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Date: 2010-07-10 07:55 pm (UTC)Hmmm...as appealing as the idea of turning everything into jelly beans is (nom nom nom!), I think I'd be happiest if it just heals without problems.
My mom was here today and after she looked at it, she told me I probably ought to go to a doctor on Monday. :(
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Date: 2010-07-13 05:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-07-13 06:21 pm (UTC)