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My burn journey -gruesome photos included
So, as detailed in the Shit That Annoys You thread, I recently burned myself. Badly.
Last Sunday night I was shutting down my den to go to bed. Lights off, TV off, and on the way out of the room I tripped on my kids fkn batmobile toy and fell hand and neck first onto my burning woodstove.
Went to the ER, and then on Tuesday to the local Wound Clinic (Umass Memorial Hospital in Worcester)
The night of the burn my left hand looked like this:
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The next morning it had grown to this:
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A couple days later it continued to grow:
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As of yesterday it had grown significantly and developed a red line around the edge that's extremely painful.
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Initial advice was don't pop the blisters. They were referred to at one point as "God's Bandaid"
My follow up appt isn't until next Wednesday, so I called the doc today to give her an update about the growth and the painful red rim.
Her advice was it's time to pop them and get the healing cream into the wound.
Initially cut them with a sanitized razor blade and then cleaned up the dead skin with a sanitized pair of very sharp barbers scissors. Tons of liquid shot out at the first cut and then I squeezed out a lot more.
The aftermath is gross, but it feels SO MUCH better not to have a tennis ball glued to my palm. You can still see many (thankfully healing) smaller blisters on my fingers and upper palm:
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Next update will be Wednesday after my follow up appointment.
Side note, initially doc wrote a letter saying no work until after Thanksgiving. After talking to my Supervisor and HR I had to get the note amended to allow work from home so I can at least attend crucial meetings via zoom. I have way too much on my plate right now to completly separate from work for a week and a half.