Well the GA hospital here is nice...

BIZILL

dayuuum! that's a huge ****! take care of yourself and don't try to do too much. give yourself time to heal properly.

mmadden28

Holy (*^&&*(^ Sh8^78.
Dam-n-sit :eek: :eek:
Where's the vomit emoticon

SKsolutions

You are going to need an eye-patch too if you don't put on some goggles on before you pop that thing :eek:

~Head-wound Harry

ben62670

SKsolutions wrote: »

You are going to need an eye-patch too if you don't put on some goggles on before you pop that thing :eek:

~Head-wound Harry

No popping. Had to cut them off with scissors, and peel/trim the skin back a bit. I have to take my daughter to school at 7am. I can't take any meds till I get back:( All that freshly removed flesh is stinging a bit now. Somehow I have to get to PT to do a whirlpool thing, and have them scrape the rest of the loose skin off. I know that won't be fun. No ride, and I am going to need a little something for the pain. I hate not having family, or many friends near by. Well I am going to see if I can get a little rest before the alarm goes off.

danger boy

Been there myself Ben. I don't have to tell you how painful it is.. it's freakin' the most painful thing a person can go through.

You've got a long road a head of you on the way to recovery. Do whatever your doctor's tell you to do.. as well as your physical therapist. My PT went on for a whole year.

best of luck Ben.

danger boy

ben62670 wrote: »

Thanks guys. I am taking Hydrocodone-apap 7.5, and it aint working

Morphine is the only thing that will take the pain down some. I was on morphine in the hospital for 15 days. I could give myself a hit of "morph" every 30 minutes.. right around when the clock hit 20 mins I was already punching the button for my next hit. My cocktail was morphine, hydrocodone and Tylenol 3 with codine. Talk about flying high

ben62670

danger boy wrote: »

Morphine is the only thing that will take the pain down some. I was on morphine in the hospital for 15 days. I could give myself a hit of "morph" every 30 minutes.. right around when the clock hit 20 mins I was already punching the button for my next hit. My cocktail was morphine, hydrocodone and Tylenol 3 with codine. Talk about flying high

I had the button too when I broke my back and neck in five spots. I still don't know how long I was in the hospital:D

Face

I was trying to resist eating breakfast before going to bed, now after seeing those pictures, mission accomplished!

Feel better!

SolidSqual

Jeezus, that brings back great memories of my own childhood stupidity. Getting burned was the only time my Dad never told me to tough it out and walk it off. Ugh. Hang in there.

billbillw

Dude, that's terrible. Hope you heal up quick. I had a similar burn from an accident with hot fryer oil back when I worked in the restaurants (almost 20 years ago). That sucked. Oxycodone helped me through it, but it just barely took the edge off.

BaggedLancer

Yukkkkkk

ben62670

Well went back in for a dressing change/checkup. It still looks good. No infection. The nurses like to take their time pulling the dressing off. I took over, and had them off asap. A big chunk of skin came off. I still have a bunch more to remove. Tuesday is the fun day where I get to soak my arm in a whirlpool, and after the soak I get the big scrub. Not really looking forward to it. I am leaking pretty bad as it is. The yellow pus, and now blood is going through my wrappings pretty bad. I was going to take a vid of me squeezing out the juice in the morning, but I think that is just a little too much. The original doctor that saw me first was there today, and she was surprised I hadn't used up all my pills yet. I got the lecture again today that I have to go to PT.

Edit: What should I do for scaring. I used to use vitamin-E for wounds, but this is pretty good sized.
Thanks
Ben

audiobliss

ben62670 wrote: »

Edit: What should I do for scaring.

Just show people your arm. No costume required. I think that'll scare people pretty good.

BIZILL

check into glutamine. back when i used it to bulk up during weight lifting i read that it's original purpose was to help with burn victims when taken orally.

ben62670

Thanks Bro. I don't mind some scars, but this is kinda nasty.

wingnut4772

Ouch, Ben! Ditto on the Glutamine. Get well soon.

danger boy

to minimize scars.. you may have to wear compression dressing once a lot more healing takes place.. what they look like are tan colored grandma stockings.. but fit very tight against your skin to keep the scars from being raised. I had to wear some for 6 month's

Ben, take your pills.. and I feel for you when it's bath and scrub time.. that isn't going to be any fun.

and yes get your **** to PT!! in my case I was lectured over and over about it too.. it's not that I didn't want to go. it's that the first days and weeks/month's after burns are the most critical.. not only because infection can set it.. but because to regain 100% use of your hand or arm you need to go to PT and not miss any sessions.

My injuries were so severe that I no longer knew how to use eating utensils. They/I had to teach my brain again how to use a fork and spoon and easy tasks like that we take for granted. I was able to get back 98% or my use/strength of my hands and arms, due to PT and the awesome nurses I had. If for no other reason, do it for your kids.

Good luck!

ben62670

danger boy wrote: »

...Ben, take your pills.. and I feel for you when it's bath and scrub time.. that isn't going to be any fun. ...

Good thing I don't bath much:eek: I am glad I have a sense of humor, and it will be tested in the next month or so. I don't have any sort of insurance so I know I will have to push myself at home to keep the functionality there. I try to flex my wrist and finger to keep mobility going. Taking a shower after a bad sunburn can suck so I can only imagine what you went through Al:( I am so glad it didn't get to 3rd degree. On a serious note please pray for me to have patience with the kids, or an other situations. I think its going to get worse before it gets better. I hope people have a little patience if I snap a little. I am pretty good about that, but I have already had one person here take a shot at me knowing what I was going through
I will stick around. Helping others helps you too.
Again thanks guys(and gals;))
Ben

schwarcw

Take care of yourself Ben! I'm sorry to see your unfortunate injuries. Get well soon! Heal fast!

daboyz

Damn, Ben!!! There isn't many pains as bad as burns. I had themon my face from an industrial accident and it hurt immensely. I thank God it was still fairly cool out because the breeze felt good.

SKsolutions

Face wrote: »

I was trying to resist eating breakfast

Looks just like breakfast. . . got a couple of eggs there, and some well done bacon

Poee7R

I went through something similiar when I was 12. Had 2nd degree burns from my elbows to my neck on both shoulders. Yeah a real bad sunburn lemme tell you. The doctors removed the skin (its been almost 20 years so I may not remember things exactly) with a metal pad that reminded me of a brillo pad. Sorry Im not trying to scare ya here. And to this day Ive never felt anything close.

BUT, there is a good side to the bridling. After it was done and washed and before they wrapped me up in lbs of gauze, they put a white cream on my arms/neck called Silver Sulfate (iirc) and holy **** it was like heaven. It really took all the pain away, until I bumped into something like an **** and I saw sparkles of pain in my vision. The only problem with the Silver cream was it got a bit pasty and dry about the time i had to change the bandaging, and that was a blast lemme tell ya. But as soon as it was all cleaned again and the cream applied it was great.

I didnt have much trouble with scarring, probably because of my age at the time, but there is definitely a difference in texture to the skin.

Sorry this happened to ya Ben and I wish ya a speedy recovery.


Dave

hearingimpared

Alll I can say is WOW! Ben how do you spell head? B-O-N-E?

There are prayers going up for a speedy recovery.

ben62670

It has been bugging me that many times I have started fires using the same method with no problems. Well I did everything the same, but the pile wasn't the same. This time there were a lot of leaves, and sticks that were kinda in layers. What happened is the fumes built up in the pile, and that caused it to explode instead of the usual poof/flame ball. My X was in her house with all the windows closed, and she heard it. Immediately she was outside asking if I was OK. Gas can be relatively safe for starting a fire outdoors, but if the fumes get trapped anywhere it does explode;) When I relight it I am going to use diesel, and toss a little torch instead just using a lighter.

McLoki

With leaves and sticks - how about you just stick with a match and skip the bonus flammable stuff??? I may still need you to look at my amp sometime and would like you to be around to do it....

Get well soon,

Michael

ben62670

The leaves, and sticks were in the burn pile as some of the stuff to get rid of. With a match I would have still been burned. At least with the lighter I was close to the ground. If I was standing it would have been real bad! I won't be doing any amps soon. I had to pick up my laser printer. It hurts just to have my hand not elevated, and the printer was on the floor. I thought I was going to pass out picking it up. I can't believe that 4 days later I am still getting new blisters.

beardog03

Sorry to hear about your pain, bro....
Next time you want to know how to do pyro tech`s , just drop me a line !!!!


Take your meds, keep em kleen, and do your eff`n PT, and when ya get better I will show ya how to vaporize dem leaves !!

I`ve said too much...


peace out !!

bikezappa

What do you mean you don't have an infection?

Pus is indicative of an infection, isn't it?

ben62670

The stuff that is weeping out is just the body self cleaning. I guess the clear/yellow stuff is OK. If it was green, or white I would be having issues. The doctor saw it yesterday, and she said it looked nasty, but not infected. My body temp is good. They will see it again Tuesday.

bikezappa

Good to hear. Clear/yellow stuff isn't pus