I got 425 degree glue on it at work and when I peeled the dried glue off it took a layer of skin with it

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If it gets any worse or pusses up go see the Dr to get some RX cream

Any Dr will be able to give you a topical cream stronger then some over the counter burn gel

@Louis Loire - NY thanks. I'm going floating this weekend should I just dress it as normal or do I need to wrap it in a waterproof bandage or something?

Or should I even worry about it?

I would put a protective layer over it.

<@&435155893747974155> can any of you fine people read a blood test chart?

Or understand it

@Thomas Morrow it definitely needs to be waterproofed, you don’t want river water on your wound. You are bound to get a bacterial infection or a parasite.

I would do the following

Wrap as normal with your atibiotic ointments etc

And rewear with a water resistant tape or find a slightly tight rubber sleeve

Oh

THat isn't as bad as I had pictures

Almost healed up now. I wear a big band aid over it now

That could be gently wrapped with water resistant tape and gauze and be just fine

Just to keep the product at work from ripping it open

The skin is still thin

This is over two weeks later at this point haha

This is where it was at initially

Thanks for all the help btw

To all you who who provided feedback

<@&435155893747974155> can any of you fine people read a blood test chart? I don't fully understand it. And I have a couple of questions.
I get the results of my lead test back on Friday.

What's wrong

@RevStench

Well the other day I got off work, came home and I went to use the restroom and as soon as I sat down my left arm went tingling numb, so I got right up paced a bit then I started to have upper chest pain, so naturally I think I'm starting to have a heart attack or even stroke. So I took 2 Bayer aspirin and went to the ER. As I was walking into the ER my legs were going numb and I was getting light headed, felt like I was about to pass out. But I don't have any conclusive results yet, they did a mess of tests on me, and the doctor thinks as of right now I might have a DVT.
But I have the results of my blood work and they are telling me it looks good, and my blood pressure is ok too. I always figured that a clot would cause the bp to skyrocket. I don't understand it.
About 12 years ago the girl I was dating got a blood clot in her left arm from birth control pills, her arm would swell up with blood and it was very obvious what was going on there, but I felt like I was going to have a heart attack. Chest got really tight, I never had any trouble breathing but my arm stayed numb with out the tingling. Lightheadedness, lower back pain, legs going numb. It's strange. But I was wondering if anyone understood what everything on these blood test results mean.

@Mark Vandal

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What brand of supplements do you use? I'm running low on some of mine, which are NatureMade brand and CVS generic

@RevStench I'm not a doctor I couldn't tell ya man

Those are signs you shouldn't fuck with though

@RevStench What other tests did you have? What you're describing is really serious medically so they had to have done a binder of tests.

EKG, MRI, lead and standard blood test, everything is coming back good, according to the tests I'm healthy and I have the heart of a thoroughbred.
I'm starting to think I have an overexposure to mold. So on Monday I'm going to have more specific blood work done. Hopefully something will come from that.

Do I need stitches? <@&435155893747974155>

Sorry for the blurry picture my hands are shaking a little bit.

I think it just took off the skin it's not bleeding that much .

Damn

Get some anti bacterial on that shit

I think you may need stitches

Rub a little dirt on it and walk it off😂
I don't think you need them

Clean that shit out

Clean it out and make sure it's not deeper than it looks, but if it's not pouring blood, I think you'll be ok

lucky you're not bleeding all over the place

@Der Seeteufel - SD that needs stitches

I'm working on cleaning its easier said than done.

@Louis Loire - NY

I'd be going to urgent care immediately.

^

I would suggest going to urgent care after cleaning it as well as you can.

I'm not going to the doctor. If anything I'll call my buddy on the fire department to come stitch me up.

Either way it will need to be cleaned very well.

If you went to the urgent care you would be around a bunch of dindus so that may be a good choice

@Der Seeteufel - SD I’ve seen enough wounds in my time to know that one needs stitches.

Better to get it done right and be sure than to fuck about and end up with problems

this is why I'd suggest taking time to learn to suture

It helps when your wife is a PA...

Wash that out asap

Get a bottle of first aid spray wash it very well and bandage

Might not need stitches but can't tell from just pics

I put some hydrogen peroxide on it. And scrubbed it out as best I could on my own. I'm going to head down to the firehall and see what my buddy thinks.

He said the same thing @Louis Loire - NY

@Louis Loire - NY should I use these? It's the only thing I have other than hydrogen peroxide and some antiseptic gel.

That gap is about 3mm across and 1 or 2 mm deep boys

You know what I'm an idiot. I'm a disabled vet I'm just going to go to the VA clinic tomorrow.

Good idea best to get it cleaned by a pro

The best thing to clean scrape wounds like that is first aid spray it will come in a spray bottle

Yeah my brain took a second to catch up there and I've never really been a blood person so I forgot about the VA. You'd probably have to take my arm completely off to get me into urgent care though.

I was thinking you may lose the arm...🤔

@The Huwhyte Ulf - VA Does IE accept cripples? What about amputees? If I loose the arm I'll get it replaced with a cool hook or maybe some sort of projectile launcher.

I wouldn't think you need stitches.

I'm no surgeon though.

I've super glued my fingers closed so many times...

IE needs a cyborg farmer yesss

@Der Seeteufel - SD drink something with sugar in it for the shake.

It will smooth out the "shock"

@Freiheit - CA me too, super glue on the job site is a must

No stitches just got it cleaned, steri striped, and bandaged. They said follow up in a couple days if it starts to fester but otherwise I'll be fine.

Half dox

Lol yeah I'm undoxable I work for my cousin so good luck antifa moles.

Lol

Lol that gash was pretty nice

It still hurts pretty bad I can still bend my elbow but any time I twist something like a door knob it pulls on it and hurts like hell. I'm just hoping it's healthy enough for the warrior dash on the 14th.

Is it infected?

@Freiheit - CA nope I just changed the bandages this morning it's actually healing up pretty quickly.

Cool

So if anyone is wondering I finally figured out what has been wrong with me, over exposure to mold. What a nightmare it's been. If you think you have mold/mildew around take care of it immediately.

Wow

@RevStench that’s sucks man... I worked with a person who got permanent vocal chord damage from exposure to some type of mold/fungi spores in the air when landscaping... gave him a permanently hoarse/very quiet voice

Wow that's crazy, I have to see a doctor who specializes in environmental hazards, so far when I'm away from it for a few days I get back to normal, so I'm hoping that's a sign that I don't have any permanent damage.

Glad you determined the cause and can now mitigate.

I’ve been told since I started working in healthcare that feeling upset and saddened over the declining condition or death of those in your care is normal and actually a sign that you’re the type of individual that belongs in this field, and this has been the case for me. I’ve bonded with the people I’ve taken care of and felt a great sense of loss when some of them have passed away. Lately however I feel like I’ve been losing this. I’ve recently felt tired, distracted, and at times even jaded and cynical. I feel that many things have contributed to this; being witness to neglect, working with non whites who can barely speak English let alone properly take care of people, getting to know good people who can’t afford the care they need, etc. I don’t want to ramble on endlessly but I would like to ask others in the medical and healthcare field if they’ve ever experienced this as well. Did it pass? If so how’d you get past this? Should I consider seeking another career field based on this? Any advice or opinion is appreciated, thank you. <@&435155893747974155>

My grandpa is in the hospital after surgery and the staff there is anything but empathetic. I think possibly you just become desensitized.

@AidanGillen to be honest dealing with situations like what you just described motivate me to stay in healthcare and be better than that.

It's possibly the headspace I'm in right now, but I'm leaning towards it's the sort of "stare into the abyss and the abyss stares back" you become what you do. Possibly it's per person on how much empathetic connection you can handle before it begins to wither away. Not sure if that makes sense.

Makes total sense

I have the same situation as you, it's a line often said that the empathic should be the people in healthcare, but the truly empathetic don't last long from my experience. You need to establish professional distance with patients, and their families.

It hasn't passed for me, I've just channeled my frustration and dissatisfaction into more productive things. Going to the gym more, taking up journaling, meditation, continuing education, etc.

@JC17-OR this is really great advice, thank you for sharing. After I wrote that rant I hit the gym really hard and felt much better.

Personally, journaling and meditation really help. I've also changed my diet and while mentally it didn't boost me much, physically I feel a lot better.

headspace is a good meditation app.

Cardiac ICU RN checking in

Thanks for the add folks

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@Deleted User thanks @JoeDrake now roled

Passed my state CNA exam today gents!

Congratulations!

Thanks! I’ll be looking into finding work at my local hospital

Apparently they offer to pay for nursing school if you work there for a year

Congrats!

Anyone ever dealt with a patient with anosmia?

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I’m working with a client who has it and it’s caused a feeling of “revulsion” as he puts it towards eating. As you can assume he’s lost a ton of weight because of this

First thing that comes to mind is CBD. Second is ginger.

By the way, my second choice for a handle was Nature Boy, if that tells you anything. If you're looking for alternative health info, tag me and chances are I'll know something about whatever it is. Traditional/alternative medicine is vastly superior to allopathic medicine when it comes to chronic conditions. Sorry if I'm hurting anyone's feelings by saying so, but that is the case. Of course there are nuances and special cases, but modern medicine does a great job at turning profits and a terrible job at keeping people healthy.

Regarding what you guys were talking about earlier. There's a few things I can recommend for stress and trauma (which are different degrees of the same thing). 1) TRE trauma release exercise, 2) Hanna somatics, 3) qigong, 4) stabilize your blood sugar, 5) vipassana (www.dhamma.org), 6) self oil massage (I use sesame oil). You can also release a lot of tension in the supine position with a couple heavy sandbags on your belly. Just don't do it after a meal.

I hope I wasn't too brash with my previous comment. Not sure if we're all on the same page, but I'm not a fan of chronic disease care in modern medicine. It's great for emergencies, but when people go through conventional channels for things like back pain, digestive issues and cancer, they get raked over the coals.

@Grossly Incandescent something else that might help : have him keep a thermos of hot filtered water and take a sip every 15 minutes. You can also try making some really strong ginger tea with a little bit of black pepper and have him drink a little bit of that about 15 minutes before each meal.

today I learned that leaving cooked rice outside of the refrigerator is super dangerous

it causes the growth of heat resistant bacteria

rad, I'll be sure to leave mine out

I found out after I threw up all my food today

Multivitamins: good or bad?

I take em

Without soy

Sometimes an vitamin D during winter

Take beef brain and beef liver instead of synthetic vitamins

Ancestral Supplements has good ones. I highly recommend

Scar update from July. Still looks nasty TBH.

Sorry if I'm cutting in on your supplement conversation I just don't see much activity in this channel and figured people would be interested in how my wound turned out.

@Der Seeteufel - SD are you applying anything to the scar?

No

I have a pretty prominent scar on my left leg from a motorcycle wreck

I've heard tea tree oil helps, but I've never been bothered to apply it

Yeah my gf doesn't seem to mind so I don't really care. It's not like it hurts or anything.

@Myndrian do you find that you get withdrawal if you quit taking these? I tried pituitary glandulars once before and had weird symptoms when I quit taking them.

Nah not really. Take them slow though cause there can be detox symptoms

Cause there are a ton of nutrients in brain and liver helping the cells to function properly

@Myndrian I recently cooked up some liver. Pretty good! How often do you eat it and in what portions

Also, how can one ensure their water quality? I'm inclined to buy water from the store, but I'm not sure where it's sourced from, it could have the same pollutants as those in city water

@Kaledin - SD I usually get it from my dad who hunts and we tried doing liver pate but stopped and mainly dehydrate it and put it in pills. But I’d recommend doing both. Right now I’m only doing pills of deer and cow liver

@Kaledin - SD and I don’t know much about water pollution etc. I’m mainly focusing on food at the moment

@Kaledin - SD oh sorry and portions for me are 2 servings of the Ancestral Supplement brain and liver daily; 12 pills

The ones I linked above

Currently I'm buying beef liver organ meat directly bc it's pretty cheap

Nice nice. It truly is a superfood

my chest has been mildly numb all day

at what point should I get it checked out?

for context, I get bad chest pain every few months

I go to my clinic and they just tell it's anxiety or flu or something

I occasionally get the numbness but it usually doesn't last this long

and I get mild heart palpitations a lot

i got heavy chest compressions and chest pain a couple months ago. i was IT fasting and working out. i ended up just going to too hard at trying to lose weight. whats your diet and exercise like?

i read too much vitamin D could cause that too

uhh

pretty typical college student diet right now

the difference between heart palpitations and heavy chest compressions may not be immediately obvious. heart palpitations are regularly irregular. like your heart cant get a rhythm going. its more serious than just heavy heartbeat

my toes have been numb all day

at what point should I get it checked out?

I'd do that asap