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I almost made a pharmacist cry yesterday (Share your ooze stories here) Don't read while eating.
Okay, so my hand has hurt all week right? Particularly my thumb nail and my pinkie. Not sure why these two fingers hurt, they just did. Well yeterday morning, I wake up and my thumb nail is oozing something and the side of my pinkie next to my nail is white and swollen. It looks pretty bad so I e-mail my mom who is a nurse and she sends me these graphic web sites about fingernail infections. It didn't look like any of those so when we went grocery shopping and my wife said to ask the pharmacist if he recognized what it was and what he recommended to buy to cure it. So I show him my hand and a look of terror comes over his jovial middle-aged face. "Oh...my...God, " he says with the look of absolute horror on his face. Well, needless to say this wasn't the reassurance that I needed but, after several minutes, he was able to compose himself enough to recommend some Neo-sporin and band-aids. Long story short, the neo-sporin has done wonders but they really should train pharmacists better at controlling their emotions. [Edited 1/21/07 13:18pm] [Edited 1/21/07 13:33pm] All good things they say never last... | |
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CarrieMpls said: ![]() yuck. ![]() Yeah, it's been pretty yuck. All good things they say never last... | |
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![]() but, pharmacists aren't usually required to look at the erm, symptoms | |
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XxAxX said: ![]() but, pharmacists aren't usually required to look at the erm, symptoms Yeah I know...it was medical advice on the cheap but it was a proper ointment related question. I didn't know it looked THAT gross. All good things they say never last... | |
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Your mom seemed into it.
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GottaLetitgo said: XxAxX said: ![]() but, pharmacists aren't usually required to look at the erm, symptoms Yeah I know...it was medical advice on the cheap but it was a proper ointment related question. I didn't know it looked THAT gross. just remember to find a less squeamish pharmacist if something happens with your, you know, nether regions | |
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2the9s said: Your mom seemed into it.
![]() She spent like 1o years becoming a nurse but other than a short stint as an elder care place she didn't pursue it. So we get free medical advice from her all the time. Those sites she were sending me had pictures that would have sent that pharmacist into convulsions. All good things they say never last... | |
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XxAxX said: GottaLetitgo said: Yeah I know...it was medical advice on the cheap but it was a proper ointment related question. I didn't know it looked THAT gross. just remember to find a less squeamish pharmacist if something happens with your, you know, nether regions The Captain could have had a field day with a thread like that. All good things they say never last... | |
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GottaLetitgo said: XxAxX said: just remember to find a less squeamish pharmacist if something happens with your, you know, nether regions The Captain could have had a field day with a thread like that. already been done. remember imago's rash? ![]() | |
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XxAxX said: GottaLetitgo said: The Captain could have had a field day with a thread like that. already been done. remember imago's rash? ![]() Good point. All good things they say never last... | |
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GottaLetitgo said: 2the9s said: Your mom seemed into it.
![]() She spent like 1o years becoming a nurse but other than a short stint as an elder care place she didn't pursue it. So we get free medical advice from her all the time. Those sites she were sending me had pictures that would have sent that pharmacist into convulsions. ![]() | |
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Neo-sporin is a wonder drug. All good things they say never last... | |
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ooze is such a gross word ![]() ![]() get better gotta (ewww the thought of you typing... ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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GottaLetitgo said: Neo-sporin is a wonder drug.
for now. but those drug-resistant staph infections are really, really scary. | |
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btw - I really like your kitties in your avatar.
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CarrieMpls said: btw - I really like your kitties in your avatar.
![]() you know i was going to say something about them too. they're adorable ![]() | |
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emm said: ooze is such a gross word
![]() ![]() get better gotta (ewww the thought of you typing... ![]() Wearing multiple band-aids and the ooze has stopped. All good things they say never last... | |
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GottaLetitgo said: emm said: ooze is such a gross word
![]() ![]() get better gotta (ewww the thought of you typing... ![]() Wearing multiple band-aids and the ooze has stopped. maybe you could change this thread's title to "The Ooze Thread' and we could all share our ooze stories ![]() | |
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CarrieMpls said: btw - I really like your kitties in your avatar.
![]() I;m making some sort of statement with them but I have no idea what it is. All good things they say never last... | |
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XxAxX said: GottaLetitgo said: Wearing multiple band-aids and the ooze has stopped. maybe you could change this thread's title to "The Ooze Thread' and we could all share our ooze stories ![]() I have made the proper modification. All good things they say never last... | |
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ooze stories? ![]() ![]() | |
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XxAxX said: GottaLetitgo said: Neo-sporin is a wonder drug.
for now. but those drug-resistant staph infections are really, really scary. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to be safe. I read a story one time of a man who cut his finger and like three days later he was dead due to an infection. So I'm definitely getting it checked out. All good things they say never last... | |
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XxAxX said: ooze stories?
![]() ![]() That's the spirit. ![]() All good things they say never last... | |
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GottaLetitgo said: XxAxX said: for now. but those drug-resistant staph infections are really, really scary. I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to be safe. I read a story one time of a man who cut his finger and like three days later he was dead due to an infection. So I'm definitely getting it checked out. yup. it's nothing to mess about with. i read (on the net) that it can kill in 72 hours, in extreme cases | |
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I left out one part of the story so plase do not read if squeamish.
When we got home, we did what the pharmacist suggested. That included poppping the pus bubble on my pinkie. So my wife, all too enthusiastically, volunteers to use one of her diabetes needles and when she pricks it, it was a weird color. She kept looking at it and calling it gross but then she kept asking to look at it again. Then she said the pus was not oozing out fast enough and she said she would have to prick it again. And damn if she didn't come down on my finger with the force of 1000 thunderbolts. Very nasty stuff. But today nothing which is a good sign. All good things they say never last... | |
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GottaLetitgo said: I left out one part of the story so plase do not read if squeamish.
When we got home, we did what the pharmacist suggested. That included poppping the pus bubble on my pinkie. So my wife, all too enthusiastically, volunteers to use one of her diabetes needles and when she pricks it, it was a weird color. She kept looking at it and calling it gross but then she kept asking to look at it again. Then she said the pus was not oozing out fast enough and she said she would have to prick it again. And damn if she didn't come down on my finger with the force of 1000 thunderbolts. Very nasty stuff. But today nothing which is a good sign. sounds like a good old-fashioned boil ![]() | |
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XxAxX said: GottaLetitgo said: I left out one part of the story so plase do not read if squeamish.
When we got home, we did what the pharmacist suggested. That included poppping the pus bubble on my pinkie. So my wife, all too enthusiastically, volunteers to use one of her diabetes needles and when she pricks it, it was a weird color. She kept looking at it and calling it gross but then she kept asking to look at it again. Then she said the pus was not oozing out fast enough and she said she would have to prick it again. And damn if she didn't come down on my finger with the force of 1000 thunderbolts. Very nasty stuff. But today nothing which is a good sign. sounds like a good old-fashioned boil ![]() I think I got a boil and an infected fingernail at the same time. Unfortunate coincidence. All good things they say never last... | |
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GottaLetitgo said: XxAxX said: sounds like a good old-fashioned boil ![]() I think I got a boil and an infected fingernail at the same time. Unfortunate coincidence. have you been soaking it at all? like, in salts or hydrogen peroxide? peroxide is really useful for infections. it bubbles air into the wound and bacteria hate that | |
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let's see if we can break the current ORG record for longest thread here ![]() | |
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