GottaLetitgo said:

maybe you could change this thread's title to "The Ooze Thread' and we could all share our ooze stories

XxAxX said:

Would accounts of weeping sores, malodorous socially-unacceptable discharges and sucking chest wounds fall under the umbrella of general "ooze stories"?

I'd just like to be clear on this.

Thanks!

XxAxX said:

Would accounts of weeping sores, malodorous socially-unacceptable discharges and sucking chest wounds fall under the umbrella of general "ooze stories"?

I'd just like to be clear on this.

Thanks!

WillyWonka said:

the malodorous ones are the best

zing!

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.
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emm said:

I somehow thought this thread would go on forever. Oh well.

Anyway, I went to the doctor and apparently I bite my nails too much so I got some penicillin and the whole nasty episode should be over in a couple of days. I'll be glad to get rid of all the band-aids because it looks like I have been emulating Jacko.

GottaLetitgo said:

I agree. The last thing you or any person with a wound/infection needs to hear is "Oh....my....God." It doesn't help the situation any.

and yes, i agree this thread should be stickyfied.

psychodelicide said:

at least the pharmacist didn't topple over in a dead faint

gotta! don't bite your nails

psychodelicide said:

at least the pharmacist didn't topple over in a dead faint

XxAxX said:

Or vomit. Or send for an ambulance.

XxAxX said:

Or vomit. Or send for an ambulance.

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]

GottaLetitgo said:

Just neosporin cleared that up? Wow.

I had that very same thing but on my pinky toe. It was oozing pus and was turning blue. The worst part though was that I was performing and I had to cram my foot into pointe shoes for two performances a day for two weeks and dance on it on pointe! I would almost pass out just trying to get my shoe on. It was actually an infected corn. I still have problems with it in fact and this was about 5 years ago now.

These wardrobe women had this stuff from South Africa that was a liquid local anesthetic. It would totally numb my toe for maybe about 20 minutes. Enough to get me through some of the production.

Eventually I had to be taken out of some of the dances because I just couldn't do it anymore.

Well, that was my sob story for the day.

WillyWonka said:

or recommend amputation.

so how is your hand recovering, Gotta?

XxAxX said:

It's doing great. The stuff the doctor gave me is de-oozifying the thumb quite nicely. I almost feel normal again.

minneapolisgenius said:

You were a ballerina?