# I am so screwed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-screwed/335544 "2005-12-14T05:17:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-screwed/335544/21 "2005-12-15T01:18:26Z")
Reminds me of the time I fell out of the back of a jeep going downhill on an asphalt street. When I woke up the next morning, my stomach and chest had ‘healed’ to the sheets. Sucked getting those off. About a week later I took some friends’ kids to a neighborhood pool. Yeah, I looked kinda ‘scabby’, but I went swimming anyway. After a half hour of so, I climbed out and glimpsed my torso. What had been scabs were now a neat, gooey-looking, greenish mess. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-screwed/335544/22 "2005-12-15T01:29:11Z")
I thought about soaking it. So I cut off the pad (it was one of those gigantic thick ones) leaving only the layer of gauze that I was stuck to. And then I soaked for 2 minutes. And then I got bored, peeled off what I could and cut around what was left so now I have this circle of gauze permanently welded to my arm. Used a bit of rubbing alcohol and it seems to have dried out nicely. Oh and I remembered to keep my arm bent this time so I’m not stuck with an unbendable arm for 2 weeks like the last time I skinned my elbow 😃 (Yes, there was a last time… and a time before that.) **Whammo** … yeah, I fell over while walking on the road. It takes talent, really. I also managed to skin my hands and my hip and bruise my thigh (it’s the size of an egg) and my knees (I thought I’d escaped injuring them, but them I undressed last night to find a pair of bruises on them). Oh and I also managed to hit my head on the bitumen. There’s a painful lump on top of it now. Twisted my neck too. But my elbow is the only body part with chunks (literally!) missing from it now. I wonder if I go back along that road, if I will find pieces of elbow on it. Ick. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-screwed/335544/23 "2005-12-15T03:57:20Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > Ouch ouch ouch! My contact solution is SALINE. Doesn’t salt in a wound smart? No, as long as it’s normal saline. It’s closer to your own tissue than water. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-screwed/335544/24 "2005-12-15T04:01:17Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > here’s one nobody’s suggested > cover the existing guaze with anti biotic ointment and a new gauze pad > repeat twice a day for a week > Ignore the “itchies” which, if they haven’t already, will start in a day or two > In a week, remove the outer gauze and see what happens. Unless you’re a slow healer like me (shoddy immune system) a week should be enough time for your body to form scar tissue under the scab - at that point the original gauze should come off with the scab without making things worse antibiotic ointment is fine once or twice while it’s still raw, but continious use can encourage yeast/fungal growth, then you have a bigger bag of worms. ---
**Author:** ![Queuing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/90ced4/32.png) [@Queuing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queuing)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-screwed/335544/25 "2005-12-15T04:26:23Z")
> [@FlyingRamenMonster](#): > > **Whammo** … yeah, I fell over while walking on the road. It takes talent, really. I also managed to skin my hands and my hip and bruise my thigh (it’s the size of an egg) and my knees (I thought I’d escaped injuring them, but them I undressed last night to find a pair of bruises on them). Oh and I also managed to hit my head on the bitumen. There’s a painful lump on top of it now. Twisted my neck too. But my elbow is the only body part with chunks (literally!) missing from it now. I wonder if I go back along that road, if I will find pieces of elbow on it. Ick. Wow, that sounds like an America’s funniest home videos type of fall. You do have talent. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-screwed/335544/26 "2005-12-15T05:41:03Z")
I just took a shower. Evidently, my wounds are too fresh to get wet without dissolving the membrane thing that’s formed over them. I have an interview in 0 minutes. Ow ow ow ow ow ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Roboto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@Mr.Roboto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Roboto)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-screwed/335544/27 "2005-12-15T14:24:04Z")
Dude, watch out for gravity! You must have been distracted like people who try to drive and talk on the cellphone. hope the gash regenerates… ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-screwed/335544/28 "2005-12-15T18:21:10Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > No, as long as it’s normal saline. It’s closer to your own tissue than water. Okay. duh. What the hell was I thinking?!? _Must drink more coffee…_ ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-screwed/335544/29 "2005-12-16T00:41:06Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > antibiotic ointment is fine once or twice while it’s still raw, but continious use can encourage yeast/fungal growth, then you have a bigger bag of worms. Yeast, fungus AND worms?? Icky ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-screwed/335544/30 "2005-12-16T00:48:44Z")
> [@](#): > > AND worms?? Better a bag of worms than a can of hornets. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-so-screwed/335544.md?page=1)