Post 83: Burns

Let's talk about burns. Why? Because I just burnt myself. 2nd degree burn. Woo! 'Cause that's fun. From mid thigh down past my knee and on my little toe too. Lots of red and tiny blisters. Except the penny sized one on my toe and the quarter sized one on my knee. Of course, it doesn't hurt at all. I mean, it hurts A LOT. But I have taken several pain killers so the pain is kind of dull. Duller than it was before.

Now part of the reason I want to talk about burns is because I have a nasty habit of burning myself. I am a total klutz. Capital K with an emphasis on the spazz. 

The last time I burnt myself it was two fingers both second degree burns. It was a year ago and I still have the scar. 

The time before that it was second degree on my side from accidentally leaning on a curling iron. 

Before that it was a second degree burn on my arm from the top of the oven. 

And the first one I can remember apparently involved a cooking incident that was either second or third degree burns on my nose when I was younger. I remember it hurting. I remember being told by a lot of people to keep putting cream on it. I remember giant chucks of skin peeling off and being thoroughly grossed out. 

Of course, there are lots of minor burns in between.

Anyway, what I have learned  from burns, other than how unpleasant they are, is that there is not much you can do about them. They hurt a lot. They can do a lot of damage to the skin and it doesn't heal very fast.

But, it isn't like cuts. You can't do stitches.You can't just cover them up either.

I guess I didn't have as much to say as I thought I would. I'm kind of running out of things to say. So, I'm going to cut it short for now.