Shwhiskey Gumimaci
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So I am currently trying not to lose my finger from a bad staph infection. On the road I feel like me and many others do what we can to stay as independent and low cost as possible. We push off things that we probably shouldn't, from showers to medical and dental problems. And most of the time things are fine in the end, I mean what's another month without a shower? But with the current state of my finger it's a big reminder that some things really do need attention. About 4 or 5 days ago this was a shallow, insignificant cat scratch. Now it has turned into a raging infection spreading to other parts of my body, oozing puss and is exponentially larger and deeper than it started.
I was not initially worried about my finger when it started getting red and puss-y, it's not uncommon for small cuts to get a bit angry and then die down, but when this got to the point where after I took off my band-aid it was draining like crazy I started getting worried. The next day was a bit worse, but it really went downhill when I went to sleep.. I felt an immense amount pain and pressure when I woke up at around 2 or 3 in the morning. Luckily I had some friends who happened to have woken up a short amount of time before me to chase off some irresponsible shwilly kids. When I took off the band-aid my finger exploded with a massive amount of puss followed by quite a bit of blood. My entire finger was so swollen we needed to cut of my ring. After some Slab City medical care from Dr. Cornelius with tumeric, coconut oil and iodine, I went back to sleep. But after it was cleaned out it didn't seem to get much better. Today I was told by my friend in medical school my finger was worse than the examples of MRSA she studied in school and was at high risk of losing my finger, especially since the infection was spreading to other places in my body.
Now I hate antibiotics and doctors, but apparently they can be necessary sometimes. So just don't do what I did, keep your wounds clean, and take care of yourself.
I was not initially worried about my finger when it started getting red and puss-y, it's not uncommon for small cuts to get a bit angry and then die down, but when this got to the point where after I took off my band-aid it was draining like crazy I started getting worried. The next day was a bit worse, but it really went downhill when I went to sleep.. I felt an immense amount pain and pressure when I woke up at around 2 or 3 in the morning. Luckily I had some friends who happened to have woken up a short amount of time before me to chase off some irresponsible shwilly kids. When I took off the band-aid my finger exploded with a massive amount of puss followed by quite a bit of blood. My entire finger was so swollen we needed to cut of my ring. After some Slab City medical care from Dr. Cornelius with tumeric, coconut oil and iodine, I went back to sleep. But after it was cleaned out it didn't seem to get much better. Today I was told by my friend in medical school my finger was worse than the examples of MRSA she studied in school and was at high risk of losing my finger, especially since the infection was spreading to other places in my body.
Now I hate antibiotics and doctors, but apparently they can be necessary sometimes. So just don't do what I did, keep your wounds clean, and take care of yourself.
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