The Official Status Update Thread - Part 8

[HotPocket]

Expat sounds like you're having one of those days. Sorry bout your luck.
I wouldn't go to the hospital. But not a medical person.

 

[HotPocket]

^^^

 

[HotPocket]

How about the ringing in my ears?

Just keep say'n "yes dear"

 

[UncleMike]

How about the ringing in my ears?

Answer the phone...
The ringing will stop.

 

[Expat]

I was just going to pull Westside's leg a little big. I had the ringing before. Remember the old Groucho routine, he hurts his hand, ask the doctor if he will be able to play the piano, he says sure, Groucho says good, he always hoped to be able to.

 

[OneBadV8]

Wow Expat... Glad it wasnt worse

 

[Westside]

Answer the phone...
The ringing will stop.

You beat me to it

 

[Expat]

By the way, the wife was amazed, I did not drop the plate with the steak on it

 

[Westside]

By the way, the wife was amazed, I did not drop the plate with the steak on it

that would have been beef abuse. people go to jail for that kind of stuff.

 

[Kick]

Damn Expat, glad you are OK. That coulda been real bad!

 

[SEIndSAM]

Gosh Expat, sounds like your own personal 4th of July display. Your a little late!

Glad it wasn't worse.

 

[HotPocket]

By the way, the wife was amazed, I did not drop the plate with the steak on it

YAY!!!

 

[Expat]

Damn Expat, glad you are OK. That coulda been real bad!

It is one of those stupid things that you do that could have put you on the Darwin list.
That is why I try to think, but for the grace of God it could be me when I read people getting hurt by their own stupidity.

Gosh Expat, sounds like your own personal 4th of July display. Your a little late!

Glad it wasn't worse.

Thanks. It was a nice woof.

 

[Kick]

Did she cook the steaks for you?

 

[Expat]

Did she cook the steaks for you?

We cooked on the stove inside at that point. I had to eat the steak that I had with me as she was afraid it had singed hair all over it.

 

[SEIndSAM]

Did she cook the steaks for you?

LOL< I was about to ask the same thing. Were the steaks cooked up or did you just call it a day?

 

[theweakerbrother]

I did the samething but with a plate of chicken breasts. I dropped them in the leaves. Nothing a little outside water hose can't fix. It doesn't matter, the heat will kill all the germs. I didn't go to the doctor either. You'll be fine.

 

[7th Stepper]

Any EMT/Nurse/Medical types lurking. My gas grill blew out. I figured it has just gone out and hit the igniter. Needless to say it must have been out for awhile and blew up. Knocked me back a step or two. Nothing hit me other than the wave. Kind of feels like getting punched in the side of my face. Most of the hair on my right arm was burned off. It does not appear to have burned my skin at all. Right eyebrow and eyelashes have some crispiness. Took a shower and scraped off as much of the singed hair as I could (now I know how the hog feels). The wife put aloe vera gel all over the affected areas. She wants me to go to the ER. Since I don't have any blisters so I don't see much point. Any opinions.

OW! Ok, here's what you do if you want to avoid the ER, Dr., etc. I'm into "homeopathic/herbal" types of cures, as well as regular medicine ones, and this is going to sound crazy, but we've used it ourselves for quite a while now, and even BOR believes in it. Have your wife slice up an onion, very thinly (or 2, depending on how big of an area you burned) and then spread out the slices on a cloth, big enough to wrap the burn in. Put that on it and leave it there for several hours, and NO, it won't make it hurt worse, contrary to popular belief. Leave it on for as long as you can, keeping the cloth moist so that the juice from the onion soaks into your skin.

You can change out the onion for new slices every few hours if you want to, but the first application is the most important. Doing this will take the burning sensation out of your skin, speed up the healing process, prevent or limit the amount of blisters, and you won't have the scabs or scars you usually would with a burn like that.

I know it sounds nuts, but trust me, it really works. We used it on our daughter when she spilled boiling water on her entire hand, and by the time we got her from her apt to the ER, a lot of the burn had eased down to close to a 1st degree one. They still bandaged it for her, gave her pain pills, (which she never needed) and set her up with a hand specialist to deal with any scars that would form. She saw him 2 days later, and he released her from any further care, she had healed that much.

As I said, we've been doing this for years, and it really does work. Give it a try, if it's a 1st or 2nd degree burn, this should take care of it, if it's past that into an part of a 3rd degree, then definitely seek medical attention, as those burn the skin totally off and usually require grafts.
Good luck, and yes, I was in the medical field for many years. I'm a retired Medic.
Take care,
7th Stepper

 

[Rayne]

Hey Rayne what are you taking Sunday to shoot?

I will have my Glock 26 strapped to my hip where it always is, plus a GSG 1911-22 that I rented from Tyler. Though since it only has one mag I'm not sure I will be able to use it. I'm also bringing a Ruger 10-22 rifle in case we get to shot those too. If Hubby gets to come he will have his shotgun and we will probably bring an extra so there will be another spare in case someone wants to borrow one.

Also, you know how I love my flip flops. Do I need to wear regular shoes for this? I might just wear ff and bring along socks and shoes. Lol!

Wear the ff but bring shoes to wear during the shot. Hot brass is no fun except to the people who get to watch you do the hot brass dance. Then it's hillarious.

For Rayne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F_G2zp-opg

Thanks HandK, I love that commercial too.

Any EMT/Nurse/Medical types lurking. My gas grill blew out. I figured it has just gone out and hit the igniter. Needless to say it must have been out for awhile and blew up. Knocked me back a step or two. Nothing hit me other than the wave. Kind of feels like getting punched in the side of my face. Most of the hair on my right arm was burned off. It does not appear to have burned my skin at all. Right eyebrow and eyelashes have some crispiness. Took a shower and scraped off as much of the singed hair as I could (now I know how the hog feels). The wife put aloe vera gel all over the affected areas. She wants me to go to the ER. Since I don't have any blisters so I don't see much point. Any opinions.

I have a couple thoughts on this too, Are you feeling any tightness in your chest or throat? You could have breathed in some of the flames in the explosion and you need to watch for signs of respitory distress. If you have any symptoms call an ambulance ASAP or get your butt to the ER if you live very close, I'm talking less than 3 minutes away close. This is nothing to fool around with. Also you may have a slight concusion from the explosion so watch for worsening symptoms such as sever head ache, voimiting and blurred visson. Again an ER visit is called for if you have these symptoms.

 

[Expat]

OW! Ok, here's what you do if you want to avoid the ER, Dr., etc. I'm into "homeopathic/herbal" types of cures, as well as regular medicine ones, and this is going to sound crazy, but we've used it ourselves for quite a while now, and even BOR believes in it. Have your wife slice up an onion, very thinly (or 2, depending on how big of an area you burned) and then spread out the slices on a cloth, big enough to wrap the burn in. Put that on it and leave it there for several hours, and NO, it won't make it hurt worse, contrary to popular belief. Leave it on for as long as you can, keeping the cloth moist so that the juice from the onion soaks into your skin.

You can change out the onion for new slices every few hours if you want to, but the first application is the most important. Doing this will take the burning sensation out of your skin, speed up the healing process, prevent or limit the amount of blisters, and you won't have the scabs or scars you usually would with a burn like that.

I know it sounds nuts, but trust me, it really works. We used it on our daughter when she spilled boiling water on her entire hand, and by the time we got her from her apt to the ER, a lot of the burn had eased down to close to a 1st degree one. They still bandaged it for her, gave her pain pills, (which she never needed) and set her up with a hand specialist to deal with any scars that would form. She saw him 2 days later, and he released her from any further care, she had healed that much.

As I said, we've been doing this for years, and it really does work. Give it a try, if it's a 1st or 2nd degree burn, this should take care of it, if it's past that into an part of a 3rd degree, then definitely seek medical attention, as those burn the skin totally off and usually require grafts.
Good luck, and yes, I was in the medical field for many years. I'm a retired Medic.
Take care,
7th Stepper

Thanks Bobbie. The aloe vera seems to have it feeling pretty good right now and like I said, there is very little redness. Just went for the hair.