Arwen Thebard wrote: ↑Tue Oct 09, 2018 8:30 am
What was the actual treatment you received ?
Was any specific treatment administered on the hill?
What did they do in A and E? (Did they POP the blister?)
Glad to hear it's getting better
Remarkably little treatment anywhere actually!
On the hill they put gauze over it, then clingfilm then bandage. No popping.
At A&E they popped & "de-roofed" the blisters (removed all the loose skin. Then they gave it a minor cleansing (was clean anyway), laid Atrauman Silver gauze sheets directly on the wounds (
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Atrauman-AG-Si ... B00FX8DR2M) then wadding over that and finally bandaging. The senior male nurse at A&E was VERY adamant that I should push the next day for daily dressing changes at my local GP/nurse but the nurse that actually dressed the wound said "I've done LOADS of these & I'd leave it a few days before messing with it unless it changes/weeps etc." so I listened to her & waited another day before seeing my local nurse, who promptly agreed with her.
From there (a Tuesday) it was twice-weekly (Tue/Fri) dressing changes which was just Atrauman gauze (they didn't have the silver but apparently that's more aimed at infected wounds but had the "plain" stuff.
So, again, gauze, wadding, bandage. No creams/ointments/drugs of any kind at all, just keep it sensibly clean & dry (bathing is "fun") and it's just done its own thing.
I've been taking matching photos of it at every change to document the healing progression. Happy to share if folks here are interested but I appreciate it's not for everyone
As it stands I have a few of the scabs now starting to peel off already & most of the main healing is just about complete. The nurse doesn't even think it will scar much as it's healed so well!
Ironic that I caused it myself but have largely got away with it, yet my other half has been languishing in hospital since Thursday morning, now with sepsis & a newly discovered major spinal issue (Cauda Equina Syndrome) that /should/ be operated on within 24-48hrs of discovery, but they now can't risk it with her infection, leaving her on antibiotics for at least 14 days before they can consider the surgery. And yet all of this and she had no wound/trauma whatsoever so it goes to show how you can be taken out without even thinking about it, no matter how well you prep...