Oh wow....that would be terrifying! I just watched something "blow up in the face"...and I still can't imagine that horror. Wow.
And yeah...I sort of knew that the cover-up would be a bad idea. I mean, I can hardly stand to put the medicine on it...I don't really know what I was thinking. Still in denial maybe. When people ask what happen, I just kind of say "oh, I got burnt, it's no big deal". But it is. And it *hurts like hell*. (I'm sure you know...) Today someone flicked a lighter right when I was plugging in my laptop. I nearly passed out from fright. I hadn't realized that I was still quite so upset about it.
And I'm not usually so vain. Maybe it's just the combination of the "importance" of the occasion, and wanting to think that what happened was "not so bad"...
I had to change the gauze tonight, and I'm not sure I want it off after all.  It's mostly 1st and 2nd degree burns across my whole chest, and that part is shaping up better than I had hoped. But where the metal necklace swung back and then got embedded in the skin--that's a seriously nasty burn/ cut. It's a worse burn too, because the hot metal stayed there.
I probably am dehydrated, although I'm always so good about drinking. Generally upwards of 100 oz or more. But it's "that time of month" and that always give me major major D, no matter who good I am with that I eat. We had a probably with the thermostat on the hot water heater, so my shower was too hot too. With D, and period, and a hot shower, I got to feeeling really puny and shakey this evening. I always used to drink juice when that happened, but this time I settled for Chamomile and Rice. Not quite as effective, I don't think.
I'm using aloe and "polysporin" (because I have a terrible terrible immune system, so evidently it has more/ stronger antibiotics than neosporin), and Johnson burn creme. The skin is mostly shaping up, except for the bad bad part in the center. It still hurts, and the doc said the force of the explosion may have broken a rib. Great.
Thanks so much for sharing your story....helps me to feel less alone...
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