I’m all broken
On the last day of my camping trip, the sun came out and we went out on our friends’ boats for the day. I’d been sitting on the back of my friend’s boat, dangling my feet in the cold water, when I decided I’d had enough sitting in the sun.
I got up, bare-footed, and climbed back into the boat. When my right foot came down on the back seat of the boat, the foot fell between the boat cushions.
This acted as some kind of suction or something, and immediately the boat cushions enclosed around my leg and I couldn’t get it out.
It was like slow motion as I grunted and yelled, instinctively trying to yank my leg up out of the boat cushion’s jaws, while everyone turned and stared in awe and terror, not knowing what was going on or how to help me in time before I freed my leg.
By the time I got my leg free, there were already TWO giant bruises forming - one on each side of my leg. This is the second time I’ve been on this boat in two years, and the second time I’ve gotten a big nasty bruise by falling or slipping on this boat in that timeframe.
This bruise hurts, mostly on the inside of the leg, where in the yellowing area there’s still quite a big knot.
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On top of the nasty bruises, I already had a problem with my thumb that was ongoing. Whenever my hands touch chemicals, such as the Chlorox wipes, or straight up bleachwater (which we use in the daycare), my thumb gets the worst case of atopic dermatitis ever. It looks like leprosy. :p
This was made worse by the fact that during my camping weekend, I’d consumed a couple of Luna Bars without reading the ingredients. Luna Bars have oats in them. Oats cross-react with wheat and this makes my skin, especially my thumb, break out. This is painful, because the skin is cracking open and bleeding, and huge flakes are falling off.
The only way to treat this is to slather the thumb with prescribed steroidal ointment for a few days, then slather the thumb with vanicream for a few days, and keep the thumb covered with guaze and tape the whole time.
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On top of the nasty bruises and the thumb issue, I’m depressed because of the abuses and boss issues at work, and now I have the massive pain and bleeding to contend with. I’m NOT happy right now.