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Stepped on a Nail: An Adventure (1 Viewer)

shadyridr said:
Enough with the "flash forwards". You suck at storytelling.
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I'm sorry that I am not meeting your expectations. I am simply trying to express my thoughts and feelings as I experienced them. Thought some people might find it interesting. Feel free to excuse yourself. I am not holding anyone hostage.

 
DAY 3: Thursday, January 4th, 2018 (part 1)

Wednesday night was a rough night.  Lots of pain and discomfort. I think I managed to get a couple of hours sleep here and there, but it wasn't really sleep. At this point I didn't have crutches (would get those later today), and therefore it was as though my foot was getting repeatedly smashed with a sledgehammer just to get to the bathroom. And then... while in the bathroom... I had to lift my leg as high as possible while doing my business. The pressure was just too much.

So I wake up on Thursday, and I cannot tell if it is noticeably better. At most, it is maybe the same. I felt pretty good on Wednesday evening when we all went out to the movies. In fact, my doctor friend had texted during the movie asking me how I was doing. I later responded that I was feeling better. Still had some pain and swelling, but better. Come Thursday morning however, it is now worse.

Around noontime, most of my foot is light red, and it appears to be swollen. The skin is very elastic and edematous... like pushing on a waterbed. My thought, at this point, is that the antibiotics are not working. Do I have a resistant strain? Is this a flesh-eating bacteria? Am I in danger of losing my foot? ####!!! I don't know. At the very least it looks like I am developing cellulitis... an infection of the skin and underlying tissues. I decide that it is probably time to go back to see a healthcare professional. Hop back in the truck and go to my local urgent care just down the street. It is about 2:00pm.

This is not my foot (started taking pictures of my own foot on Day 5), but it is similar to what my foot looked like by this time. https://microbioloblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/1230552-1237208-1081.jpg

And just as two days prior, the waiting area is full of people. One woman with a towel covering her face... she is severely congested and coughing up loads of mucous into that towel. Another young woman has come in because she has sliced her hand with a knife... I get a brief glimpse of her... has dried blood all over her hand, but it doesn't look too bad... probably needs some stitches though. And then there are a few other people there likely with flu-like symptoms. So I wait about an hour to an hour and a half before I get called back. I wait a little longer in the exam room, and I am finally greeted by a Physician's Assistant. I explain the history... she gives my foot the cursory exam...

 
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if your worried about why tom has what looks like a shallow grave in his backyard turn to post 13 if you want to see shuke and gm eat more stuff to the sweet sounds bein laid down by looking glass turn to post 54 take that to the bank bromigos 

 
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SWC said:
if your worried about why tom has what looks like a shallow grave in his backyard turn to post 13 if you want to see shuke and gm eat more stuff to the sweet sounds bein laid down by looking glass turn to post 54 take that to the bank bromigos 
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:cry:   :lmao:

 
trogg78 said:
Don't you have a primary care physician you could see instead of just going to urgent care?
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Fair question... but a PCP would essentially have done the same thing. Injury>treatment>antibiotics>recover. Antibiotics aren't working... >new course of treatment. I just needed confirmation that the current treatment is not working, and then a recommendation/order for a new course of treatment. And this is what happened. Was not any more trouble, and it didn't cost me any more money. And probably saved me some time... for this is an "urgent" care situation... bordering on, and approaching "emergent" care.

 
Tom Skerritt said:
Fair question... but a PCP would essentially have done the same thing. Injury>treatment>antibiotics>recover. Antibiotics aren't working... >new course of treatment. I just needed confirmation that the current treatment is not working, and then a recommendation/order for a new course of treatment. And this is what happened. Was not any more trouble, and it didn't cost me any more money. And probably saved me some time... for this is an "urgent" care situation... bordering on, and approaching "emergent" care.
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I would think PCP would be more convenient since it is by appointment. This may be different for you, but my PCP copay is $20.00 and Urgent care is $50.00

 
Tom Skerritt said:
DAY 3: Thursday, January 4th, 2018 (part 1)

And just as two days prior, the waiting area is full of people. One woman with a towel covering her face... she is severely congested and coughing up loads of mucous into that towel. Another young woman has come in because she has sliced her hand with a knife... I get a brief glimpse of her... has dried blood all over her hand, but it doesn't look too bad... probably needs some stitches though. And then there are a few other people there likely with flu-like symptoms. So I wait about an hour to an hour and a half before I get called back. I wait a little longer in the exam room, and I am greeted by Physician's Assistant. I explain the history... she gives my foot the cursory exam...
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Plenty of time to catch up on the adventures of Goofus and Gallant!!

 
Tom Skerritt said:
Fair question... but a PCP would essentially have done the same thing. Injury>treatment>antibiotics>recover. Antibiotics aren't working... >new course of treatment. I just needed confirmation that the current treatment is not working, and then a recommendation/order for a new course of treatment. And this is what happened. Was not any more trouble, and it didn't cost me any more money. And probably saved me some time... for this is an "urgent" care situation... bordering on, and approaching "emergent" care.
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You didn't tell us this yet.

 
trogg78 said:
I would think PCP would be more convenient since it is by appointment. This may be different for you, but my PCP copay is $20.00 and Urgent care is $50.00
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I hear you. I guess I have pretty good insurance, because I never a paid a co-pay throughout this ordeal. And I didn't have time to schedule appointments. I needed attention immediately.

 
i hope that when they make this in to a movie they get daniel day lewis to play you i know you are going to say it should be tom skeritt but man everything daniel touches just turns in to an award like when he was that lovable scamp bill the butcher in new york gang you just wanted to hug him and bam awards so lets keep our fingers crossed that he will be called in to audition and get the role take that to the bank brohans 

 
shadyridr said:
You told us you thought the anti-biotic was not working but never the doctor's diagnosis.
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I don't believe that I have said what the diagnosis is. I have only expressed my suspicions. Clearly you are having trouble following along, but no need to argue.

 
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Every time you post I can't help but read it like it is from Monty Python the Quest for the Holy Grail.  I keep waiting for you to say you fart in my general direction and that my mother was a hamster and my father smelled of elderberries.

 
I sifted through 6 pages and the most interesting thing was that there's a new Zelda game.   :sleep:  

 
chet said:
I sifted through 6 pages and the most interesting thing was that there's a new Zelda game.   :sleep:  
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Either that game is really hard. or video games have passed me by. The Divine Beast bosses are just way too difficult. I have managed to kill two of them. Two more to go. I do have the master sword though, so there's that.

 
Don't Noonan said:
Every time you post I can't help but read it like it is from Monty Python the Quest for the Holy Grail.  I keep waiting for you to say you fart in my general direction and that my mother was a hamster and my father smelled of elderberries.
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Indeed. It is a flesh wound, though I don’t think he’s had worse. 

 
Tom Skerritt said:
Either that game is really hard. or video games have passed me by. The Divine Beast bosses are just way too difficult. I have managed to kill two of them. Two more to go. I do have the master sword though, so there's that.
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Huh? I beat them all on my first try. Way too easy. The Lynel's are much tougher.

 
munga30 said:
PUT THAT #### IN SPOILERS!!!!
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Dude! It's been a little over a week that I stepped on a ####### nail. I figure it's pretty obvious that I am still recovering. I am trying not to give away the more important details. Chill. There's plenty more to come.

 
The pace has me fearing a mid-season finale after Day 4, forcing an unnecessary hiatus thru Super Bowl weekend and a week's worth of "previously on Tetanus Island" recap posts after before we get closure

 
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