Some news on my arm.....
right now I'm doing something I definetly should not be doing x.x
So it's been over a week now since I broke my arm, tomorrow I get my real plaster, but thing is a few days ago one of my bunnies peed on me and the pee went in the cotton between my plaster and my skin. So I had to remove it to clean out the contaminated cotton. I used a piece of soft cloth as replacement padding.
I was pretty good in respecting the "do not take this off" rule other then that one instance wich was justified I think.
But tonight, my skin and my arm were feeling horrible, it's not the bone that's hurting, it's the muscles around the wrist and elbow getting bruised by the plaster forcing my arm into a position it's not liking and my skin getting raw from irritation and lack of bloodflow. This was happening even before I had to change out the cotton so I don't think it's my fault, it was actually worse before on the skin cause it was too thight and my hand was getting swollen from lack of blood. When I remade it I made it a bit looser so my hand's better now, but the elbow and wrist.... those are held at a constant position with the temp plaster and it hurt now x.x
So tonight I said screw this and took it off, it's been hours and I still feel cramps and my skin still feels awfull even though I applied hydrating cream sigh, but what hurts is completly unrelated to the break. Actually the bone break area doesnt hurt at all as long as I move my arm slowly and without pressure. The rest though.... wich was caused by the plaster, ouch x.x
So I know I'll have to put it back on, cause I cant risk sleeping without it or pretty much doing anything without it for risk of hitting myself or forcing the bone too much, but while I'm resting at the computer having no plaster on feels much better for my arm. I'm just dreading having to put it back on T.T
I hope when they check it tomorrow the xrays show progress enough that maybe I wont need a full plaster? cause so far my arm in is worse shape cause of it I feel and with a full plaster I wont be able to remove it and let my skin breathe like this., I sware it's so raw it looks like I have a sunburn.
Is this normal or am I having a reaction of some kind?
Right now I'm craving a bath without the plaster too, but its 3am and dad would kill me and a shower would be too risky in case I fell or something.
__________ Tue Jun 27, 2017 3:02 am __________
k so I just went ahead and washed up and I washed my arm and OMG my skin feels like it's back to life! Now I'm guessing the pain I was feeling on my skin (kindof like an itchy sunburn you just cant scratch cause it hurts like hell if you do) was caused by lack of cleaning due to the plaster being there. Now I'm wayyyyy more worried about getting the real plaster that I wont be able to remove D:
__________ Tue Jun 27, 2017 4:56 am __________
Ok so I just tried putting it back on to get some sleep and my skin started screaming fire withing seconds.... I think I might know a bit more whats going on. I am allergic to wool, and while I know medical stuff is 100% cotton, normally anyways, the fact is that's it's giving me a similar reaction as when my wool allergies act up tell me that either this one wasnt 100% cotton or that sweat or something accumulated in the fibers in the last week and is causing me a similar reaction since I have sensitive skin. When I touch wool (sheep or alpaca wool), I have to wash the skin that was in contact with it for a few minutes before the fire finally calms down. This explains why washing helped earlier and now as I just had to wash my arm again. Either way I think before now I was able to tolerate it since is was minor next to the pain but now it's driving me crazy, so I'm gonna try to nap without it for now and in the morning I'll talk with my dad's girlfriend (ex-nurse) about it. Most likelly I'll have to discuss the matter tomorrow cause if that "real" plaster will be on my arm for a month or more I'd rather gnaw my arm off I think.
I'm not allergic to rabbit wool btw, just the other kinds. Although I've never had anything knitted with angora fur. I know it's a bit weird, I'm a seamstress who's allergic to wool, but I just dont say anything to my boss and put up with the fire on my skin when I have to. It's not that easy though when you want to rip your own skin off though, but it'd look bad if I was picky and said "Can you give the wool materials to the other girls? I'm allergic"
I'd really like to have some nice knitted fabrics to sew clothes with though. You just can't really buy those or there's not many options for em especially since it cant be made with wool in my case. Maybe 1 day I'll get into knitting when I finally get my english angora. I tried knitting with cotton tread before but got bored rly fast. If I got serious about wanting knitted fabrics, I'd rather buy a knitting machine I think. For now I might just spin the wool for the angora when I have it and sent it to my aunt, she likes knitting. <br /><br /> __________ Thu Jun 29, 2017 9:04 pm __________ <br /><br /> And so I have my full plaster on now, they added a sock thing before the plaster this time and so far it helps, still itchy but no "fire" on my skin. I'll have it till july 31st minimum sigh.
I'm having a friend, Elie, come over to help me out for a while, theres too many things I need my arm to do that needs to be done so he'll do them for me. That way I can avoid straining my relationship with my dad cause I'll be a bit more "independant" since I'll rely on Elie insted of him. Elie is a rly rly nice and intelligent guy, but since he's a bit different mentally he is struggling to find a place in life. I feel bad for him, as long as you explain things well and give him enough time he'll do everything perfectly, but not many employers are willing to give him that chance. Not sure how long he'll stay here, but he's an angel to agree to come spend some time here to help me out. Heck I cant even manage my own hair right now.... I raise lionhead rabbits but I have a lionmane bigger then any of em.
I sat on the wood pile to rest after shovelling the rabbit's manure and the pile fell appart. I fell 4 foot high onto rocks.
