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Posted by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (Member # 59) on :
Someone took the radiator cap off of the radiator and got burned. Ouch!
Best wishes heading your way, snapper.
Posted by Robert Nowall (Member # 2764) on :
"Be my friend on Facebook"...translation: Prepare for the end of life as you know it.
Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
Blistered or just very red?
The good thing is that the nose heals faster than most other places because you have a lot of capillaries there. I made a similar mistake once, except mine involved an electric sander.
Posted by snapper (Member # 7299) on :
My nose is very red. I have a blister on my neck and arm but that's because I took immediate steps to rinse and cool my face and made them a secondary worry. I made my handsome mug my top priority. How'd you make that mistake with the sander?
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Posted by LDWriter2 (Member # 9148) on :
From the comments I assume you got a face full of very hot water. I'm glad you're mostly okay even though that might depend on how large the blisters are.
"a face full of very hot water".
Now that would make an interesting first line in a story, especially first person.
Posted by philocinemas (Member # 8108) on :
quote:How'd you make that mistake with the sander?
Apparently, there are two types of circular sanders. Those that attach the round sandpaper with velcro and those that do so with an adhesive. I had purchased the adhesive kind by mistake. Instead of going all the way back to the store and exchanging it for the correct type, in my haste, I decided to try using the adhesive sandpaper with my velcro-oriented sander. It was working fine until the round piece of sandpaper was lauched toward my face like a midieval projectile. Fortunately, I was sanding something in a vertical position. The flying sandpaper cut my nose perfectly in half - right down the center. Since there is a bone that travels halfway down the nose, it bounced off and did not cut very deep, except for the very end near the nostrils.
It was a Sunday, and I was able to stop the bleeding, so I waited until the next day to visit the doctor. He cleaned it up some and told me it was too late for stitches - it had already closed. That was when I learned that the nose heals faster than almost any other body part due to the number of capilaries there. I ended up with a barely visible scar and added wisdom concerning the use of power tools.
I wish you luck with your nose as well and for the wisdom that comes with it.
Posted by Kathleen Dalton Woodbury (Member # 59) on :
I don't think I want to hear about these kinds of days.
Posted by snapper (Member # 7299) on :
Went to the burn unit for a follow up. They describe most of my burns as superficial. like a bad sunburn. A spot on my forearm (where a blister burst) and my nose are the worse at the moment. My nose looks like a badger was chewing on it but it doesn't hurt at all. They gave me some very good anti-biotic ointment to keep on it and said in three weeks it should look as good as new.
Posted by LDWriter2 (Member # 9148) on :
Good.
Quite a few years ago I had a bad burn on my leg. The blister was over three inches wide. But it didn't leave much of a scar if any.
