Forum menu
Fell off at 'highspeed' on saturday, gave it a good clean out and yes it was painfull but went to work yesterday on feet for 9 hours and my whole bloody leg swelled up.....
Last night was wincing in pain, took pain killers and everything, really cant remember being in as much pain as that before, went to docs, 'you legs infected' stay off your feet for a couple of days and take this course of antibiotics.
Bored, still really sore and crisping up now, so am i a big puff?
pics?
do a search - there was a thread about dressings/healing time for road rash a week or two back - etting it 'crisp up' is a no-no as far as swift healing is concerned...much as scab pickign maybe a fun activity later on.
From experience, warm bath with a handfull of salt added, it WILL STING,but it helps to clean out the wounds.
I promise you it works, as well as stinging.
[url= http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/5827897817_831abb989d.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/10286353@N03/5827897817/ ]SDC10796[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/10286353@N03/ ]jcabuckley1974[/url], on Flickr
[url= http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2236/5827898277_3dbee2f481.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/10286353@N03/5827898277/ ]SDC10797[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/10286353@N03/ ]jcabuckley1974[/url], on Flickr
There you go....
don't do the salt bath - very old fashioned treatment now proven to do no good at all. I would go back to the docs and ask for an appointment with the nurse to get suitable dressings or go to the minor injuries clinic to get dressings. Suitable modern dressings will imporove healing rates significantly
mine was better... I too got an infection and ended up on antibiotics, was very painful (but I managed to keep going to work 😉 ). Went to the day clinic and they popped a dressing on that kept it moist, smelt pretty grim though after a couple of days so I took it off!
Did the hot savlon bath thing the evening of the crash, hurt like hell but cleaned it out. Its the standing about for 9hours that caused the swelling aparently. Scab picking is great fun but i have been applying vaseline to the scab to soften it up a bit.
The wound is so hot i could fry bacon on it!
Ouch!
Just MTFU, it only looks like where your cat has missed its scratch post and scratched your leg instead
😆SiB - Member
Just MTFU, it only looks like where your cat has missed its scratch post and scratched your leg instead
Would your Boss go off work in the same situation?
With those socks????????
Fk yeah
I am more concerned by the crotch-of-lycra pics in that Flickr account.... 😯
ok...i was going to post a picture of maggots cleaning a wound...apparently this can work well.
One search on google images put me right off...that was hideous.
maggots can and do work well - you can buy sterile maggots specially bred for the purpose.
Lol guys, you're keeping me amused at least 😆
MTFU
[img] 
[/img]
maggots can and do work well - you can buy sterile maggots specially bred for the purpose.
Just don't do what I did and search for 'maggots cleaning wounds' on Google images.
It put me off my lunch.
McHamish - nothing puts me off my food. many years as a nurse. I have used maggots in wounds
That pic is of Valvarde isn't it? so he was probably up to his eteballs in EPO and other drugs, wouldn't have felt a thing..
Not sure that minor graze counts as a wound, my 7 year did worse at the weekend, and guess what he's at school now.
McHamish - nothing puts me off my food.
That sounds like a challenge...but that might result in a ban so I'll resist!
Sudocrem, and lots of it FTW
So, epo-holic, I have your written application for 'being a puff' in front of me and as an ambassador of puffdom I need to know what type of 'puff' you are, so we can see if you qualify for being fabulous.
Are you a cheesy puff, a salt and vinegar puff or a more exotic variety such as prawn cocktail?
Please note that currently there is a backlog of entries to being a puff, we're pretty picky on it. It may help if you own Calvin Klein undies, at least one bottle of Lacoste and either pink lycra, SPDs or a boat that can be towed by a 4x4.
I've also got road rash but I've gone to work. I wish I hadn't but that's nothing to do with the road rash.
Do take care of it, Epo. I came off last year and got infected, didn't really realise until the horrified woman in admin pointed out that it wasn't supposed to be oozing yellow. Ended up getting told off by the nurse, getting a tetnus jab done and put on heavy anti-biotics. A year later I still bear the scars. My career in modelling is over! Over, I say!
I didn't take any time off work though, because I'm not a Magic Dragon.
Awwww thanks mrs toast, i too will never be a model but thats because i'm an ugly bastard and nothing to do with the plentyful scars i bare from being crap on a bike!
Adamw... Probably a cheesy puff, i dont own a boat, 4x4, calvins or any lacoste tho, sorry
I've also got road rash but I've gone to work
Me too.
Friday evening 5pm on a roadabout - hit by car accelerating from roundabout to join motorway.
A fair bit of road rash on my arm and back but still managed to ride the few miles home again.
The strangest sensation was listening to the sound of my helmet skipping over tarmac with me still inside it (thankfully).
MTFU
That was the first time I'd been out on the roadbike this year too!
Yes you are.
Yes you are.
Ahem, I'll be the judge of that.
No Lacoste, 4x4 - do you at LEAST have SPDs? 😛
Tart 😉
Adamw- of course i do, doesn't everyone?
Adamw- of course i do, doesn't everyone?
Phew! I was going to stamp a big 'REJECTED' sign over it, leaving you to be a non-puff. Congratulations! You are now a fully-fledged puff! Have a daiquiri!
[img] 
[/img]
Mines a babysham if you dont mind! 😉
Hmmm.
Apart from the infection, thats pretty low grade gravel rash. Its clearly not that deep, and its dried already.
Real mans gravel rash would be weeping, drying, cracking and re-opening again for a good couple of weeks.
🙄
Real mans gravel rash would be weeping, drying, cracking and re-opening again for a good couple of weeks.
Exactly what mine was doing... finally all healed now though, got a nice pink patch on my leg for my troubles 🙂
MASSIVE poof!
It's not even on a bendy bit?
Was you sat on the cat scratching post in that pic?
Real mans gravel rash would be weeping, drying, cracking and re-opening again for a good couple of weeks.
Unless of course you use the appropriate dressings when it heals without scarring in comfort in 7 - 10 days
Dressing! Pah,
I wouldn't even stick a tea bag on that.
I'm still tempted to search for a picture to put TJ off his lunch...but I think i'll probably just end up putting me off my dinner and mildly amusing TJ!
Er...
That is a fairly [i]lightweight[/i] injury. You are a big jessie.
McHmish - here you are - [url= http://archive.student.bmj.com/issues/02/08/education/275.php ]not for the sqeamish[/url]
AdamW - Member
So, epo-holic, I have your written application for 'being a puff' in front of me and as an ambassador of puffdom I need to know what type of 'puff' you are, so we can see if you qualify for being fabulous.Are you a cheesy puff, a salt and vinegar puff or a more exotic variety such as prawn cocktail?
Please note that currently there is a backlog of entries to being a puff, we're pretty picky on it. It may help if you own Calvin Klein undies, at least one bottle of Lacoste and either pink lycra, SPDs or a boat that can be towed by a 4x4.
Posted 6 hours ago # Report-Post
Thats go to be one of the best return posts ever, well done that puff.
If I was a puff, I'd like to be AdamW because he's cool as ****.
you get more skin loss than that at one of these 😆
[img] 
[/img]
you sir, are a big girlies blouse of such magnitude that I have run out of possible adjectives to describe its massiveness