TOTALLY GEEKED!

There's a lot of drama on this board. But a lot of good. And some good drama. It's all good, IMO.

FNW, did you get to the doctor today?

I don't blame you. I don't go out if I don't have to in bad weather/conditions.

flan327 wrote:

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Going home in 5 minutes!

flan

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Yay!

Drive safe, flan. 

Mellow Momma wrote:

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Anyone have a good home remedy for burns? I just scorched my hand on the oven and it's a bad one. Let's just say I could rob a bank with that hand now because my fingerprints won't be searchable.

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I would run it under cool water, not ice cold.

Take a couple of Advil.

And, keep an eye on it.

Ouch, I'm sorry you got hurt, MM. 

Mellow Momma wrote:

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Thanks. I ran it under the water as soon as I did it. Then I went and did a few things in the kitchen while I muttered curse words under my breath. Then I took a look at it and ran it under the water again. Still hurts. 😰

Luckily I have some pain meds from DD's oral surgery hidden away. I might take one before bed.

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Once you have finished dinner, make a bowl of cool water to soak it in, for a little while.

Throw a few ice cubes in a bowl, and fill it with cool water.

It sounds like you burned your fingertips, MM.

Take something for the pain. (It sounds like you have something a little better than Advil.)

And, keep those burned fingers cool.

That is my best home remedy.

I hope you feel better soon. 

Mellow Momma wrote:

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Anyone have a good home remedy for burns? I just scorched my hand on the oven and it's a bad one. Let's just say I could rob a bank with that hand now because my fingerprints won't be searchable.

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Do you have an aloe plant?

That stuff is amazing for burns. 

lilyofcourse wrote:

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Home remedy? Not really.

I've heard of putting real butter on it.

Or mustard.

But I found if you don't have suflersilverdine(?) Preparation H works.

It numbs it.

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No, no, no. No butter or mustard. 

lilyofcourse wrote:

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I know what we use to do when I was working with hot melt in the sample company or hot oil in the restaurant.

Water just warm enough to open the pores so the heat could get out.

Hot melt, if you let it be for just a few seconds, it wasn't so bad.

But if you went with your knee jerk reaction to rub it off, lots of time you took skin with it.

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 COLD water. The burn continues to escalate, and you need cold water to stop it.

And cold water causes blisters.

I was thinking I didn't have any aloe but I remembered that I do have some gel that I use for sun burns!!! Off to find it!!

A fireman once told me egg whites work for burns.

I've always heard cool, not cold, water. Cool water allows the burn to release the heat. Ice cold water just shocks it into "hibernation" so to speak. When it starts to come back to room temperature it will release the heat.

weltschmerz wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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A fireman once told me egg whites work for burns.

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An egg white will trap the heat. You want to release it. 

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 Never tried out the theory.  Always went with the tried and true cool water theory.

Hmmm. Will have to read that sometime. I've always known to put cool water on a burn. When my sister was about 18 months old my mom was bathing her in the kitchen sink. We had one of those one bar handles that you slid to the hot side for hot water and the cold side for cold water. Up for on and down for off. No knobs. My mom turned around for a minute and my sister was playing and hit the hot water. The scalding water went down her arm, side, and abdomen. My mom immediately put cool water on her and took her to the ER. She had second degree burns. They said she would have probably ended up with serious skin issues if my mom hadn't done the right thing.

We had a resident who was boiling water for tea and upended the kettle on his lap. He had very serious burns.
Took forever to heal.
The docs on our floor were really upset because they weren't allowed to use aloe on him. It's unregulated, we don't know the strength or dosage, yadda, yadda.
They said he would have healed much faster with it. They use it themselves at home.

Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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I have an aloe plant. I forgot about it!

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It even works for chemical and radiation burns.

It's a miracle plant.

 

FNW wrote:

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There's a lot of drama on this board. But a lot of good. And some good drama. It's all good, IMO.

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 ITA.  I like my step mom board because sometimes I can go there and ask questions specific to step parenting.  I hope this doesn't come off the wrong way but step parenting is just a lot different than regular parenting.  Different challenges and things to deal with.  Other step moms understand.  And sometimes I just like hearing I'm not the only one dealing with xyz issue.  KWIM?  They also have links to articles that have some good stuff in them sometimes.  And yes, sometimes I laugh at the craziness of it all.  I think on that page I see a lot of women who create their own thunderstorm and then cry when they get wet.  So honestly, I don't spend a lot of time there because it's hard for me to deal with those kinds of people.  On the local mom board I belong to it's nice because you can ask other people what they think of new restaurants, find doctors people like, or just generally get a lot of local information.  I'm not from this town originally so I don't know all the little hole in the walls like most do.  I think it's a really helpful place to go for information but some things there drive me absolutely nuts.  The biggest one being that people will post that their child's first birthday is in two days and they need a fancy three tiered cake baked for extra cheap.  I always wonder when those people "forgot" about the birthdays. 

weltschmerz wrote:

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Nobody Just Nobody wrote:

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I have an aloe plant. I forgot about it!

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It even works for chemical and radiation burns.

It's a miracle plant.

 

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 Aloe makes it sticky and will cause it to crack.

Ouch on the burn. I wouldn't continue making dinner, you have to immediately put it in water and let it site for a long time. I know it's past the point since this happened last night. I hope it isn't still hurting.