OW OW OW I burnt the shit out of my hand
 

and it hurts like all fuck

I was soldering a copper pipe and put the torch down, it fell over and knocked the pipe into my hand. I can't even remember how that happened since the pipe was in a vise. I think I was taking the pipe out of the vise, the next thing I knew I had caught the hot end of the pipe between my thumb and pointer finger, the torch was on the floor of the shop melting a plastic bucket, setting the sawdust on fire and burning up a few paper towels.

an hour of cold compress hasn't made a difference. I think I'll walk to the drug store and see if they have that Spenco shit.

Ouch.

Not to mention the waxy, greasy, acid flux was heat sealed into my skin.

Owww. Cold compresses are good. Don't put greasy stuff all over it, just keep it clean and covered with a nonstick dressing. If it's really dirty with the waxy stuff you may need to get it debrided tomorrow. At least they can also give you some pain meds then.

Ow. Ow. Ow. Burns are one of the worst kinds of pain.

CALENDULA OINTMENT GODDAMNIT

honey> raw [Manuka is the best] takes the owie out and is antibacterial

I am sorry about your hand ... NYF

Thanks.
I went to the crappo Rite Aid and got some 2.5% lidocaine. It helps a lot.

I scrubbed the grease off right away, I figured it was the best time to do so, while the endorphins and adrenalin was at its peak.

The BURNJELPLUS is already making it feel better. I tried a loose non stick dressing but it chafes. So I'm just airing it out.

I've already had a few beers, so I'm not going to take any of my pain meds (oxy something or other) I want to wake up tomorrow.

Thanks for all y'all's concern.

Freaking Ow! Damnit don't touch that!

[meat]

You burned the shit right out of my hand
It must have been while you were fixing me...

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Apply cold glass, liberally.

Yikes Foot! That sounds like you should have it checked out by a doc.
Good thing that the torch didn't catch the entire place on fire! Hope the pain has begun to subside by now. (Pssst! I gpt a few aspirin if you want. ;) )

Feetz see if the Pharmacist can give you some silver cream , i don't remember the name but it has silver in it

The solder had silver in it, does that count?

Beers and lidocaine were the magic ticket. The skin is sort of the consistency of over cooked turkey skin.

I'm cringing just reading this thread. I'm sorry about your finger.


My dad burned the shit out of his hand years ago when he was deep frying some potatoes. The pot of oil caught on fire, and he panicked and threw the pot into the sink. The boiling oil sloshed out onto his hand as he moved quickly to the sink.

Anyway, he found after he got back from the ER, that the only way to ease the pain was to elevate his hand, but his arm was getting tired. So he strapped a broom to a backpack's external frame and hung a sling from the broom. Then he tied his wist to the sling and wore the contraption.

I'm not sure if making the contraption took his mind off the pain, or if the sling cut off the circulation to the burn, or if it was the elevation. Probably a combination of all three. But for that first evening, he felt a lot better walking around wearing the backpack contraption.

Silver Sulfadiazine. I got it when I had a similar burn when I tested giant RF filters (under applicable power...body-as-hot dog-cooking power in some cases) that I had to solder together (and that sometimes exploded. Fun job.)

Get Weld Soon, foot!

Ow.

I see the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, as far as your handiness goes.

re: Infi, WSH^