This is what happens when you are cooking and fall and boiling water spills onto a hot plate, and eventually your arm is in the heat. Yes, you get a burn. I was on the floor and had to get medical help to get on my feet again. The ambulance was called and I was in the hospital for a couple of hours to have the necessary treatment. There were a couple of visits to the doc afterwards, but eventually it diasappeared, so I thought.
This is the result. It all happened some years ago and I took this photo today. Funnily enough I only notice this damage a few days ago.
RDP Saturday: Scars
Having worked in restaurants my entire life, I have seen some nasty kitchen burns, but never one of this magnitude! I am so glad it is all behind you now.
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My arm landed in the boiled water which spread into a puddle and spread over my arm. I think I was so shocked when it happened, I did not even realise how bad it was.
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I have a scar from when I worked at McDonald’s….I was in my forties….so it wasn’t teenage stuff…..I did adult and bowed up and kept working….didn’t realize how bad it was until later – lol…..
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The result of these accidents always come later.
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Makes an interesting mark on my arm. I really have to be careful as if I fall I cannot get up again on my own.
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😳
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Oh … [trying hard not to swear] – I feel with you. Because … about a week ago I scalded my right wrist (stupid, stupid, filling up a hot water bottle and not being careful). I had huge blisters. It’s painful and the position is so bad – because one is moving the wrist the skin ruptured a couple of time. Because the wound was quite large it was difficult to dress – normally blister plaster work great on burn and scald wounds. I made myself a kind of splint (a plaster scraper from the kitchen covered in a selfmade COVID mask that was still lying around!). And ended up being accused of shoplifting (they saw I had something colourful stuffed in my sleeves). Cleared up immediately, of course, and no harm done but … yeah. It’s better now but again: I feel with you. Scalds are the worse.
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You can swear if you want to, even in German. I am one of the few that would understand. I swore when I did it, Swiss German, German, English and unknown languages. I do not remember a blishter, the skin seemed to disintegrate, and after a few days it just peeled off. At least I now have an interesting arm.
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Oh mercy !!….prayers for a speedy recovery…..
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This was a few years ago, so everything now under control.
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I’m trying to hastely catch up on blogs…..apparently going too fast…lol….glad things are better…
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I will never forget the cries of my poor aunt when she spilled boiling water on herself one summer afternoon while canning. So painful!! She was wearing shorts and had bare feet. It was horrific for her! Glad you shared. So important to know the possiblities.
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That reslly hurts.
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It must have been so painful.
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I did not really realise it at first, but somehow with all the creams I got for the bur I got through it ok.
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Glad you got through it okay.
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