amorfati1
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- 2014_Caminho Portuguese (Lisboa to Santiago_4 weeks in May)
Greetings and Ola'
I researched the forum postings - hoping to find insights /shares by someone who experienced a deep-puncture wound and what had helped, how strong pain-level, time to heal, etc.
As I wasn't lucky finding collective pilgrim wisdom and hope to be forgiven to pose a question on this subject.
background:
Thus, my question is - based on your experience (perhaps also from your military/police work, medical observation, garden work, etc) What could be expected in the healing process, timing, etc ? Today I can move about a wee bit better than yesterday. So, there is a slight improvement. And i can move toes a few millimeters back'n'forth without hitting the ceiling. That's improvement as well.
Still - when/if 'walking' it's veryyyy snail-paced. Using my Camino poles indoors too as I don't have crutches.
(ah, am a non-smoker, no NCD or any other illnesses that would impair wound-healing)
one 'invention' which proves to be helpful I am happy to share: as due to swelling, no shoes/sandal fit, but i don't want to move about barefoot or plain socks, I composed an impromptu 'wooly shoe'.
Saluti
C
I researched the forum postings - hoping to find insights /shares by someone who experienced a deep-puncture wound and what had helped, how strong pain-level, time to heal, etc.
As I wasn't lucky finding collective pilgrim wisdom and hope to be forgiven to pose a question on this subject.
background:
- a long, hard thorn (inch or longer, probably black-thorn bush or other prunus shrub) went through the soles of my shoe/sandal and pierced into the ball of foot below the two smallest toes.
- Intense instant pain, muscles seems to cramp, swelling of front part of foot into toes, etc.
- I seemed to have succeeded in removing all organic matter and the entry wound area is clean and not 'ragged' or torn. ER doc confirmed my findings.
- used disinfect wipes, anti-biotic creme, arnica, hypericum, ledum, rescue-remedy, pain-meds, whatever i could think of.
- I spent a few hours in the ER, was told to rest, elevate foot, observe if swelling or reddening spreads towards or above ankle (i.e. then return to ER) and 'let nature takes its course'. no icing or warm-packs recommended either. but to continue w/ arnica creme for e.g.
Thus, my question is - based on your experience (perhaps also from your military/police work, medical observation, garden work, etc) What could be expected in the healing process, timing, etc ? Today I can move about a wee bit better than yesterday. So, there is a slight improvement. And i can move toes a few millimeters back'n'forth without hitting the ceiling. That's improvement as well.
Still - when/if 'walking' it's veryyyy snail-paced. Using my Camino poles indoors too as I don't have crutches.
(ah, am a non-smoker, no NCD or any other illnesses that would impair wound-healing)
one 'invention' which proves to be helpful I am happy to share: as due to swelling, no shoes/sandal fit, but i don't want to move about barefoot or plain socks, I composed an impromptu 'wooly shoe'.
- Using one pair of thick wool socks, and a pair of silicon insoles (Laurie/peregrina2000 might remember our '2014 discussion' of the benefit of those beauties ) - i wear the right sock on the right foot, place the TWO silicon insoles over the socked sole of foot, then pull the other, left sock, over the right foot as well, and voila' - the hobbles and wobbles are a wee bit less painful.
Saluti
C