Getting out of the house

On 2nd Jan, my bandages came off. Doc said I was doing fine, reduced my medicines and told me to come back after 2 weeks. With the bandages off, I felt a lot better. The cuts had scabbed over, but the doc said part of the scab was actually the glue used to seal the skin shut. The area around the cuts was dry and I was asked to apply any moisturiser (or preferably coconut oil) to the area. It itched like hell!

I was so happy to get them out, I went shopping! Earlier I was in two minds about shopping immediately after getting the bandages out. I wanted to buy jeans/pants and the 3 of the 4 cuts where in the waistband area. But apart from the itchiness, they weren't really hurting, and some retail therapy would be wonderful...so I went for it.

This was also my first foray into eating out. I went for plain grilled chicken for lunch, and the chicken teriyaki 6-inch sub for evening snack. Did I mention we shopped for 6 hours! The best part was trying on clothes, realising I'd dropped a couple of sizes. Sadly I didn't get a good pair of jeans (low waisted ones don't suit me), but I did get a lovely pair of dark blue cords and a comfy but chic pair of sweatpants. Got a full sleeved T-shirt as well. Tried tons and tons of clothes but that's all I bought. And a few books...about 7 actually. :D

Came back home exhausted. Changed and rubbed baby oil onto my cuts. While rubbing, part of one scab fell off. That immediately got me obsessively trying to remove the bigger scabs by careful levering and generous application of oil. Its amazing how obsessive scab removing can be! As long as I did it carefully, it didn't hurt...and the relief when I got the scabs out of the two big ones was amazing! I wasn't sure if it was just the healing process, or that the scabs had been pulling the skin, but as soon as they were out, the worst of the stinging while bending was over!! Hallelujah...I'm on my way to wellness at last!!