Longest Scab You've Had?

[jschick88]

A few weeks ago, I noticed a had a little scab on the back of my knee. Within a few days, it got infected and limited my movement in my knee. It got so bad that it made me limp. I went to a walk in clinic and they looked at it and immediately told me to go to the ER at Peter Loughheed. Got into the ER room, the doctor told me to get on my stomach, he sticks about 3 needles into cuts it open. Long story short, it was a nasty boil. Worst experience I ever had.

[FlamesAddiction]

Just a word of advice Evman, but don't diagnose yourself over the internet... you'll have yourself dead and burried by the end of the week.

I had bump on my eyeball a while ago and looked up the symptoms on the internet and convinced myself that I was either HIV positive or had eye cancer (which it turned out to be neither, but I got myself quite worked up).

Long story short, just go see a doctor.

[pope04]

Originally Posted by evman150

A scab is gross?

Sometimes:

[Huntingwhale]

When l was a kid, l used to pick my scabs and eat them. I actually liked getting cuts because l knew l could eat the scabs.

[Boblobla]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

Rugby was awesome for scabs. Play on some concrete pitch, scab up the knees and elbows, then rip them off a week later when you played again. It took forever for those suckers to heal.

I learned the hard way that padding was a good idea when I started DH mountain biking. I had arm scabs once that ran from my elbow to wrist after a failed gap attempt, when my forearms and face were the first thing to stop my flailing body after pulling the chute mid air.

I seem to recall getting chewed up pretty good playing indoor soccer too. Those fields are a cess pool of bacteria and infection waiting to happen.

The worst is playing rugby in Banff.

Those fields are covered with so much bird/caribou crap they are a staph infection waiting to happen.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

When l was a kid, l used to pick my scabs and eat them. I actually liked getting cuts because l knew l could eat the scabs.

Wow........ just wow.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

When l was a kid, l used to pick my scabs and eat them. I actually liked getting cuts because l knew l could eat the scabs.

Ah... you were THAT kid.

[bcb]

One time, near Elbow falls, I was swimming/floating down the river on my belly. A jagged rock cut me from navel to nipple. Amazingly, no scar!

[sadora]

I'm a chef dude and I get quite a few burns with butter/oil splashes...the subsequent scabs lasting about two to three weeks...but TWO years???? what the hell are you doing to yourself...go see a doctor about it!

[HPLovecraft]

Originally Posted by jschick88

A few weeks ago, I noticed a had a little scab on the back of my knee. Within a few days, it got infected and limited my movement in my knee. It got so bad that it made me limp. I went to a walk in clinic and they looked at it and immediately told me to go to the ER at Peter Loughheed. Got into the ER room, the doctor told me to get on my stomach, he sticks about 3 needles into cuts it open. Long story short, it was a nasty boil. Worst experience I ever had.

Jesus, didn't you notice an infection setting in? For it to limit your leg movement it must have gotten swollen. You don't mess around with infections. They get in your blood stream and you're done for. Or you get meningitis, depending.

[doozwimp]

I cant remember the last time i had a scab. Haven't had one since i was a kid. Ah to be young again and feel the joy of scab picking....