Four weeks in and lessons learned

[Karenanywild]

I'll have to look into that DuoDerm.

It's not cheap, a knee bandage was $5. But, you put it on and leave it on for up to 7 days. You can wear it in the shower with no problems. And you can watch the active ingredient literally pull the 'gook' out of the wound. Here's a picture of the bandage that he had on his hip; that's my ring on top of it so you can see how big it is. And they are flexible so it stuck on and molded the shape of his body. This covered the road rash on his hip. He had no problem sleeping, wearing clothes or showering. He left it on for 7 days and after 7 days he was completely healed. This bandage was about $15. But he said it was worth the cost in how it soothed the wound and made it so he could still dress for work and travel.



We got the tube of gel for the smaller wounds. On his face we just put the gel on and left it. It was cleared up in 2 days. For other smaller leg scrapes we put the gel on and just put a regular old bandaid on top and that worked fine. The gel comes in a small tube but it goes a long way. It expands when you squeeze the tube. Here's a picture of the tube too.



Our local specialty pharmacy let us by a single bandage rather than the expensive box. But, really, a box of these around the house would be handy. I wouldn't use them for everyday scrapes because of the cost. But, at the right time they are awesome.

And, please DO wear the helmet. It saved a serious injury in this case. He was riding again in two days thanks to DuoDerm and that helmet. With a serious head injury he might still be laid up in bed.