Buckeye Lake Trek Tri: The aftermath

[OakLeaf]

I don't think you're being a baby at all, but I think once you're recovered from this mess, a bit of neosporin is plenty to protect you in the future. Just a dab wherever your skin is broken, wouldn't take long to apply.

I had a paper cut the week before the race, and it did worry me a bit. Before the race I slathered it with neosporin and put a band-aid on it. The band-aid came off in the water (my own little contribution to the muck in the lake ), but the cut was as healthy and pristine the day after the race as it was the night before. (I also wore silicone earplugs since I'd just gotten over a case of swimmer's ear from the pool.)

I don't know if you were ever into those sensory-deprivation flotation chambers that were popular in the '80s, but they'd just tell you to put a dab of vaseline on any broken skin, so that the salt water wouldn't burn. It sealed the water out fine.

[artifactos]

I was born in the 80s, so no..

3.5 days of antibiotics later, I am feeling better. I'm considering taking my second dose of diflucan today (first was on Tuesday) since my yeast infection is still kind of uncomfortable (almost gone, but not quite). Sigh.

I'm hoping to be able to ride my bike tomorrow! I am having a very stressful week and I've been totally unable to exercise (my go-to for stress), so I really need to do SOMETHING. Running is still uncomfortable today, I'm still not allowed in the pool, and weight equipment is a no-no for a while. Le sigh.

Thanks for the neosporin tip, though. I thought I had gotten everything with neosporin + bandaid, but my chainring did stab me in the back of the calf when I was walking my bike to transition (one of my boyfriend's kids stopped suddenly in front of me), so I didn't get that covered.

[Bike Chick]

I feel for you dear. If it isn't bad enough that you end up with an infection after the swim, now you end up with a yeast infection from the antibiotics! That sucks big time.....doctors should just automatically write a prescription for diflucan when they prescribe antibiotics

I hope you get to feeling better soon.