Mk. II

WRONG

Hypothesis: Playing basketball on this hot surface barefoot will not be a good idea
>but my friends are bitching and urging me to play, so I tough it out
>skin dislodged, blister forming (massive blister)
but then suddenly, a sidestep, and it bursts, a huge amount of blister juice (pus? Not really murky-colored) comes out, and the skin is torn off. It was a patch about the size of a quarter, and it was torn on three sides away from this area on my foot (the fourth side we snipped off with scissors, because it was just a useless layer of skin now):



I really should have left and gone home to patch myself up at that point (I SHOULDN'T HAVE PLAYED FUCKING BASKETBALL BAREFOOT IN THE FIRST PLACE) but I stayed, and it just hurt worse and worse, so I came home, wincing every time I had to press the brake/accelerator. By the time I was back I wasn't even limping, I was hobbling around trying not to let it touch the ground. I cannot describe how brutal it was to clean with an alcohol prep pad. I sat on the bathroom floor with the first aid stuff out, the pad in my hand, looking at the wound and knowing I had to wipe it.

After about 30 seconds of just sitting there, I took a quick swipe; hey, this isn't so bad!

WRONG

As soon as the alcohol started to dry it burned on a level so deep tears came to my eyes. I punched the floor and screamed into my fist and it subsided...but I'd only swabbed half the wound. Breathing quickly I did the only thing I could rationally do, and took another quick swipe. Another painstaking ten to fifteen seconds (felt like fucking ages, it's been a long time since I've experienced pain like that) and then I bandaged it up. There are blisters forming on five other spots on my feet; they're pretty big, and I know if I pop them they'll just end up like that, but I have to walk a lot on Tuesday so I hope it's okay by then. I am never, ever, ever playing basketball barefoot again. Fuck going barefoot. It's shit.
my handiwork (I just put on bandaids with tape, but then decided to use gauze and some benzalkonium chloride/aloe cream, which also burned, wtf, but it stayed on better):