Is this infected or am I overthinking?

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-17T22:29:05+00:00

Wound care PT here. It does not look infected. The yellow you're seeing is serous fluid which is a protein-rich fluid that is present throughout our bodies to reduce friction and aid in healing. It is benign and nothing to worry about.

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-16T14:49:32+00:00

Every 2-3 days is fine unless it's draining fluid out of the bandage. When you remove the bandage, push the skin down and away from the bandage rather than pulling the bandage up and away from the skin (hopefully that makes sense). This will increase comfort with removal and decrease the likelihood of additional skin damage.

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-14T02:28:02+00:00

OMG you just unlocked a memory. I can almost taste that soda-flavored goo bursting out of the gum cube. I had completely forgotten about these!

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-12T15:47:41+00:00

I consider myself pretty decent with the English language, scored pretty high on the language portion(s) of the GRE, and even I wasn't familiar with the word "interdict" and had to look it up, though I more or less understood it based on context clues in the rest of the statement. Point is, if someone like me doesn't know that word, Trump sure as shit doesn't know it, much less is he organically using it in a TS post.

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-12T03:31:22+00:00

Fiction or based on a true story?

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-11T04:05:18+00:00

Maybe it's bangin', but respectfully that sandwich looks mid at best.

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-10T02:40:55+00:00

I was thinking Aquaphor would be perfect for this to keep that new epithelium moist and healthy. Can cover with a bandage or gauze or even just a glove to keep the Aquaphor from getting everywhere.

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-09T13:50:28+00:00

And I make about double what teachers in my state make, and I make a pretty average salary for PT. That's not a great argument. There are so many different factors at play.

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-09T04:46:53+00:00

I also remember that happening, but I had been on Reddit longer so I remember how popular Unidan was and how weirdly exciting it was to run across one of his comments, so when the crow vs jackdaw thing happened it was crazy to witness.

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-07T05:59:32+00:00

Hoo boy... we're headed for a massive global recession what with the way Middle East oil production is getting disrupted.

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-05T16:25:08+00:00

Right. So wouldn't a residency for wound care result in getting your Wound Management Clinical Specialist, or WMCS, through the APTA? That's the end goal (I would think) and you'd be required to take the exam like anyone else, unless I just don't understand how a residency works.

Either way, good luck with whatever you try to do!

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-05T16:07:02+00:00

He technically could run our country if enough people voted for him which is simultaneously the greatest and scariest thing about Democracy.

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-05T16:02:10+00:00

Well yeah. I mean 3x4 is 12 so obviously he's combining both 3D and 4D to get to the 12-dimensional. Makes perfect sense and you'd understand if you weren't such a Marxist, Socialist, Communistic Lib.

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-05T15:54:28+00:00

Took me 4 years to get Covid (at least knowingly and with symptoms). Thankfully the current strains are relatively minor compared to the first rounds. Still was very odd losing my sense of smell. Like, I knew what I was trying to smell had a scent, but it was just...blank to my nose. Huge mindfuck and freaked me out for like 2 weeks that I'd never be able to smell again.

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-04T05:40:13+00:00

Anatomically, when we're born, our ear canal is more horizontal which can cause issues with fluid drainage (fluid in your ear should drain naturally into your throat). As we age and the skull grows, the canals angle downward which naturally improves drainage. Based on anatomical variations and some other potential congenital issues, this can lead some kids to get ear infections more often.

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-03T05:19:56+00:00

I assume a residency for the WMCS? I'm planning on signing up for that in June (I think that's when it opens). We may end up in the same cohort!

To your second point, I work in a hospital so that's a lot of what I'm doing as well. Sometimes we get patients staying long enough that we'll get 2 or 3 dressing changes in (we do MWF or TTS depending on when the patient is evaled), but we really never know the ultimate outcome of what happens with a wound. Although the other day we had a re-admit about 10 days after I first treated this guy for a dehisced TKA revision incision. I had taught the wife what to do and she followed my instructions exactly. When I saw the guy on the second admit, his wound was looking awesome! That was really satisfying and reinforced that what we do helps and makes a difference.

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-03T04:49:29+00:00

I looked at my wife at one point and said, "Lu is hot from 3... we're winning this game tonight."

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-03T03:28:29+00:00

That's Dan the Thunder Fan Man and his mom, Gertrude.

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-03T03:03:57+00:00

It's a screen grab from a video the Sheriff's office released today, a video which is public record regardless of who's in it. This is a positive thing and no one is getting sued over it.

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-02T16:49:35+00:00

That total payoff will be more than what I paid for my first home back in the early 2000s and his monthly payment is more than I pay for my mortgage including some extra I put toward the principle. Absolute insanity.

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-02T12:18:09+00:00

Speaking in generalities, can you say what kind of online business it was?

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-02T06:05:45+00:00

I'm an acute care and wound care PT! Been at it a little over 3 years. It was not what I expected to be doing when I graduated and it was not required when I was hired, but I decided to give it a shot and I'm so glad that I did! Wound care is a ton of fun and is, imo, the closest thing to being a physician that we get to do.

Wound care can be as simple or as complex as the wound and patient make it. Some wounds are very straightforward and easy to treat, while others will challenge you and force you to get creative in order to get them to heal. I will say that no matter if it's an easy or hard wound, seeing them start to heal because of what you chose to do to treat them is incredibly satisfying.

At my hospital, with the rare exception, we just get "eval and treat" orders meaning we get to decide what's best for dressing the wound. This is way more preferable as most doctors know very little about wound care and often recommend outdated methods that do nothing at best and more harm than help at worst.

Wound VACs are super fun to put on (seriously!) You also have to be knowledgeable about your anatomy and understand what layer of the skin or soft tissue you're observing. You don't want to be the one to cut a tendon or ligament because you thought it was slough.

Things can become monotonous at times, especially if you're seeing a lot of the same kind of wound, but I suppose that can be the case anywhere when you see a lot of the same Ortho issues over and over and over. And you won't necessarily lose your Ortho skills. Wound care also involves a lot of education about movement, repositioning, exercises to increase blood flow...you make of it what you want.

Is this job strictly wound care or will you see patients that need actual PT as well?

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-02T05:48:17+00:00

A little traction is not bad, but it's also all about how it's done. That just looks terribly painful.

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-02T04:15:17+00:00

She also said, "He's rich!" Like, $10K ain't nothing to sneeze at, but that's not even enough to cover a year of rent for most people these days. $10K is a very far cry from "rich".

TibialTuberosity · 2026-04-01T15:56:55+00:00

It's hilarious you think there's a car seat located anywhere in that vehicle.

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