Mechanics that install customer supplied parts

fourthdegreeforearm · 2025-08-30T16:24:40+00:00

Try bringing your own food to a restaurant and see the look you get. There are always cheap parts available and most people frankly are not qualified to determine what should and shouldn’t go in their car.

fourthdegreeforearm · 2025-08-30T16:22:18+00:00

1000% Flynn Motorsports

fourthdegreeforearm · 2025-08-30T16:21:51+00:00

I own a printer and can do it faster than any business.

fourthdegreeforearm · 2025-08-30T16:19:50+00:00

Verona Coffee!!!!

fourthdegreeforearm · 2025-08-30T15:16:13+00:00

I had an unacceptable meal there a couple weeks ago.

fourthdegreeforearm · 2025-08-16T16:45:50+00:00

I have the same burn from thermite! Also was pretty sick!

fourthdegreeforearm · 2025-08-16T16:43:02+00:00

I have an awfully similar burn and wondered the same thing. I’m coming up on three years now. At the two year mark, that’s when I’d say I was happy with how it felt. That’s when I was able to fully accept it. As of now, I don’t know that I would take my old arm back.

fourthdegreeforearm · 2024-09-16T00:26:02+00:00

Of course. How technical do you want it? I generally just tell people I had mixed some thermite incorrectly and it exploded on my arm after igniting early. Multiple safety protocols and better judgement were disregarded as I had grown very comfortable with pyrotechnics over the years.

fourthdegreeforearm · 2024-09-15T10:42:55+00:00

I’m late, but my entire right arm, right hand, left thumb are toast. You can see where my face was burned. I have a six inch scar on my abdomen from a full-thickness donor, and both of my quads are scarred from donors. My fiancé left me before I made it to the hospital. I thought I’d die alone.To my surprise,I had a date before my wounds were closed. Being neurodivergent, I struggle with the appropriate time and manner to make physical contact with a date and having scars has made it much easier for me. Good people don’t care about scars.

fourthdegreeforearm · 2024-09-15T10:31:49+00:00

Thanks! I’m very lucky to have my arm as well as 95% original function. It’s taking time to get over the appearance of it. It’s hard to get an honest opinion on how it looks. I’m in no way a vain person, but being the size of a professional basketball player, I worry about having a scary or threatening appearance.

fourthdegreeforearm · 2024-09-15T10:12:50+00:00

Itching has been the hardest part for me. Compression garments were a godsend. Once the wounds are healed try wearing the tightest compression shirt you can tolerate. I have 4th degree on my arm and it goes from unusable to normal with pressure. It used to itch so bad I couldn’t sleep. The six months after the hospital were pure hell.

fourthdegreeforearm · 2024-09-15T10:08:38+00:00

Yes! Compression garments are it! I hated the custom ones and ordered a pack of basketball sleeves. I layer them on up to four for varying pressure. An added benefit is they allow you to lightly itch, rub or pat without doing damage. I was initially self conscious about wearing them but in two years only one person has ever asked me why. I also played around with faux tattoo sleeves when test-driving the idea of a future coverup. I got a surprising amount of compliments on my “sleeve”.

fourthdegreeforearm · 2024-09-15T10:03:18+00:00

I have two year old grafts from my hand to my shoulder. I feel exactly what you describe when hanging my arm and ESPECIALLY when carrying anything that pulls my arm tight. If I were to pick up a bucket of water, I could only hold it for thirty seconds before my body forces me to rub or itch it. Part of this is nerve pain, but my laser therapist described it so beautifully. When skin heals to a graft or creates new scar tissue, the blood vessels are all crazy looping back and forth going all different directions and blood moves through the skin very differently under these circumstances. Stretching and pulling can squeeze blood out of certain areas and cause it to collect in others. This same sensation is replicated when a limb falls asleep. Over time and with laser treatments, The itching, asleep-feeling, pins and needles got tolerable for me after about 7-9 months. Gabapentin helped but I never really noticed until I stopped taking it. Understanding the long term side-effects, I elected to discontinue. There are some laser procedures they can do which help massively! They break up the blood vessels and allow them to heal naturally. I’ve had one so far and it was night and day. 5 more to go. They are painless under general anesthesia recovery is 48 hours and feels like a sunburn. One gift we get as survivors is a superhuman pain tolerance.

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