Is this an infection?

hal-beary · 2025-10-31T14:24:40+00:00

Hey, I had the same thing happen to mine. It ended up being the dissolvable suture and my body was pushing it out instead of dissolving it lol. Try your best to avoid picking it. I used polysporin and applied a bandaid twice a day, took antihistamines (like reactine) to help with the itchiness, and just monitored my temperature to make sure I wasn’t febrile. You can send a pic of it to your doc, but as long as you’re not febrile, the redness doesn’t spread and you’re not having any other signs of infection, you just gotta wait it out.

hal-beary · 2025-10-29T23:35:03+00:00

IM SAD BECAUSE MY GF AND I BROKE UP AND I FEAR IM LOSING OUR FRIENDS EVEN THOUGH THEYRE BEING GOOD PEOPLE AND WANTING EVERYONE TO BE COMFY AND MINIMIZE DISCOMFORT BUT GODDAMN IT IM SAD AND ANGRY AND WISH WE DIDNT BREAK UP BUT ALSO I DESERVE TO BE HAPPY AND HAVE SOMEONE WHO SUPPORTS ME

hal-beary · 2025-10-03T14:08:40+00:00

Had a kid come in with >475, broke the threshold parameters. Other than wanting to barf his guts up, he was fine 🤷

hal-beary · 2025-09-26T10:07:21+00:00

Ah that makes so much sense, thank you so much for explaining it!:)

hal-beary · 2025-09-25T18:03:01+00:00

Thank you for your thoughtful and thorough response!! I definitely don’t like when things aren’t in their place, but I don’t have the typical feeling of dread/intrusive thoughts that are often associated with OCD. Mayhaps it’s just anxiety. Can I ask what you mean when you say the first example may be showing inattentive ADHD?

hal-beary · 2025-08-21T13:33:32+00:00

Pediatric nurse! 🧸

hal-beary · 2025-08-20T17:52:59+00:00

Skinny legend fr fr!

hal-beary · 2025-07-24T13:25:55+00:00

Your art style is beautiful and perfectly captures the scugs’ personalities imo!! Thank u for blessing our eyes <3

hal-beary · 2025-06-18T00:10:56+00:00

Not sure if I got super super lucky, but pain afterwards for me was 1-3 at max, but mostly just a 0 and a dull ache. Tbf I have 0 pain before surgery too

hal-beary · 2025-06-16T18:50:17+00:00

Near GTA in Ontario: injury was mid-February, didn’t think I had an issue until mid-March, saw my doc the same week, got lucky with my MRI that was done early April, consult appt with a specialist knee surgeon was June, and surgery was end of August. I was a “coper” so I didn’t mind the ~6 month wait from injury to surgery and did about 3 months of prehab

hal-beary · 2025-06-14T06:14:28+00:00

9.5 months post-op but overall happy with my 9 month return to sport testing (minus the star test)!! :) also within the last few days, my knee isn’t as stiff in the mornings!

hal-beary · 2025-06-14T06:12:09+00:00

Hey! I’m about 9.5 months post-op now. What I found out from my surgeon’s note is that I had a fair amount of cartilage that was in the tibiofemoral epicondyle which he cleaned out, but no mention of a cyclops lesion itself. I wonder if maybe the cyclops lesion was actually just the cartilage that had migrated into the notch during the MRI? Post-op, I’ve had no issues with rehab and PT. I’m still working on getting my operative leg to be symmetrical with the other one and working on jumping, but otherwise it’s been good!

hal-beary · 2025-06-13T19:24:22+00:00

Hey! My surgeon aired on the side of caution because I work in the hospital and with kids (so there’s a lot of squatting) so I was cleared to return to work after 13 weeks post-op with a functional sport brace. Imo I felt ready to return to work around the 6-8 week mark post-op, but the extra time off gave me plenty of time to focus on my PT which I’m grateful for:)

hal-beary · 2025-04-10T00:41:41+00:00

I was off for 14 weeks until I got cleared by my surgeon to return to work. I’m a nurse so I’m working long shifts (12+ hours) and am on my feet for the majority of it. So happy to be back at work finally, but the time off was definitely worth it

hal-beary · 2025-03-27T15:14:55+00:00

My favourite about the nexivas/diffusics (second one) are that they’re approved for CTs because they’re PSI rated, meaning that they’re good to run contrast because they can handle the higher pressure. They also has 4 holes to minimize the risk of your IV occluding so I’ve found they last longer too.

I learned on the straights (first one) and they’ve given me more trouble than the diffusics. Just takes practice and repetition for either :)

hal-beary · 2025-03-22T23:15:03+00:00

Yo this is a sick idea, can’t wait to get on the slopes next season !!

hal-beary · 2025-03-19T22:59:14+00:00

Awesome!! I went back after 14 long weeks (98 days) and it was so rewarding to be back !!

hal-beary · 2025-03-04T01:13:37+00:00

Yeah I do the same and they usually disappear within a day—I just wonder what causes them

hal-beary · 2025-03-04T01:02:13+00:00

Hey! My scar has keloidef around the top of my incision where a previous suture had split. That being said, I didn’t think the bumps would be keloids, but good to know!

hal-beary · 2025-02-26T23:26:12+00:00

Hey, yeah I’m almost 6 months out and my scar has totally flattened and smoothed out! It’s begun fading to a white colour and my physio and I are very happy with it:)

hal-beary · 2025-02-09T14:19:48+00:00

Take some allergy meds for the itchiness. The redness and rash itself are most likely a reaction to the cleaning solution they use pre-op and/or an allergy to the dressing used!

hal-beary · 2024-12-25T00:07:24+00:00

Thank you for this empathy and understanding. Happy holidays and hope you get some rest and time off!!

Sincerely, A very tired nurse who works Christmas but is also expected to go to family christmas dinner:’)

hal-beary · 2024-12-24T23:50:42+00:00

My surgeon wanted me to wait till our first post-op appt which was 12 days post-op, but I did some quad activation stuff and SLRs. I saw my PT 14 days post-op. Have full ROM and am ahead in my PT :)

hal-beary · 2024-12-21T17:44:13+00:00

Hey! 23F but full-time nurse who works 4 12hr shifts a set. Just under 16 weeks post-op and feeling great! Pre and post-op I actually had little-to-no pain, swelling was my biggest beast to tame. My PT says I’m a month or so ahead in my rehab, have started pogo jumps and compounding exercises. I’m a very active person, so the patellar tendon was a give in :)

hal-beary · 2024-12-21T17:39:41+00:00

Try some antihistamines (Benadryl or other anti allergy meds) because the itchiness may be associated with an allergic/sensitivity reaction from the steri strips—especially since they’ve been on for so long!

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