Tuesday, July 15, 2008

The indelible bug bite

I finally went to have my arm checked. This is the story behind it ...
I went to California to do a service volunteer project back in March (yes in March) and on my way back to Utah I realized that I was bitten by something on my upper right arm. It was itchy and irritating but I got over it; however it wouldn't heal. I remember one night few weeks later when I got home, this thing was ready to pop out after all. It needed some force to pinch it so I did. It hurt so I wasn't sure if pinching it was the right thing. Thanks to my roommate Lyndsi who is a nurse. She helped me get the "disgusting, hard , weird looking passy "(not sure if that's how you'd spell that) out and disinfect it. We got a lot of stuff out of there; I kept them in some cotton balls. Ewwww!!! I did actually because I hoped a doctor would want to see what was inside my poor delicate arm. Lyndsi told me to go to the Dr anyway to make sure that we got everything out and that it didn't get infected. I called the University Health Center the next day and explained what happened. I spoke to a Dr and she wasn't quite helpful. She basically didn't want me to bring in the cotton balls in a very rude way so I hang up while I was put on hold to confirm the appointment. Then I never went to have it checked. In my mind, it was okay; I thought Lyndsi and I got it all out. But nope !!!
This is what it looked like after I got bitten in March.
Days and months went by and my arm didn't look like it's been healing. The rush was still there and it felt like there are things growing inside. Some days it would still itch and look bad, other days, it was okay so I didn't bother. I noticed this thing is so visible in most pictures of mine taken since April. People would also ask me all the time what happened with my arm. Finally I decided yesterday that I need to have it checked before things aren't recoverable anymore. I called the Health Center to make an appointment. So I went and the Nurse actually took a good care of me. She cut it and got the stuff out. She warned me that this thing may grow back if the bug or whatever it is has built a home in there . If that's the case, she will send me to a Surgeon to go deeper with the cut. I hope not! So we will see in a couple of weeks. See I hate going to the Dr because they always tell you some scary things about your body. Also, I am allergic to pennicillin but they gave me some antibiotics that has pennicillin in it. They said it should be okay. I did take some and I seem okay!!! And my favorite part is at the pharmacy when the man at the counter handed me the antibiotics. He said, "This may cause you have diarhea so be ready." Yea, right?
Today after the Dr's appointment
the story will continue ...

1 comment:

klt9976 said...

YAY! I'm glad you finally have it fixed.....at least for now.