Showing posts with label skin abrasion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skin abrasion. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Bike Trip On Hold Due to Skin Abrasion

Due to my skin abrasion on my left leg, I won't be able to ride my bike for at least another week.
My parent's decided it was best to take me back to NJ where I can recover and if I made significant progress, I could start where I last left off.

Unfortunately, I am allergic to Neosporin so when I applied it to the wound, it turned yellow and started getting worse.
After applying Neosporin, the pain would last up to 6 hours and I wouldn't be able to fall asleep until those approximate 6 hours past.
Applying bandages made the bleeding worse because it would rub against the abrasion. Overall, there was blood seeping through (at different rates) for about six hours.

In the end though, I have to say, I got really lucky:
I didn't slide off the curb and go over the mountain,
My bike took a lot of the force off. Take a look at the pedal down below.
I didn't break any bones, and
wonderful people took care of me.