Chemo burn

I have this burn on the back of my left hand -- I had been assuming that I must have burned myself somehow on Friday, when I had myself a little cooking party and made brownies and that yummy red lentil - oat soup I can't seem to get enough of these days. I've been keeping an eye on the burn and putting vitamin E on it, and marveling at its rather large size and my obvious pain tolerance/ obliviousness in having completely missed getting it! (I have always been proud of my high pain tolerance threshold, but lately I am seeing that the obliviousness on the flip side of that can be dangerous...... Someone in better tune with their body -- a whiner even!-- would have caught the breast cancer sooner, I think. YOu know those people who go to the doctor saying "I don't know; it just doesn't feel right." Yeah, that's the kind of awareness I'm missing..... somehow gradual change just seems like the new reality to me.....)

Anyway so in the early morning when I woke up (middle of the night for me) I realized that the burn was not behaving like a regular burn either, exactly, and didn't feel quite like a regular burn. I also realized that it happens to be the injection site of my last chemo, and it hurt for days after the chemo was done. In fact I can't tell you whether it ever stopped hurting (since it only hurt when I touched it -- so I mostly didn't.) I made the connection because it hurts now, where it's red, though not very much -- and I'm pretty sure it's the same hurt as right after (and maybe during?) chemo. Maybe it's hurt the whole time since then (over a week.) Isn't that interesting? I don't think it's dangerous, but I had Alan take a picture so I can show them next time I go for chemo.

I found an online discussion where someone describes a chemo burn exactly like mine and recommends preparation H for it -- so I put some on. However, the burn really seems to be on the inside more than the outside......

In terms of other stuff...... My indigestion was bad yesterday pm (after we went out for Mexican food..... despite how careful I thought I was!) but is much better today (haven't eaten anything but tea and brownies -- the ones I made are pretty healthful actually.)
I walked the dog for over 2 hrs yesterday (I'm guessing 7.5 miles; they felt like 17 min miles rather than 15) which was very nice. Today I managed to get out of going shopping with everyone else -- because Mom's here and drove them! However, I lost the option of going swimming while they are out because I left my pool bag in the trunk of the car, which they have....... so I guess I should take Pinky out for another walk.... The sun did JUST come out; maybe it's a nice day for it.

I'm still going to have to do some CHristmas shopping, unfortunately, though I think the gang may help me while they are out...... and I have started to make a couple of things, which is infinitely cooler -- especially if I get them finished!!! :-D