Then another day I was sliding off the bed and must have built up a lot of static electricity because I got one heck of a major shock on my thumb, right on the raw red tender part. God did that ever hurt!
I found some more "finger condoms" for lack of a better term, but that's pretty descriptive isn't it? It's exactly what they look like. Anyway, I found a pack that I like better than the "Finger Cots" I got at Walgreens. These new ones I found at Walmart by a brand called Flents, just called "Finger Covers". They're better and they're cheaper too. (Flents makes the eye glass wipes that I like and the finger splints that I wear at night for my "stenosing tenosynovitis", i.e. trigger fingers).
Anyway, I still lube up my fingers with plain ChapStick and then roll the little finger covers over and it heals me up in no time. The only problem is, when I take them off my skin quickly dries up again, especially when I wash my hands. I've been wearing the covers as much as I can, even out in public. I figure it's better that way so that I'm not picking up germs and who knows what. I sleep with them too. I just reuse them until they wear out, then put on new ones.
It's usually worse than this. Sometimes I have deep, wide open slivers in the creases of my fingers. The swelling has gotten a little better since I've been off the chemo.
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