Hello All! I hope you're all doing okay in the world. I wanted to ask something because right now I'm going through this and it helps me to other's experiences if they've gone through the same thing (if you don't feel comfortable telling your story, that's totally okay).
I recently got over a killer cold this past Christmas, but then I realized I had dried mucus stuck on the outside of my nose and inside. I peeled it off and it made a scab, but I hate the feeling of anything crusty on my nose, especially since it affected my appearance. I tried to hide my nose as much as possible while I stayed at my boyfriend's house a couple days before New Year's, and on the night of New Year's, my best friend squished a cupcake on my nose...I've been feeling a little angry at her since then because of what I've ended up with now. I went to the doctor's a few days after and they took a culture swab of my nose and found out that I have a staph infection. Luckily, my doctor gave me antibiotics that I have to take for a whole week 4 times a day so I've been feeling okay with those, but now the thing on my nose has scabbed over and, to me, it looks awful. I don't even want to go out in public places where people can see me because I'm afraid they'll stare.
I'm also afraid to peel it off because I don't want to risk spreading the infection to anywhere else in my body, so I'm leaving it crusted over. It has been getting smaller, so that's something to be positive about. I'm also feeling anxious that I'll have to do another round of antibiotics after this round if not all of the infection is out. It just makes me feel angry that I'm spending my break cooped up in my house with an infection and I'm not enjoying it. If any of you could tell me your experience, it would help me feel a lot better (if you feel comfortable)
I recently got over a killer cold this past Christmas, but then I realized I had dried mucus stuck on the outside of my nose and inside. I peeled it off and it made a scab, but I hate the feeling of anything crusty on my nose, especially since it affected my appearance. I tried to hide my nose as much as possible while I stayed at my boyfriend's house a couple days before New Year's, and on the night of New Year's, my best friend squished a cupcake on my nose...I've been feeling a little angry at her since then because of what I've ended up with now. I went to the doctor's a few days after and they took a culture swab of my nose and found out that I have a staph infection. Luckily, my doctor gave me antibiotics that I have to take for a whole week 4 times a day so I've been feeling okay with those, but now the thing on my nose has scabbed over and, to me, it looks awful. I don't even want to go out in public places where people can see me because I'm afraid they'll stare.
I'm also afraid to peel it off because I don't want to risk spreading the infection to anywhere else in my body, so I'm leaving it crusted over. It has been getting smaller, so that's something to be positive about. I'm also feeling anxious that I'll have to do another round of antibiotics after this round if not all of the infection is out. It just makes me feel angry that I'm spending my break cooped up in my house with an infection and I'm not enjoying it. If any of you could tell me your experience, it would help me feel a lot better (if you feel comfortable)