Dan, I've always been a big believer of the let-it-scab-over-by-air-drying method. Once it scabs over, then I put some kind of antibiotic salve on to keep it flexible, but no bandage, you don't want to get back to unscabbed. Unscabbed allows infection in. I've been treating my own knees that way since the 1960's and I'm not dead yet.

I might occasionally douse it in hydrogen peroxide, but I'm not sure how crazy I am to do that. Most of the time, when I get a scrape, I just blot the blood and then ignore it. I might be crazy.

Oh, Daniel. I have no idea. It would seem the right thing to do, but I have no background that gives me any authority in telling you that.

Laundry is in the dryer. I've ordered groceries. I'm about to head off to the post office to mail things that should have gone out a week ago. I'm feeling all productive. Thank goodness for that, too, since I've been needing to do these tasks all week and keep putting them off.

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Crazy, sure, but not dead. And crazy is fine by me, you'll still be in Ohio for me to visit in April if you're only crazy.

I might occasionally douse it in hydrogen peroxide, but I'm not sure how crazy I am to do that. Most of the time, when I get a scrape, I just blot the blood and then ignore it. I might be crazy.

Well, I did that the first couple of days, to keep the initial wound clean, but my doctor last year told me Hydrogen Peroxide is really over used and can irritate good skin healing processes.

Most of the time, when I get a scrape, I just blot the blood and then ignore it. I might be crazy.

I would be to do that, now that I have diabetes. One has to really keep a lookout for wounds, as diabetes can wreak havok with the infection. (As I found out last year by having an untended leg scratch put me in the hospital for five days)

One has to really keep a lookout for wounds, as diabetes can wreak havok with the infection.

That's why I'm glad you're keeping a real close eye on it. You said there was a little pus, which is okay if it's really just a little. I would, as I mentioned, keep antibiotic salve on it and if clothes chafe too much, then bandage it, but loosely so air can still get to it.

A really tiny blob, SailAweigh maybe 1/8 inch across. Gentle manipulation produced another 1/16th inch blob, then nothing.

I would, as I mentioned, keep antibiotic salve on it and if clothes chafe too much, then bandage it, but loosely so air can still get to it.

That's pretty much my plan of action, I had leftover pantyliners and maxi pads from my leg wound last year, as well as more conventional wound fixins.

The jury is pretty much in on cuts; the evidence is that they heal best under a bandage. I've become a big fan of the new "advanced healing" bandaids that stay on for several days, but they don't work for big scrapes. Scrapes do seem to heal best for me without a bandage. For scrapes, I've started using the Bactine Pain Relieving Cleansing Spray.

I'm hoping to get caught up on some of the work I didn't do last week when I was having some kind of evil stomach malady. I also need to make cheese straws to take to a party tonight. I should also get outside for a while; it's very shiny out there.