[Defend]

All, Thanks for the help.

I'm glad to report it's almost back to 100%. There's still a little bit of tenderness so I haven't gone back to full bag workouts (with wraps!) yet.
There is a new layer of healthy looking skin, no signs of complications.

I used iodine to clean it whenever it showed signs of infection after that was suggested. I had to reopen it a few times to clean out infection. I used rubbing alcohol those times, followed up a few hours later with iodine. I ended up soaking it in MSG once to keep from offending... Apparently in the local language "salt" and "MSG" are synonymous. That can't say anything good about my diet.

I also kept a double antibiotic ointment on it during the day when I had it covered for about 4 days. I didn't know to look for swollen lymph nodes - I haven't noticed any, but I'll log that one for future reference.

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