there are some smart people in that group =)  and a Coldstone Creamery
very close by.

he didn't mention mocha as another healing agent, but i'm sure that
was just an oversight ...

eek!  that sounds scary .. i've used a neosporin knockoff w/painkiller
mixed in, though.

my shoulders are getting really itchy.  the right one, which got
burned the worst, has pink sections undre the peeling (DH says so much
for the even tan i was trying to get), and a discolored/scarred spot
about the size of a half-dollar that's a bit worrying.  Fortunately
the road rash, which extends from mid-forearm all the way up my arm,
stops just short of the burned shoulders.

i also got both topical and pill-form arnica.  the topical stuff has
menthol, camphor, capsaicin, msm, chondroitin, glucosamine, and
arnica.  friends swear by arnica for sprains.  the doc said he sees it
as more applicable to bruises, but that it can't hurt to try.  so i'm
using it for both.

and let's not forget the vicodin!  i got it for my tooth, but the doc
said i could use it if i need it.  a full pill makes me woozy, but he
said i could try half the pill and that might be good.  i used it
before bed last night, when wooziness doesn't bother me.

man, it's hard typing with one hand!