formation of intercellular junctions during wound healing

the human body has this incredible propensity to heal...i need neosporin for my soul.

about 1 month ago now, i got this incredible gash on my hand. while cleaning the bathroom floor, the wound was sterilized, burned, and removed of all impurities in the cleaning agent.

it made finishing the task at hand extremely difficult but with a grimaced face i knew this would do just as well, if not betther than a band-aid and a kiss from mommy.

over the last few weeks i have been witness to the healing process. i have never put a band-aid on, never touched a drop of topical cream, no little prayers were said---nothing and yet the gash has proceeded on its own to close and cover itself, to heal without any heed or purpose other than to get better.

within me at times, i likewise feel that an incredible wound has been inflicted at some point leaving a crevice of unresolvedness and a somewhat ordered chaos.


wound healing conditions generate a stressful environment for the cells involved in the regeneration process and are therefore suspected to influence the expression of heat shock proteins

an attempt has been made to ignore this inner wound, just i have the exterior. maybe perhaps because it is internal, the lack of dryness has prevented a scab from forming and the process is slowed dramatically...but rather i have the feeling more that it is perhaps because i keep picking away at the scab, causing it to fester and rubbing additional salt into it...ouch. i hate to think about it, because that's exactly what it feels like...a great big gi-normous ouch.

i wonder what stage of healing i am in. i wonder when there will be nothing much more than a small scar that acts as a reminder. according to this i am mid early-inflammation...dear me, i still have three more stages to endure.