Moosmom: Have you tried the Polysporn Painless? It really helps. A lady at my old old old job, sliced her hand open with a box cutter (I saw her meat & it was quite GROSS, she refused to go to the hospital). So I cleaned it & took a tube of Polysporn Painless & applied that to her wound. The lady said she felt no pain for 20hrs at a time. Every morning at work I had to gently remove the bandage, clean the wound & apply more Polysporn Painless & she said it took about 30 mins to kick in & it was af if she didn't have a wound at all.

Might be worth a shot.