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Knuckle sandwich, anyone? (warning: gory)
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I am not an a**hole. I am a hemorrhoid. I irritate a**holes!
Procrastination: Forward planning to insure there is something to do tomorrow.
Derails threads faster than a pocket nuke.
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I also have minitampons on my desk, because I get a bloody nose sometimes. Stuff a tampon up there, wait till the bleeding stops. All done.
and seraph: i'm glad you're doing better and that your mother could help you take care of it.
hope you heal soon.
btw... super glue. O.o I make that face cos my BF has done that on occasion I think. =/ (although the med kit in his car usually has better stuff than that in it). also i know there's a medical version you can use - forgot what it's called but i bought it once cos medical wouldn't do shit for a small laceration on the inside of my elbow (could have used a stitch or two but it was after hours so no one wanted to do it). ended up with a small scar. and that glue shit burned like a mofo and didn't do much good afaik
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yeaaah....typically I use super glue on my heels.... They split *constantly*, so I'm always like WHERE IS THE SUPER GLUE YO.By popular request....I am now officially the Enemy of Normalcy.
"What is unobtainium? To Seraph, it's a normal client. :P" -- Observant Friend
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As far as "emergency wounds" go, there is a liquid bandage out there that sorta works like superglue (to an extent). You basically apply it over the wound.
Re the tampons and blood nose thing: I always found that for a blood nose that WASN'T caused by injury (most of mine were based from heat, stress or sinus issues), the trick for me was to lean FORWARD and to take big, deep, slow breaths. Always seemed to work for me.
I also learned in Brownies/Guides how to stop a nosebleed.The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom
Now queen of USSR-Land...
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Quoth Seshat View PostAnd if you don't have a wound kit, do tell emergency you have tampons/wrapped pads you can use. They may well tell you to go ahead and use it. It's unlikely to stick to the wound, it will absorb blood, and it's a hell of a lot safer than some random object - or a hand. (no direct blood-to-first-aider's-skin contact)"English is the result of Norman men-at-arms attempting to pick up Saxon barmaids and is no more legitimate than any of the other results."
- H. Beam Piper
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Quoth Seraph View PostHm, sounds like I need to start restocking feminine products again...because lord knows I get bloody noses a lot, and I tend to get "bleedy" cuts. ><
Go with them to the wound dressing section of the first aid products.
You really are better off with the gauzes and padding and tape they provide than with a pad. It's just that a pad is better than some random cloth.
As for the superglue, medical-grade "superglue" is sold here, both as 'spray bandaid' and in a form available to medical personnel to take the place of stitches where it's appropriate.Seshat's self-help guide:
1. Would you rather be right, or get the result you want?
2. If you're consistently getting results you don't want, change what you do.
3. Deal with the situation you have now, however it occurred.
4. Accept the consequences of your decisions.
"All I want is a pretty girl, a decent meal, and the right to shoot lightning at fools." - Anders, Dragon Age.
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Quoth Seshat View Post
As for the superglue, medical-grade "superglue" is sold here, both as 'spray bandaid' and in a form available to medical personnel to take the place of stitches where it's appropriate.
On a side-note, steri-strips over an Implanon wound are a bitch to get off.The best professors are mad scientists! -Zoom
Now queen of USSR-Land...
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Quoth bhskittykatt View PostThe cellucotton used in sanitary napkins was invented in WWII for bandages.Quoth Halo_miles View PostThat is actually partially based in fact. Before Kotex became a pad supplier, they manufactured dressings for soldiers during wartime.Any fool can piss on the floor. It takes a talented SC to shit on the ceiling.
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Quoth morgana View PostSeraph, seriously, have you thought about super glue?
Handyman friend of mine, years back, sliced himself up at least weekly. Always used superglue on anything that a butterfly bandage wouldn't close, only got stitches if the slice was longer than his hand and deeper than his thumbnail.They say that God only gives us what we can handle. Apparently, God thinks I'm a bad ass.
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Quoth Seraph View PostUm....Oops.My Writing Blog -Updated 05/06/2013
It's so I can get ideas out of my head, I decided to put it in a blog in case people are bored or are curious as to the (many) things in progress.
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Quoth AmbrosiaWriter View PostYou know Seraph... maybe you should be wearing the cut proof gloves all the time. Just to be safe.
So anyways, last night for the first time, I ended up leaving my knuckle without a bandaid or anything...just to see how everything would go. This morning...it honestly looks good, for once. Its still kinda swollen and man, is it bruised. Seriously, half my finger is still yellowish, lol. But either way, I can bend it now, and have a fairly good range of movement with it. Still hurts when I try to full bend it...and yes I can hear the WELL NO DUH from here.
Either way, looks like I'm out of the woods for infections and whatnot, and the fact that I can move it makes me grateful that there wasn't any significant tendon damage.
Eff yeah, lol.By popular request....I am now officially the Enemy of Normalcy.
"What is unobtainium? To Seraph, it's a normal client. :P" -- Observant Friend
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YAY! Good news!
The colour changes of bruises... I think you should make a similar colour scheme called "Knuckle Sandwich" to commemorate this incident.No trees were killed in the posting of this message.
However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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