That would sound better if MadBomber was a girl.
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I Lost a Knife Fight to Myself: a Tale of Epic Dumba**ery
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That would sound better if MadBomber was a girl.
You're not really making it better.
It's still early.....don't count your chickens.... best predictor of future behavior is past behavior .... etc
Bob
16 APR 2015 - wound update
Early this morning marked the 13 day mark since the sutures were made. My instructions stated to remove the stitches in 12-14 days, which could be accomplished by my physician, a return to the emergency room, or do it myself. Naturally, I did it myself.
After removing all of the suture material I could find, I discovered something that did not please me: the margins at the surface did not adhere and heal together.
I speculate that since it was a high stress area, moving around and normal activity cause the margins to spread apart over a few days. I lack the sophistication to speculate whether or not a better suture job would have helped, but I suspect that since there wasn't much to anchor anything (just skin and adipose, no viscera or muscle involved) I don't know if there was enough structure to hold it closed.
There now exists a gooey "trench," approximately 1/4 inch deep, above the tissue that has healed and formed from the bottom of the wound upward. The fluid oozing is transparent with a tinge of pink (red blood cells, I assume). I don't see any signs of significant infection and it doesn't hurt or express much when I squeeze it.
I put my leg in the shower and rinsed it for a while this morning, then washed thoroughly with soap and water, then let more water run over it for a while. I didn't have a big syringe to irrigate with any force, but I think the shower did a decent job.
I tried to pull the margins together with steri strips, but enough new tissue has built-up inside combined with the margins being crunchy (dead) that I couldn't really get it to pull back together. So, for now I am stuck with an open wound. I left the steri strips in place holding it as close to closed as I could get it and covered with a folded 4x4 to protect from debris and absorb drainage.
I have an appointment with my doctor on Monday for normal stuff and I'll have him take a peek at then. If it's not making progress, I'm thinking I may need to have him do a little excision of the area and re-suture. He used to be a surgeon and will welcome the opportunity!
Nothing is ever simple. On the bright side, this development is genuinely motivating me to be a lot more careful. All the teasing aside, I am taking this seriously and now even more so.
Early this morning marked the 13 day mark since the sutures were made. My instructions stated to remove the stitches in 12-14 days, which could be accomplished by my physician, a return to the emergency room, or do it myself. Naturally, I did it myself.
After removing all of the suture material I could find, I discovered something that did not please me: the margins at the surface did not adhere and heal together.
I speculate that since it was a high stress area, moving around and normal activity cause the margins to spread apart over a few days. I lack the sophistication to speculate whether or not a better suture job would have helped, but I suspect that since there wasn't much to anchor anything (just skin and adipose, no viscera or muscle involved) I don't know if there was enough structure to hold it closed.
There now exists a gooey "trench," approximately 1/4 inch deep, above the tissue that has healed and formed from the bottom of the wound upward. The fluid oozing is transparent with a tinge of pink (red blood cells, I assume). I don't see any signs of significant infection and it doesn't hurt or express much when I squeeze it.
I put my leg in the shower and rinsed it for a while this morning, then washed thoroughly with soap and water, then let more water run over it for a while. I didn't have a big syringe to irrigate with any force, but I think the shower did a decent job.
I tried to pull the margins together with steri strips, but enough new tissue has built-up inside combined with the margins being crunchy (dead) that I couldn't really get it to pull back together. So, for now I am stuck with an open wound. I left the steri strips in place holding it as close to closed as I could get it and covered with a folded 4x4 to protect from debris and absorb drainage.
I have an appointment with my doctor on Monday for normal stuff and I'll have him take a peek at then. If it's not making progress, I'm thinking I may need to have him do a little excision of the area and re-suture. He used to be a surgeon and will welcome the opportunity!
Nothing is ever simple. On the bright side, this development is genuinely motivating me to be a lot more careful. All the teasing aside, I am taking this seriously and now even more so.
I hope so! I hope so! And, I hope so.
It's actually my second.
For the first, see this topic: https://www.indianagunowners.com/forums/break-room/50029-rhino.html
Links to photos appear in the first message.
Visit my cube on your break on Tuesday and I'll let you peek!
I'm making gravy with the drainage.
These threads are kind of bordering on insanity... I keep reading them thinking they're going to involve a different result!
That might disappoint some people!
If it's any consolation, you get an A+ in knife sharpening!
Thank you, sir! A silver lining indeed. Hehe!
Yesterday after I scrubbed the wound with a brush and soap and water, it looked a lot better. The void space seems to have shrunk, which suggests to me that the tissues near the margins were swollen where the stitches were and they've had time to calm down and recede. It looks a lot better now and discharge is minimal. Will show my family doc tomorrow during my regular appointment.
riverman67
Master
He will lie!
The girlfriend or Mom will be arrested for assault
The girlfriend or Mom will be arrested for assault
Interesting note: the steri-strips I used to close the wound the day I removed the stitches literally blistered my skin. I don't know if the reaction to the adhesive was because they were several year old or my tender hide just doesn't like them. Below the wound I have red welts in stripes that look like claw marks and above two of the blisters still have some fluid accumulated in them.
Is such a reaction unusual to steri-strip adhesive?
Is such a reaction unusual to steri-strip adhesive?
Latex allergy?
