Stabbed myself through the leg with a saber after tripping on a log in the woods, as an idiot teen. Luckily missed the artery.
Limped home, made a tourniquet, poured peroxide on it, then poured the rest on my pants, then superglued the wound because I'd be damned if I was going to tell my parents or leave any evidence. Walking normal and prentending everything was fine made for a shitty month.
Oddly, the pain didn't feel like you'd expect. It wasn't "sharp", piercing, or anything similar to a normal cut; it felt like blunt damage from a sledge or something- deep achey pain like a broken bone.
You just waited until it healed?
Any permanant consequences?
Amazing.
Yep and nope. Had to keep a straight face and not limp, but I played it off. Kept going to school and work. After the first week it became easier, and was totally healed after a month or so.
No lasting effects, even the scar is difficult to find. Happened almost twenty years ago.
That's very interesting.
Our bodies are amazing in their ability to heal.
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