I'm not averse to a wall of text. I'm quite used to it.
It was a case of not being able to help everyone - but also not being able to not help these people. (Given that I'm Micmac and the family is white, that's made it a point to not discuss it with some folks.)
Guess what I just did?
I did successful surgery on myself. I'm not even kidding.
I had one of those weird neck cyst things that was hard. I could have gone to the doctor but I have everything here. I poked it for a few days - to make sure it was hard and would swell a little. It did. I then cut the skin over it with a razor blade and got the gun out.
Hmm... Lemme take a pic. This is disgusting - I want to show it to you. (It's not that bad.)
Here, probably not kid safe and just a pic from my cell phone:
https://imgoat.com/uploads/b160de1de8/116236.JPG
(You don't have to look, it's not that disgusting.)
That is impressive and mildly disturbing. It must have been painful. Did you use a local?
I thought about mixing some coke with saline but said to hell with it. I ain't scared. It went fine. I know what I'm doing.
It's connected with butterfly stitches and a bandaid covering it. The incision is on 1/2" long. It's not bleeding. The area was well-prepped. I've done worse. I've done worse to myself. I've given full-on stitches to a friend - he'd a giant gash, with meat hanging out, in his leg. We were many, many miles and wouldn't be back in a town for like three days. So, I stitched him.
Note: I helped my daughter learn to do stitches and I helped a girlfriend learn.
I'm not that kind of doctor, but four of us dissected a human cadaver at school. I'm pretty comfy saying I could maybe perform a basic surgery and not kill you. If the weather is good, the nearest hospital is about 1.5 hours away. I'd give you a tracheotomy! I even know how to place one!
Well good to know because when I come and I will, I’m probably going to try and act like I’m 20 again and end up doing something stupid and getting a minor injury, I’m pretty sure I’m indestructible bones and serious injury wise but that’s another story
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