So, here's the dealio, my friends: Yesterday, I was washing up / taking the labels off of my empty Pierre water bottles (those green, glass bottles....) I like to keep at least a few around, as they can be re-used in a number of ways.... Anywho, I wanted to remove that lil' gold ring that was still attached on the bottle (from when you twist off the top,) and my scissors were unable to cut it off, (I tried that first off the bat,) so I grabbed a freshly sharpened steak knife, thinking that I could insert the tip of the blade underneath the ring, hence, easily snapping it right off....  Or, I thought to myself, this could go very wrong, and I could quite possibly end up injuring myself.....  And as sketchy as I legitimately knew it was, I went against my better judgment, and exactly what I thought could happen, did happen... I ended up slicing (more like stabbing) myself in the left hand, in the area between the index finger, and the thumb, pretty darn nastily... It's pretty gnarly if I say so myself, dudes, and I still get weak in the knees still simply re-calling the incident...Straight off the jump, when I saw all the blood, I basically lost consciousness, came around, got sick to my stomach, yacked, called my hubbs at work, who when I informed of how bad the incision was, he asked,   "Is it like Step Brothers bad, bub?" Then when he heard me yackin' again, he realized that I wasn't just joshin' around, and booked it home....Anywho, I ended up waiting (more like putting off) to hit up the Minor ER until his afternoon, as I started to get a little nervy with the wound still hemorrhaging, only to learn this most very important notice, that I felt most compelled to share: **STITCHES ARE ONLY PERFOMED WITHIN THE FIRST 6 HOURS** of the incision, due to infection issues... So, basically my bo-bo could only get cleaned, and bandaged, where the doc said it really could have used 3-4 stitches... Ooops, my bad... I had absolutely NO clue about this "Stitches Time Frame Rule"... But, now I do, and knowing is half the battle....        Â
@herron1345:
Oh no!! I probably would have done the same thing too tho
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