Sascha
This picture is a memento of my worst cut yet – 8 cm, down to the subcutaneous fat, when I didn’t even mean to cut badly. I just slashed at the inside of my bicep with a razor, and ended up cutting really deep. It didn’t hurt, or even bleed much, but the wound gaped open really huge, so I knew I would need help to get it closed. I didn’t want the horrific scar that I knew I would get if I didn’t get it closed properly. The doctor at the ER was rather pissed off at me for making extra work for her. She decided to staple the wound instead of suturing it because it wouldn’t take her as long. She also skimped on pain meds – and stapling hurts more than suturing. The bruising all around the cut is from the injection of lidocaine.
This was my last cut; it scared me that I hurt myself so bad without really wanting to. It bought me another stay in the psych ward.
Now the staples are out and the wound is healing, covered now with steri-strips. The holes where the staples were got infected, probably when I tried to remove the staples myself. (Bad idea.) But the cut itself is healing nicely.
