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Misc / Open / Re: Accidents whilst working on bikes or cars?
« on: January 16, 2021, 09:45:20 PM »
Not really an accident but I had to have major surgery after the big C.
It was Friday the 13 September 2013 and it was the day I was due to have my staples out.
47 staples 3 inches below belly button to 6 inches above.
It was being done by the nurse at our local surgery, the rooms are named after colours and I was asked to go to the black room.
I said jokingly as I went in that this was going to go well being Friday the 13th in the black room.
Sure enough as she removed the staples, half of the wound burst open, she freaked out and called the gp who said I had to get to hospital immediately. They bandaged the hell out of me to keep me together while I went to hospital.
I finally saw the surgeon later who said they could not re stitch or re staple as it would create a void under the skin.
So I had to stay bandaged for 3 months whilst it healed from the inside out, getting the dressings changed at local surgery every other day.
My stomach now looks as if I’ve had an accident with a chainsaw.
It was Friday the 13 September 2013 and it was the day I was due to have my staples out.
47 staples 3 inches below belly button to 6 inches above.
It was being done by the nurse at our local surgery, the rooms are named after colours and I was asked to go to the black room.
I said jokingly as I went in that this was going to go well being Friday the 13th in the black room.
Sure enough as she removed the staples, half of the wound burst open, she freaked out and called the gp who said I had to get to hospital immediately. They bandaged the hell out of me to keep me together while I went to hospital.
I finally saw the surgeon later who said they could not re stitch or re staple as it would create a void under the skin.
So I had to stay bandaged for 3 months whilst it healed from the inside out, getting the dressings changed at local surgery every other day.
My stomach now looks as if I’ve had an accident with a chainsaw.
