Stitching the wound. Not for queasy folk.

Dr. stitching up my cut. There is a smaller one up near my wrist that he had already put 2 stitches in. This larger cut required 13. It actually pulled up quite nicely, I wasn't missing any pieces.

I was out riding motorbikes with my family in Mackay, ID when this happened. Too bad, too, we had just found some great trails to ride. We'll probably go back there next year. Maybe I'll bring a sign with me to hang on that stupid fence to remind myself not to be an idiot.

Farmer had a barbed wire fence ran straight across the road. No gate or anything; posts were quite a ways apart. Needless to say, I didn't see it. This is what happens to your arm under those circumstances.

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• xr600r
• honda
• barbed
• wire
• fence
• wound
• stitches
• cut
• motorbike
• injury

[believeck]

What he is doing is known as Instrument Tie :) One of the simplest suturing methods.

[g00gl3it]

@believeck Nice to know, thanks!

[summonskall]

so is every stitch that connects the parallel gash edges a separate section of string/wire then?

[g00gl3it]

@summonskall

No, it was all one piece, but if you notice, he cuts them after tying the second not, so yes, in essence they aren't connected after he's done, but they came from one piece of stitching.

[cristiawan]

i cut my hand accidentally with a knife and it was bleeding like tap water. when i went to have it stitched up, they gave my four jabs and it hurt more than when i cut myself. but after that i cant feel a thing.

[g00gl3it]

@cristiawan My adrenaline was still pumping pretty good at this point, so even the shots they did before the cleanup didn't hurt. Good thing, too, they scrubbed that sucker like it was a dirty lasagna pan...

[summonskall]

ok folks, be honest. who came here cuz they were curious as to how this works and or if it was like sewing up a sock hole. /raises hand slowly

[summonskall]

@g00gl3it hm, interesting... aregoto tomodatchee ^.^

[g00gl3it]

@tornblackwings They had already put about 7 shots of anesthetic in and around that area, then cleaned it thoroughly with a large washing syringe. So I couldn't feel anything at this point.

[g00gl3it]

@tornblackwings They had already put about 7 shots of anesthetic in and around that area, then cleaned it thoroughly with a large washing syringe. So I couldn't feel anything at this point.