Moments of Permanence - post-surgical freaking out, go

From: lazulisong Date: January 28th, 2012 05:28 am (UTC) (Link)

tendon maybe?

if that happened to me I would legit PICK AT IT UNTIL I GOT IT OUT

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From: sami Date: February 12th, 2012 07:47 am (UTC) (Link)

oh hey I never did reply to this

So hey, no, not tendon. Internal suture - supposed to dissolve over the course of the next eighteen months.

Picking at it too long would be a bad idea because it's attached to delicate internal bits. I've subsequently had the outer part cut with ultra-sterile scissors by an emergency doctor, and the remaining thread slipped back inside and the hole has healed.

I know from when the doctor was testing it and tugging on it that pulling on it hard enough caused OH GOD OW.

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