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rbnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 08:40 AM
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Have you ever taken out your own stitches?
Did you regret it, or was it no big deal?

Share stories.

Thanks.

:)
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 08:44 AM
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1. No big deal at all. They come out as easy as eyelashes
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rbnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 08:54 AM
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2. Awesome!
Thanks.
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Nicholas D Wolfwood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 08:57 AM
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3. When I had surgery, they used staples on me.
And there was no way in HELL I was removing those bad boys, although the did come out rather painlessly.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 09:05 AM
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4. I took out my friend's stitches last summer.
There were only 5 or 6 and they were on her chin. It was easy and painless.
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Shell Beau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 09:07 AM
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5. My dad took out his. He thought it was
stupid to go back to the doc and pay him to do it when he felt he could do it himself. He had no problems with it. But I personally would let the doc do it!!
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bleedingheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 09:10 AM
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6. I took out my sister's stitches...
it was from her c-section...it was driving her nuts...they were so itchy so I removed them....
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Rosie1223 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 09:10 AM
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7. I've removed my Husband's
Use tweezers and small scissors. One clip and they slip right out.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 09:18 AM
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8. Doesn't everyone?
Edited on Fri Dec-16-05 09:18 AM by kick-ass-bob
:P

I even took out staples with a staple remover!




:crazy:
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rbnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 09:47 AM
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11. cool staple remover!
I just figure, if I waited 5 hours in the emergency room to get them put in, how long will they make me wait to take them out! Seems like it's no big deal.

:hi:
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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 10:23 AM
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12. OUCH!
You didn't really do that, did you?
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 01:34 PM
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25. .
No, I didn't really do that.

I've never even had stitches! :P
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 09:20 AM
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9. No. Except for the ones in my mouth that disintegrated
after my wisdom teeth extraction. I had 5 stitches in my index finger earlier this year, and the doctor took them out. It pinched just a bit.
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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 09:22 AM
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10. The last time I had stitches, I was 6 years old
That was over 30 years ago. . . so no, I haven't :P
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RumpusCat Donating Member (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 10:30 AM
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13. My roommmate's girlfriend cut out the 9 stitches on my finger
But she was exactly two weeks from graduating with her M.D. and had the little suture scissors and everything in her emergency bag. I would've cut them out myself otherwise!
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FLSurfer Donating Member (350 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 10:41 AM
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14. Yep, did that.
Paid $350 to get 7 stitches in my thumb.
Phoned the hospital and inquired about the cost to remove them, they quoted $125. I argued them down to $75, decided it was still too much and ended up taking them out myself.

Hurt alot. I think I took them out too early. I would suggest wating til you are sure they are ready to come out.
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CAcyclist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 01:03 PM
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22. Huh. And we vets still remove sutures for free
Next time someone complains about my prices, maybe I'll use that as an example of how much it could really cost. I also like to make sure that the wound/incision is completely healed and sometimes I'll have the owner come back several times to remove the sutures incrementally if there is delayed healing.
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gypsy11 Donating Member (286 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 11:03 AM
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15. Yes...
I did. Four stitches in my thumb, with a pair of scissors and tweezers. It didn't hurt at all, and I'm pretty squeamish when it comes to things like that.
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Hugin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 11:08 AM
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16. Take them out?!?! My Mom stitched me up several times.
You see... When I was a youngster there weren't many ERs around where we lived.

So, when I cut myself she'd whip out her sewing kit and sew it shut. If she deemed
the cut warranted it.

I'm afraid to tell people when I injure myself to this day!

:scared:
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 11:43 AM
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17. Yep, in my leg. No big deal.
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CottonBear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 12:09 PM
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18. No problem. Disinfect tweezers and tiny scissors
Edited on Fri Dec-16-05 12:10 PM by CottonBear
and just snip and remove. Sometimes it feels a little funny but it doesn't hurt. I took some out of the lip after minor reconstructive plasatic surgery.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 12:10 PM
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19. Yeah, no problemo.
Scissors and tweezers. Done deal.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 12:12 PM
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20. One time when I had to evade a crazy local sherrif in a helicopter
I leapt off a rock-face and fell 300 yards into a tree, and had to put my own stitches in.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 12:13 PM
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21. Yep. No big deal at all.
It didn't even hurt, just a bit of a tugging sensation.
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DrDan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 01:04 PM
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23. yes - nothing to it
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 01:05 PM
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24. Yeah, it was fine.
:)
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-16-05 01:41 PM
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26. I slammed a car door on my own finger 3 days before going to Africa
and my boyfriend laughed uproariously while peeling my finger out of the door.

Thats the real story.

So when it looked about the right time I was in Nairobi and found a missionary doctor to take a look at it before I cut the stitches with manicure scissors and pulled them out.
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