Its totally weird, but I hate needles, before I didn't mind them but recently somethings surfaced, that I can't even watch a flu shot go in my arm. So, I was pretty happy I could stick myself 4 times successfully.
It's not as bad as you think. Even though the preview looks daunting, it's about as gruesome as picking a scab. Most of the video content is based on the prep, plus there's a pretty song on it that makes you forget everything wrong in the world.
This makes me wish I had documented the chronic in-grown toenails I had for about two years. I got so sick of making doctor's appointments for them that I became quite skilled at using wire cutters and needle-nose pliers to rip them out. All without anesthetic, too, which I thought was quite burly.
One time when I DID go in to the doctor for it they had some young guy administer the anesthetic and they do this "full block" on your toe by pushing the needle in through the top, pushing it all the way down, and then depressing the plunger while pulling the needle back out, so you get a nice, even amount of anesthetic from top to bottom. Seems simple enough, but the fucker pushed the needle and went so far it CAME OUT THE BOTTOM OF MY TOE. And he starts pushing the plunger down, and it's just spraying onto the table, but he doesn't notice. And no anesthetic means I'm REALLY FEELING this fucking needle in my toe. I wanted to pull it out and jam it in his eye.
I was using the 4-point-palm-exploding-heart-technique of administering anesthetic (1. top of palm, 2. bottom of palm, 3. inside of finger, 4. outside... 5. Walk five steps and collapse. I wonder if that's an outdated method I used. You were right to stab him in the eye of your mind.
Shit, the lidocaine I used expired in 2005, but man, it was worth keeping around in that situation.
Nah, no photos, sadly. Though as a result of a very long story I did end up ripping my thumbnail off with my teeth awhile back and took some meal-repeat-appearance macro shots of it.
This was a small doctor's office on the Eastside, from back when I was living in Issaquah. Nothing to worry about. ;-)
You can never have enough expired anesthesia lying around, I always say...
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One time when I DID go in to the doctor for it they had some young guy administer the anesthetic and they do this "full block" on your toe by pushing the needle in through the top, pushing it all the way down, and then depressing the plunger while pulling the needle back out, so you get a nice, even amount of anesthetic from top to bottom. Seems simple enough, but the fucker pushed the needle and went so far it CAME OUT THE BOTTOM OF MY TOE. And he starts pushing the plunger down, and it's just spraying onto the table, but he doesn't notice. And no anesthetic means I'm REALLY FEELING this fucking needle in my toe. I wanted to pull it out and jam it in his eye.
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And Dooood. UW Hospital? Where to avoid?
I was using the 4-point-palm-exploding-heart-technique of administering anesthetic (1. top of palm, 2. bottom of palm, 3. inside of finger, 4. outside... 5. Walk five steps and collapse. I wonder if that's an outdated method I used. You were right to stab him in the eye of your mind.
Shit, the lidocaine I used expired in 2005, but man, it was worth keeping around in that situation.
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This was a small doctor's office on the Eastside, from back when I was living in Issaquah. Nothing to worry about. ;-)
You can never have enough expired anesthesia lying around, I always say...
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