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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:31:06 PM EDT
Some of you may remember my thread where we had a fishing accident, and Little Man freaked the F out, and made me go to the ER.
Anyway, I had been jawing back and forth with my GP to cut a Sebaceous Cyst from below my calf, which had been rubbing on the tops of my shit kickers while riding and doing ground work....annoying me. The wife and I decided to show the kids that very minor surgery and and sutures are a good tool to possess, so to save $2k, we killed two birds with one stone. Here is the procedure last week....  The cyst  I ended up making a cross cut (not ideal, but necessary in this instance to pull the sack out....it was deeper than I thought).  The oldest putting on bacitracin after suturing the wound....the wife wanted to practice stitches, as it has been a while.  It is healing nicely, although I wish I would not have made a cross cut, but it is what it is. Iodine, sterile instruments, bacitracin, etc are your friend. DO not attempt this at home. |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:35:12 PM EDT
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I dug one of those out of my back with a pocket knife once.
Not saying it was the best plan, but it worked. 
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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:36:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I dug one of those out of my back with a pocket knife once. Not saying it was the best plan, but it worked.  |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:38:54 PM EDT
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I've done it... But I have a bit more training than most.
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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:42:10 PM EDT
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We kinda do too....but, it's just like doctoring animals, just on yourself.
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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:42:35 PM EDT
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any rough scar edges forming?
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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:43:34 PM EDT
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Damn that is a fat calf. Reminds me of taking pathology in dental school, instructor said the contents smelled like new jersey.
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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:44:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Damn that is a fat calf. Reminds me of taking pathology in dental school, instructor said the contents smelled like new jersey.  |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:44:25 PM EDT
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Dang right! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I dug one of those out of my back with a pocket knife once. Not saying it was the best plan, but it worked. My self surgeries usually involve whiskey for anesthesia.
How about you? |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:45:35 PM EDT
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Not enough stuff oozing out.
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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:46:29 PM EDT
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http://youtu.be/32-SbTLDTk8
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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:46:59 PM EDT
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Damn that is a fat calf. Reminds me of taking pathology in dental school, instructor said the contents smelled like new jersey. lol |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:47:11 PM EDT
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I've excised pilar cysts on my own head.
Not my head: 
The sac is thick and looks like this if you get it out in one piece: 
Your scalp bleeds like a MFer, so I get some lido with epi and infiltrate it to control that. Luckily, I'm a guy, I'm bald, and I don't GAF about scars on my head so it works out. If I cared, I could pay a pro to do it for me and get a minimal scar.....but nah. |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:47:23 PM EDT
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Packing a wound is more preferable when you go this deep. Suturing can cause an abscess if any infection starts.
Other than that great work. Try to find lidocaine for the next time! |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:48:55 PM EDT
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I had one cut out of my back. I didn't do it myself, I couldn't reach it. The doctor did a cross-cut too.
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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:52:41 PM EDT
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It ain't fat. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Damn that is a fat calf. Reminds me of taking pathology in dental school, instructor said the contents smelled like new jersey. It ain't fat. It's a tuuumah. |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:54:09 PM EDT
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I've excised pilar cysts on my own head. .jpg){kind=tracking}
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Posted: 6/5/2016 2:54:11 PM EDT
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Lol I have the same boots
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Posted: 6/5/2016 3:13:08 PM EDT
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2K LOL in a free market that is a $200 dollar job... I have done one myself on my shoulder, wish I had gotten help, but was able to get myself.
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Posted: 6/5/2016 3:27:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol I have the same boots You ride, train and work cattle? That's awesome.... I didn't know CT had much of a livestock industry... Although, I'm sure there are some. I bought these at Lou Taubert's... The cheapest working man boot (Ariat's) that are worth a damn. |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 3:27:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 2K LOL in a free market that is a $200 dollar job... I have done one myself on my shoulder, wish I had gotten help, but was able to get myself. Lol.... I did it for free, myself. |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 3:35:39 PM EDT
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That is exactly how you contaminate a bacitracin tube. Apply it with a single use q-tip next time. Better trash that tube.
Is that calf deformity a birth defect? |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 3:39:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That is exactly how you contaminate a bacitracin tube. Apply it with a single use q-tip next time. Better trash that tube. Is that calf deformity a birth defect? Grab a ruck and join the club.  |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 4:00:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That is exactly how you contaminate a bacitracin tube. Apply it with a single use q-tip next time. Better trash that tube. Is that calf deformity a birth defect? That's like from walking, and stuff. I was preaching to him while he applied.... Kids will be kids... Luckily, we have plenty of tubes of bacitracin. |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 4:02:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My self surgeries usually involve whiskey for anesthesia. How about you? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I dug one of those out of my back with a pocket knife once. Not saying it was the best plan, but it worked. My self surgeries usually involve whiskey for anesthesia. How about you? Roger that, Chief.... Lots 'O Whiskey. |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 4:13:04 PM EDT
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Haven't messed with cysts since I don't have any. I have, on occasion, taken out a lipoma or three. I've also had a surgeon take them out. It's funny, the ones I've done myself leave about a 1/4 scar. The doc left me mutilated. Internal stitches and glued the edges with some form of dermabond. Didn't even approximate the wound that well. I had deep bruising and several sites dehisced, which took forever to heal.
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Posted: 6/5/2016 4:15:19 PM EDT
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Gawd fucking damn OP. Your calves are yuuuuuuge.
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Posted: 6/5/2016 4:34:33 PM EDT
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Gawd fucking damn OP. Your calves are yuuuuuuge. He's a married man, Valintino. 
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Posted: 6/5/2016 4:38:41 PM EDT
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He's a married man, Valintino. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Gawd fucking damn OP. Your calves are yuuuuuuge. He's a married man, Valintino. 
I love this place. |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 4:46:07 PM EDT
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I've excised pilar cysts on my own head. Not my head: https://o.quizlet.com/HJ76TqxxD.RGAUJES16ZhQ_m.jpg The sac is thick and looks like this if you get it out in one piece: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Trichilemmalcyst.JPG Your scalp bleeds like a MFer, so I get some lido with epi and infiltrate it to control that. Luckily, I'm a guy, I'm bald, and I don't GAF about scars on my head so it works out. If I cared, I could pay a pro to do it for me and get a minimal scar.....but nah.
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Posted: 6/5/2016 4:47:27 PM EDT
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Is that a Hill People gear kit bag?
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Posted: 6/5/2016 4:51:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Gawd fucking damn OP. Your calves are yuuuuuuge. It happens.... Third world work, with first world nutrition.   |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 5:01:31 PM EDT
[#32]
Nice neckbeard, m'lord!
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Posted: 6/5/2016 5:06:12 PM EDT
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I clipped a skin-tag off with nailclippers once.
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Posted: 6/5/2016 5:07:29 PM EDT
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Mine aren't quite that big but I have more definition
I really need to shave them to show that off though. |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 5:29:12 PM EDT
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Pic of removed cyst?
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Posted: 6/5/2016 5:34:33 PM EDT
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And i thought I was a manly man
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Posted: 6/5/2016 5:38:03 PM EDT
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I dug one of those out of my back with a pocket knife once. Not saying it was the best plan, but it worked. Holy shit. I can barely reach my back to scratch it........you must be double jointed and have a neck like an owl !!!
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Posted: 6/5/2016 5:41:07 PM EDT
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Pic of removed cyst? He denied us the money shot. |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 6:23:30 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nice neckbeard, m'lord! Why thank you, M'lady.... I shave my neck, though. |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 6:33:04 PM EDT
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And now I'm thankful for my health insurance.....
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Posted: 6/5/2016 6:39:14 PM EDT
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Oh, so your body just stores all the fat on your head
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It happens.... Third world work, with first world nutrition. http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu240/Skg_Mre_Lght/FB_IMG_1439864429086_zps8swiaeod.jpg http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu240/Skg_Mre_Lght/20160521_121742_zpsdfvw45xb.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Gawd fucking damn OP. Your calves are yuuuuuuge. It happens.... Third world work, with first world nutrition. http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu240/Skg_Mre_Lght/FB_IMG_1439864429086_zps8swiaeod.jpg http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu240/Skg_Mre_Lght/20160521_121742_zpsdfvw45xb.jpg |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 6:50:51 PM EDT
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I dug one of those out of my back with a pocket knife once. Not saying it was the best plan, but it worked. nice. I cut a plantar wart out of my foot with an SOG bowie one night. it hadn't responded to various treatment, and I was tired of it bugging me when I walked. a little Wild Turkey, some Neosporin and gauze, and problem solved. |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 6:53:39 PM EDT
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You ride, train and work cattle? That's awesome.... I didn't know CT had much of a livestock industry... Although, I'm sure there are some. I bought these at Lou Taubert's... The cheapest working man boot (Ariat's) that are worth a damn. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Lol I have the same boots You ride, train and work cattle? That's awesome.... I didn't know CT had much of a livestock industry... Although, I'm sure there are some. I bought these at Lou Taubert's... The cheapest working man boot (Ariat's) that are worth a damn. I've been to Taubert's. I bought some rainslickers there while passing through. It reminded me of Smith and Edwards in Ogden, UT. |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 7:09:09 PM EDT
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When the doc did the infected one on my back he did one horizontal slit and squeezed out all of the pus. There was a lot of it. Then they stuck in a gauze drain and taped some gauze sheets over it. Told me to pull out the drain the next day and keep it covered for a few days. Got a sweet scar letting it heal without closing.
Wouldn't try one myself. |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 7:11:25 PM EDT
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you're an oddly shaped little dude? are you related to Frodo?
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Posted: 6/5/2016 7:17:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: you're an oddly shaped little dude? are you related to Frodo? Lol... I don't think Frodo was 6' |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 7:24:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol.... I did it for free, myself. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 2K LOL in a free market that is a $200 dollar job... I have done one myself on my shoulder, wish I had gotten help, but was able to get myself. Lol.... I did it for free, myself. Yeah, no way would I pay someone $200 for something so simple. On the one hand, the pro will have anesthetic, but when you do it yourself it's better to be able to feel what's going on so you don't want it anyway. |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 7:42:23 PM EDT
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I won't do that to the one in my neck, leave it the doc.
It's very close to my Carotid artery. |
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Posted: 6/5/2016 7:45:07 PM EDT
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OP you are a manly mother fucker.....right on.
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Posted: 6/5/2016 8:03:52 PM EDT
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I had a mole on my right forearm, that one day I decided looked funny. So I picked it away with my fingernails. Hasn't come back.
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