Yeah, my hand will be fine. It's what I get for "playing" with glass. I got lucky. No nerve damage, no severed digits. Just 11 stitches and a potentially nasty scar after it heals. It'll only take time.
Oh, good. Scars aren't too terribly bad -- generally they look dashingly pirate-ish. :) Although if they gave you the scar cream and you don't want to look pirate-ish, definitely use it, it makes a big difference -- the one I had cream for is noticeable only if you're looking for it, the non-cream scar is distinctly purple.
Ouch. I only got the scar cream for my face, they didn't give me any for the bottom of my chin or my knee. I assumed at the time that it must be a new invention (the face injury was almost a decade later than the chin/knee injury), but maybe they ration it for injuries that people are likely to see?
Although as I remember it, there was no copay increase over my face injury, which might actually have more to do with the accident not being my fault than with my insurance company -- I imagine his went up plenty. So maybe I got scar cream because they could bill it to the other dude?
I got five stitches, an eyepatch (not as pirate-y as one might hope, as they only came in pale pink -- I accused them of treating me like a girl and they went back and checked, but no luck), the scar cream, no antibiotics, about five printouts, and an appointment with the eye doc.
Yeah, I've been using things like Neosporin. I'm not too worried about a scar across my fingers, though. I get in cases resulting in facial scars why they'd want to pull out every stop, mostly because we live in a society that responds to things like that. But someone with a potentially nasty scar on their fingers is not likely to have their life dramatically changed by the its mere appearance.
My sympathies for the eye patch. I had to wear one during the first and second grades over my dominant eye to build up the strength of my lazy, weaker eye (get a job, right eye! *shakes fist at*). It was one of the most annoying experiences of my life.
Oddly enough, my mother is the only person to react badly to it, and she didn't even see it until well after it had healed over.
I actually didn't mind it much -- there was a little grid in the middle so I could still see out, so I didn't completely lose my peripheral vision on that side, and it was my senior year, so other than spending more time the first day explaining about the car wreck than saying anything class-related, no one really paid much attention to it. I can imagine it must have been super difficult to wear an eye patch in first and second grades, though. *hugs*
This was great -- poor evil scientist.
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Thanks for the read and comment.
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You're welcome. :)
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Although as I remember it, there was no copay increase over my face injury, which might actually have more to do with the accident not being my fault than with my insurance company -- I imagine his went up plenty. So maybe I got scar cream because they could bill it to the other dude?
I got five stitches, an eyepatch (not as pirate-y as one might hope, as they only came in pale pink -- I accused them of treating me like a girl and they went back and checked, but no luck), the scar cream, no antibiotics, about five printouts, and an appointment with the eye doc.
I do believe Neosporin reduces scarring?
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My sympathies for the eye patch. I had to wear one during the first and second grades over my dominant eye to build up the strength of my lazy, weaker eye (get a job, right eye! *shakes fist at*). It was one of the most annoying experiences of my life.
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I actually didn't mind it much -- there was a little grid in the middle so I could still see out, so I didn't completely lose my peripheral vision on that side, and it was my senior year, so other than spending more time the first day explaining about the car wreck than saying anything class-related, no one really paid much attention to it. I can imagine it must have been super difficult to wear an eye patch in first and second grades, though. *hugs*
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