"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> On 2013-11-25 7:21 AM, Pico Rico wrote:
>
>>>
>>> The last time I had a nasty cut I should have had stitches but I went to
>>> late. When I showed up the ER after noon the next day the nurse
>>> chastised
>>> me for not coming sooner, asking what made me think I didn't need
>>> stitches
>>> right away. I told her the truth. I had had two Manhattans so I could
>>> not
>>> drive, and I had a leg on lamb on the BBQ and I didn't want to waste it.
>>> I
>>> had put a nice tight bandage on it and the bleeding was under control.
>>> The
>>> doctor could not stitch it because it was too late. He put some sort of
>>> bandage on it and it healed better and with less scarring than if I had
>>> had stitches.
>>
>> I don't understand the facination with stitches for most cuts.
>>
>
> They pull the skin together, form a partial seal against infection and
> speed up healing. There are now special bandages that stick well enough
> to hold smaller cuts together without stitches and the extra scarring they
> can produce.

For a clean cut, I can do that myself.

>
>>> How do you try not to faint? It's not something most people can control.
>>
>> yes, but the cause of the fainting determines the wuss factor.
>
>
> Blood loss can cause fainting and some people are more resilient to blood
> loss than others. I remember once giving blood and being helped to get up
> by a nurse. I asked her if it was true that a lot of people faint after
> giving blood. She said it was, and just as she said it I saw someone a
> couple cots over pass out.
>

I have given blood many, many times, and the number of times I saw someone
become feeble after giving blood I can count on one hand. And, they are
wusses!

Giada didn't loose a pint of blood, either.