>----- Original Message -----
From: "Millie" <milliem@citlink.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: The stitch left behind after my surgery.....
> My little friend, Chrissie,
> Hmmm... looks like I will have to bring Ed with me, and head to New
> Hampshire to Chrissie's house.
> Why, you ask?
> Now I don't only have to watch Ed with the cut, pick, and ding & dent
dept.
> Now, I have Mrs.Chrissie.
> I am actually squirming in my chair, as that must have hurt!! (Keep sharp
> instruments from Chrissie... AND Ed.)
> I have heard that moles can really bleed when you cut them.
> (See Millie's toes curl.)
> Now I guess I'll have to get around to writing my "Oops, wrong car "
story.
> Don't cut stitches... call Dr.
> Love ya,
> Millie.
> P.S. I was guilty of doing the same thing with a bunch of stitches when
I
> had 6 teeth pulled.
>> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tammy " <tammytl@msn.com>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
> <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 2:51 PM
> Subject: Re: The stitch left behind after my surgery.....
>
> > Chrissy! Leave it alone! Let your Dr take care of it, call the nurse or
> > something, but don't go cutting on yourself.
> > As far as your beauty, I can tell you are a beautiful person where it
> > counts, you have been a great new friend to me and a piller of support
> > to many, I can tell by reading the message boards.
> > Your beauty is full and intact so worry not.
> > After I had my Hystorectomy, they left the staples in for 2 weeks and
> > the staples began to pull at my skin and became awfully uncomfortable,
> > so one day I pulled one out, opps, the skin of the incision popped open,
> > now I have a clean scar except for at the very top where I pulled that
> > staple, the scar is a little wider and poofs out a little.
> > In Short......Don't do that!
> > God Bless and Take Care of You
> > Tammy Lynn
> > At Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Chrissy492@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > >Hi everyone, ")
> > >I pray all is well as you are reading this post. I have a question,
> after
> > >your surgery were you left a stitch or 2 sticking out from your
> incision(s)?
> > >If so, what did you do with it? Let me tell you what NOT to do.
> > >OK, so it's been a couple of months since my surgery. As I peek at the
> six
> > >incisions made on my belly I made sure all were healing fine. After
the
> scar
> > >scabby parts (what a visual huh) went away, I noticed a couple of
> stitches
> > >that were hanging from 2 of my 6 incisions.
> > >Hmmm, I pulled a little, ouch - wrong answer - then I rubbed a little,
> darn
> > >things didn't rub off even with some water added. I decided to try
> cutting
> > >both of them with scissors. One of the piece of stitch was close to a
> mole I
> > >have that my Mom always called a beauty mark. As I carefully cut on
one
> of
> > >the stitches I felt this awful cut like pain. Hmmm I thought to myself
> the
> > >stitch has feelings. Um, er, nope -it was my mole! It was bleeding
like
> > >crazy! I jumped up and got a a towel and rubbed off the blood. My
eyes
> > >opened with amazement, 1/2 my mole was cut off! YIKES - and if any of
> you
> > >had a mole you accidentally shaved off, like I once did when I was
> shaving my
> > >legs - I shaved off a mole that was on the back of my leg, you know
that
> they
> > >bleed like you really cut the heck out of them. After a couple of
towels
> and
> > >some peroxide, the bleeding stopped thank God. Now the beauty mark is
> 1/2
> > >gone, does that mean that the little left of my beauty is gone with the
> 1/2
> > >mole I accidentally cut off? Needless to say, I'm leaving the other
> stitch
> > >there till I have my doctor look at it. Now why didn't I cut the
incision
> > >that wasn't by my mole? Hmmmmm, another thing that makes you go -
> > >hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......tee hee
> > >Love to all of you,
> > >~Chrissie ox's
> >
>