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  • Well… here I am… in A&E!
  • DrP
    Full Member

    Was out on a lovely bivvy night -cracking spot, fire roaring -perfect.

    Quite why I decided to pass a razor sharp blade through the top of my index finger I’ll never know…!

    Just waiting to be assessed – my professional optimistic verdict is just a big bleeding cut.
    My pessimistic verdict is I’ve chuffed the tendon…
    Movement mostly OK, but shall wait and see!

    Some of the chaps got some good photos – not for the squeamish :-/

    <MOD EDIT>
    Pics inline further down, if you are squeamish turn back now.
    </MOD EDIT>

    DrP

    chewkw
    Free Member

    Pics please.

    😯

    falkirk-mark
    Full Member

    I was there last night over the bars shot neck cracked on landing and was winded for a few mins then rode down trail home to mrs who ordered me to A&E spent an hour and half waiting to be seen and was given all clear. Neck checked okay with bruised ribs but leg is dead (I have to lift it into car etc) aches and pains all over but ok. Sounds though I am better off than you Dr p.

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    surroundedbyhills
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    Spent this glorious weekend not riding the Burma road on account of a crash on Tuesday. Had to make do with a road ride on Saturday morning…not the same.
    Good luck to all who have new scars for Easter! Zombie Jesus blessings.

    uselesshippy
    Free Member

    I expect more from a doctor.
    Well at least pics. 🙂
    Get well soon.

    bruneep
    Full Member

    Still waiting to be seen?

    clubber
    Free Member

    Typical doctor 😉

    Hope it turns out to be a paper cut…

    DrP
    Full Member

    Wasn’t too bad…
    5 stitches, 2 in vessels to stem the blood flow..
    Got home about 3am in the end!
    For the ‘not so squeamish..

    DrP

    Drac
    Full Member

    Oooh good one.

    woody2000
    Full Member

    Owwwww! Lucky – a bit further up and you could have been in a tendon.

    bearnecessities
    Full Member

    Nice 8)
    Glad it wasn’t worse!

    theotherjonv
    Full Member

    Don’t cross your legs, it’s bad for you.

    IANAD

    Get well soon

    singletrackmind
    Full Member

    Ow ow ow ow ow owwwwwwwwowwwwooowwwwwwww
    looks kind of painful
    Hope it heals up really fast

    michaelbowden
    Full Member

    That’s a very good ‘I just slipped with the knife’ effort. Well done.

    robarnold
    Free Member

    Quite why I decided to pass a razor sharp blade through the top of my index finger I’ll never know…!

    I’d argue that was more like the bottom of your finger. The top infers towards the nail. Depends which you hold it up I suppose.

    Good effort nonetheless

    DrP
    Full Member

    Just by the Knuckle it ‘curls upwards’ very close to the tendon!
    Went through the fascia all the way down…
    Mora knives are VERY sharp…

    DrP

    clubber
    Free Member

    Ow.. Couple of zip ties would have sorted it though 😉

    What shoes are those?

    cinnamon_girl
    Full Member

    Ouch, poor Dr P. 🙁 Get well soon and stop those silly night rides in the woods. 😉

    rp16v
    Free Member

    Woooow she’s lovley
    Again what shoes?

    chipster
    Full Member

    Impressive.
    Well done.

    DrP
    Full Member

    The shoes are Shimano m162 “blood edition”…

    DrP

    stumpy_m4
    Free Member

    Job well done !!
    get well soon

    takisawa2
    Full Member

    Muppet. 🙂

    When I showed my lad, he asked if you were sharpening a spear…

    andyl
    Free Member

    pfft, if you had some gauze and some cable ties you could have saved your trip.

    DrP
    Full Member

    Takisawa… He wouldn’t be too far from the truth….!

    DrP

    cardo
    Full Member

    Oooh bet that caused a few swear words !

    Put a sticker over it and a couple of pain killers and it’ll be reet ;0)

    muggomagic
    Full Member

    My dog is very pleased you posted that picture of the cut. He has just been tossed the slice of marmite toast that I no longer felt like eating. 😥

    Trekster
    Full Member

    Ouch!
    Can only sympathise having done something similar many years ago with an axe!

    That area will be tender for many a year to come, especially on cold, frosty days 🙄

    Sandwich
    Full Member

    No one had Duct tape to hand? Call yourselves backwoodsmen? Pah! Mutter, mutter, youth of today…..

    shermer75
    Free Member

    Packing up your kit must have been a bit of a ball ache! Oh well, at least you’ve got a good story to tell out if it!

    bikebouy
    Free Member

    Proper Job that, be nice when it’s finished 😆

    However I do question you Bivvi motivation, clearly you were in a different part of the South Down when the monsoon hit ??

    shermer75
    Free Member

    Great article here about using SuperGlue to close wounds such as the one above. Key points are:

    1) The wound needs to be cleaned first! So not ideal out on a bivvy trip.
    2) It’s better to use the proper medical stuff, as it is less likely to cause irritation.
    3) If you are using it on someone else, beware of litigation! (It is an American website, but prob still relevant over here)

    There are other things as well, such as its not good on jagged wounds or animal bites etc.

    wwaswas
    Full Member

    That looks like it’ll smart for a few weeks.

    How’s the knife?

    project
    Free Member

    Dr P didnt they notice your legs loked like they where dislocated at the hip, pointing in different directions.

    Get well soon.

    CountZero
    Full Member

    Re: shermer75’s link about using superglue, I use it regularly on cuts and suchlike, but I’m damned if I’d try using it on a cut like that, that would sting like hell!
    The other problem is that continual bleeding stops the glue from setting properly as it oozes out of the cut.
    Still, at least it was a nice sharp knife, and a really clean cut, it will leave a nice thin scar. 😀
    [edit] just read that link, and it does say not to use superglue on: deep wounds, wounds that are bleeding, so my instinct was the right one.

    natrix
    Free Member

    Ooooh nasty, right through the muscle………

    samuri
    Free Member

    You’re a doctor and yet you went to a hospital?
    Disappointed. 😉
    I always assumed you chaps did your own surgery. Seems daft queuing up with everyone else.

    soobalias
    Free Member

    wow.

    not glueable imo. most things can be bodged with average bike kit, but its stuff like that reminds me why there are steristrips, to hold you together for the ride home.

    dont play with knives kids.

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    HTF did you do that?

    (am I really the first?)

    pictonroad
    Full Member

    You’re an idiot. Did you manage to eat first?

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