Silver Nitrate

Is both a blessing from the gods and deserves a special place in hell.
For those who donut know, it's a stick thing they apply to cuts that bleed a lot or are taking forever scab and it forces a chemical reaction to make your wound almost instantly clot and stop bleeding. It's also painful af and the entire doctor's office heard me scream.

Anyway, I thought I would share since I didn't know modern medicine had come so far and had intended to just bleed out until either I died or my body realized it wasn't okay to just keep bleeding like that and scabbed over. If you have bad cuts go to the medi centre and experience the horrors I have just experienced to speed along to healing process.

 

Work again. Chef was yelling at me while I was chopping things and my hand slipped :c am stupid

 

Yes, actually. But at least I'm not changing my gauze every two hours anymore cuz it keeps bleeding through

 

It was very quick. The immediate pain lasted a few seconds and then for maybe a few minutes after there was a slightly less painful stinging. It has a slightly numb soreness to it now but it's nowhere near as bad as the few seconds when the swabs is actually touching the injury

 

Apparently you can buy a pack (40) of the applicators over the counter for $20 Canadian so I imagine it wouldn't be too costly if you got one done at an american medi centre

 

:c I'm okay if it stains my wound ig. I won't notice/I'd rather a stain than a month-long injury

 

That's funny. It reminds me of the first time I burned myself the chef came up and clapped my back and was like "now you're officially one of us" (they're all older dudes with 10+ years experience). Since apparently occasional injuries just come with the field, as stupid as they are

 

Nose bleeds have nuffin to do w cuts though ? what would that accomplish

And thank you

 

Thank you ? And he probs won't, he has a terrible temper and yells about everything. He actually yells at me the least since I'm the youngest and the only girl. O wells