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Slashed my left index finger pretty badly while cooking lunch today. It wouldn't stop bleeding after an hour of pressure, so I called my doctor. Complications ensued; they wanted me to go to an ER, but that has a $250-$500 co-pay. It wasn't THAT big a slice! It certainly wasn't spurting.
Because I was in a different state from my doctor, I was able to call Blue Cross and get authorization to go to a local Urgent Care Center. $35 instead of $250!
They numbed the finger - which took two pretty damned painful injections, much worse than the root canal was - and put in a stitch (I felt nothing). I have to go back tomorrow for a look-over, and then they'll take the stitch out in a week.
I have the next two days off anyway (it's our anniversary), which is good because it's really inconvenient to type!
Oh, and the doctor said I have really thin skin, for what that's worth.
Because I was in a different state from my doctor, I was able to call Blue Cross and get authorization to go to a local Urgent Care Center. $35 instead of $250!
They numbed the finger - which took two pretty damned painful injections, much worse than the root canal was - and put in a stitch (I felt nothing). I have to go back tomorrow for a look-over, and then they'll take the stitch out in a week.
I have the next two days off anyway (it's our anniversary), which is good because it's really inconvenient to type!
Oh, and the doctor said I have really thin skin, for what that's worth.
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I had to change the bandages and clean the wound myself for the first time tonight; it's creepy, looking at a piece of black thread that's tying my fingertip together, but I didn't freak out at all. I even snapped a couple of photos of it. I suppose it would be in bad taste for me to post them?