Stitched

[clevermanka]

We have a mosquito (or mosquitoes) in the house. I have fifteen bites on my torso, front and back, and one on my right hand in the webbing between index finger and thumb.

Yesterday I was cutting up some chicken for lunch. Slipped and sliced my left index finger. A tight compress and twenty minutes later, it was still bleeding. I called Mommy and she recommended I get myself some stitches.

Two stitches and a tetanus shot cost me $165 because Blue Cross Blue Shield has something called a surgery deductible. Can you believe it?

That was an expensive sammich. I shoulda tried harder to find someone to go out to lunch with me.

Comments

[the-themiscyran.livejournal.com]

I second this - I've bought several of those multi-packs over the years.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

D'you know about what they run?

Upholstery Needles

[the-themiscyran.livejournal.com]

The last time I bought some, between $5 and $10 for the card (Closer to the low end). It came with 2, I think, curved needles and 3 or 4 really huge straight ones. I haven't bought any in a couple of years because they're heavy gauge and they last.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Sounds like, even with shipping, it'd be cheaper to get them from American Science & Surplus...