mor goodish news Later post a bit triggerish as explains removing staples)

[Merc]

yayayayayayayayayay
i took my staples out about an hour ago !!!!!!!
Ortho said i could.
He woud have preferred a doc but im..well i dont let anyone else take out my stitches or staples..weird i spose...
god does it hurt tho. funny enough it hurt [obviously] in the days after, then subsided, and now it feels like i did it yesterday...VERY VERY sore..like near throw up waves sore...:\
But i see the ortho next friday YAY
love
romp

[Bacchus]

Hows the snap crackle and pop?
B

[Merc]

snap, cracklin' and popping away...its got the ortho 'concerned' now...
i have a dent when i move my arm O.o..did before it was fixed...so why is it still here with a plate in???*scared*
elbow is swelling, hurts worse each day as does shoulder and now forearm...
im a lil nervous...need friday to come...
romp

[Kangaroo]

owwww. how can you pull them out yourself?
(im assuming they look like the staples you use on paper).

i can remove my own steri-strips but thats about it.

[Merc]

dont hurt if you do slow and proper [ie straight]
the remover is like tweezers, but the end is two bent pieces with a gap and piece on top is astraight...it goes around bottom and top of staple, there is grove where you 'drop' the staple into and then squeeze the handle closed and it bennds the middle of the saple , looks like an
"m" when its out.
they dont close tight like a regular staple...it only really hurts when they screw up and pu them too close together...then you have to take a few at a time, which doesnt fit in the groove so hurts..but other than that just a tugging feeling [but i have huigh theshold for pain so....]
I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE DOING THEMSELVES
the ortho looked up my record and saw i had many many staples so he said go ahead.
i wouldnt recommend cos first time i did i...well i didnt get it right till last one....
love
romp

[chocostashchick]

if you are having problems with swelling try and elevate as much as possible

hope you are okay Romp and that you were careful with the staples that sounds scary :/ be safe

[Kangaroo]

I have a very low pain threshold so i would def struggle it sounds really hard.

How are you today hun?