Old 08-15-2011, 12:07 AM
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QM
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Yes, I have done that. I sewed right through the bone on my old Viking. I poured alcohol over the whole thing before removing it. It bled like crazy, which is a good thing for getting rid of germs. Gob it up with something like Neosporin, wrap with several layers of bandaging to keep from banging it on things, Elevate, Ice and it will probably be much better in the morning. Unless you jerked around against the needle, I doubt a pain killer would really help much. With smaller punctures, I use NuSkin, which hurts like the blazes but has always prevented infections for me.
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