# OWWWW! It Hurts!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 23, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owwww-it-hurts/89111 "2001-10-23T16:28:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owwww-it-hurts/89111/1 "2001-10-23T16:28:20Z")
OWWWWW!!! GODDAMMITTTT!!! This piece of metal “edging” (I don’t know what it is freaking called) had come undone and it has a nice knice like edge to it, sticking straight out, perfectuly positioned to inflcit maximal damage. Cut to Tretiak trying to walk across the room - just walking…- when said metal knife-like thing digs into his heel taking out a big ol’ chunk of skin and ruining a new sock, which it cleanly cut throuhg. Did I mentoion the blood? or the pain? Copious quantities of both!! Actually it doensn’t really hurt now… …except when I fucking walk!! And I kinda of like walking, I found it useful for getting from one place ot the other. But now I don’t like it quite as much and that pretty much sucks. I cleaned it, put antiseptic cream on it, bandaged it but now I am wondering if I shoudl go get a tetanus shot. I mean it wasn’t a rusty nail or anything. I want my mommy…or a Doper surrogate would be fine in this case, too. ---
**Author:** ![Shera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owwww-it-hurts/89111/2 "2001-10-23T16:44:42Z")
You Should Defenatly get a tetanus shot. Or at least ask you doctor. Tetanus isn’t just in rusty things. At least they made me get one when when I cut my face open on a split floor board, and that wasn’t even metal. It is better to be safe then Sorry. if it helps, it isn’t as scary if you don’t look at the needle. ---
**Author:** ![Shera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owwww-it-hurts/89111/3 "2001-10-23T16:45:58Z")
Oh By the way, here’s a kiss to make it feel better. _kiss_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owwww-it-hurts/89111/4 "2001-10-23T16:47:57Z")
Ay chihuahua! Dude, that sucks. I’m really sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Payne\_N.Diaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Payne\_N.Diaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payne_N.Diaz)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owwww-it-hurts/89111/5 "2001-10-23T16:48:22Z")
I can sympathize–in May I cut the arch of my foot on a cinder block, of all things. Talk about pain. The worst of it was the novocaine shot before the stitches. I already cut my foot, now I get to step on a needle, too? I hope it feels better soon!! ---
**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owwww-it-hurts/89111/6 "2001-10-23T16:49:55Z")
:: wince :: Ow! That sounds rather painful, sorry! As for a tetanus shot… how long has it been since you’ve had a booster? If it’s more than (IIRC) ~5 years, then you need to get one. As was already mentioned, it’s not just rusty stuff. I had to get one after Labour day when I stepped on a needle (sewing, not hypodermic). YMMV, but you might end up having to go to the ER to get your shot, apparently (as I found out last month) there’s a shortage of the vaccine and a lot of doctors don’t have them available in their offices. But even with that hassle, you should go – Tetanus isn’t a fun death 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owwww-it-hurts/89111/7 "2001-10-23T17:28:14Z")
Oh, I’m sorry - I thought this was a thread about what I heard after I fell asleep at Dopetoberfest when **BoiToi** had you bent over the… Oh, uh, never mind! :o Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2001, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owwww-it-hurts/89111/8 "2001-10-23T18:55:07Z")
Made an appintment with the doctor, probably for a tetanus shot. Sorry Esprix, it looks like the only thing I will get stuck into me is a needle.