The anti🚫-derailment🚃 & thread🧵 hijacking🔫 thread🧵 ⁉

[Backpackingvet]

Well, tbh, I’m likely doing a self install.

Uhh I just plan to have it installed and use a regular bandage. Maybe a butterfly if I can manage it, or superglue on the butterfly, and pushed down.

Idk, I don’t care much about the scar tbh.

I also am still torn between my install needle. Or the blunt end of a specific scalpel. @greydoc ever see incisions and pockets made with those green BD scalpel? Idk, it just seems like a safer bet for a self install.

I do not condone selfies

Edit. I’ve had some pretty bad cuts, With a lot dirtier. Lots of stupid decisions. One day if we are all together drinking, we can talk.

[Pilgrimsmaster]

@Backpackingvet

I do not condone selfies

[Eriequiet]

@Backpackingvet

One day if we are all together drinking, we can talk

I would be game for a Midwest-ish cyborg meetup

[Zwack]

@Eriequiet

Midwest-ish

Translation for Non Americans… Midwest is a term used by Americans to mean stuff that’s on the eastern side of the country, but not actually on the Atlantic Ocean.

This is like when an Englishman says “The North” and means anything North of Watford Gap.

[Eriequiet]

@Zwack

Midwest is a term used by Americans to mean stuff that’s on the eastern side of the country

It’s more the middle, Mid for short I suppose

[Pilgrimsmaster]

I guess I shouldn’t ask what happened to your middle east…I think we all know

[greydoc]

For anything dermal you really shouldn’t need full on sutures, I’ve used glue or butterfly’s with all my installs.

With a one inch incision and dermal lifting you may have issues with opposition of the edges in which a suture may be useful, I would use something small and dissolvable like a Vicryl Rapide 3.0 you would only need 2 or 3 simple interrupted throws. That being said though, butterfly and tagiderm for the win in most cases.

With regard to the procedure itself, I wouldn’t recommend a self install (necessary online disclaimer). In a recent WalletMor install I used lube and the provided needle and was able to create an ample pocket without any kind of scalpel or dermal lift.

For recovery purposes, tearing is always better than cutting if that gives you any ideas.

[Mondaytothursby]

Depending on how far north in Mn you are I still need to get a couple things from Minneapolis I have in storage.

[Backpackingvet]

The town I live in is on 52. The cities is about an hour away.

[Mondaytothursby]

Where about in the Midwest are you?

[Eriequiet]

The mitten across the lake

[Mondaytothursby]

That would be quite the drive.

[Eriequiet]

I was thinking maybe we could plan something near Illinois, it’s a fairly central location

I’m sure there are other cyborgs in the Midwest I just don’t remember who

[JustAGlitch]

I want that

[Backpackingvet]

They have that place we can go eat with our hands and watch horse jousting in Chicago.

[Pilgrimsmaster]

@Backpackingvet

eat with our hands and watch horse jousting

[darthdomo]

I’m in Indiana, either central or northwestern depending on time of year. Would definitely be good with meeting in Chicago or something, that’d be good for a lot of the great lakes states.

[Eriequiet]

I was hoping Chicago wouldn’t become the center point (I am disgruntled at the city for legal reasons) but I figured this was probably going to happen lol

I’d still go for a Chicago meet up

Depending on how many people we get interested it could range from a few regulars having some drinks and meeting IRL, to possibly a super abridged “implants for the non initiated” if newbies catch wind and want to join us

Maybe we should make a thread

[Pilgrimsmaster]

@Eriequiet

Maybe we should make a thread

MidWest Meetup?

You make it and intro, Ill move the posts