We have some of those in our BOL first aid kit, too.
Sutures,Lidocaine and syringes...
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I'd forgotten about those.
I saw a video on them years ago but this is the first time I've seen them mentioned since.
Definitely a must have.
Thanks for the reminder.
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Done and did!!!
Picked up a dozen of the various brands.
And of course once you start shopping for preps you cant stop on one thing.
Picked up 6 Israeli pressure bandages as well.
that's why my wife kinda keeps an eye on me, she knows my "hobby" and my desire to be ready
what did yoy pay for those zips?
remember when they came on the market, they cost alot..and amazon didn't deliver those to Finland
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that's why my wife kinda keeps an eye on me, she knows my "hobby" and my desire to be ready
what did yoy pay for those zips?
remember when they came on the market, they cost alot..and amazon didn't deliver those to Finland
They were anywhere from $15 bucks to $35 bucks.
I'm lucky in that the Wife actually came to me about prepping with all the weird **** going on.
I'd dropped some hints that we should start prepping and one day she asked me If I thought we had enough ammo.
Of course I took that to mean I should drop several thousand on ammo. When she asked me if it was enough I spent another thousand.
She didnt even make a peep. After that it was Katy bar the door!! She's ordering stuff,mainly food preps all on Her own.
We didnt actually start getting serious about it until around 3 or 4 months ago so we had some ground to make up. Of course I've read all the books about it for years since it's something that intrigues me.
It sure makes it easier when both parties are on the same page.
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sure does, we both have a need to relocate away from this city we live in and she keeps a well stocked pantry too, she's after all a true Karelian woman
So how difficult is it to prep in Finland?
I dont know anything about your firearm laws or political situation.
Are their places you can bug out to?
I know Finland isnt all that big compared to the US but do you have access to unpopulated areas?
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sure does, we both have a need to relocate away from this city we live in and she keeps a well stocked pantry too, she's after all a true Karelian woman
Had to look up Karelian Women.
Sounds like some sturdy stock!! As well as great Wife material!!
@TexPrep I'm in the middle of writing another post here and realized I made a mistake and had to take the time to come back here and look like an idiot quick. Oragel is Benzocaine, not lidocaine. It might still work, but probably nowhere near as good. Many apologies. For a while I was planning to make the next best toothache medicine, and in the process I had flooded my brain with all the different structures of whatever-"caine's" and got them mixed up (there's many of them). They are very similar in structure, my mistake.
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You live in Tx. Try Tractor Supply Company. They will have syringes and needles, not sure if they have a small enough gauge needle for lidocaine though. TSC is my friend.
That 20% is also variable.
I'm a natural red head and my body does metabolize things like anesthesia, lidocaine, Novocain etc very fast.
To give you an idea, the Dentist has to give me the 4 hour version of Novocain and it lasts aprox 20 minutes before he has to give me another. It is not unusual for me to reach my max allowed by law when having a couple of cavities done.
As a kid I was outside a lot and went blonde...I actually had a dentist back then telling me I was faking it! My mother wondered why I would scream and cry about going to the dentist.
When put under for a medical procedure, rather than waking fully up in one hour, I am fully awake in less than half an hour.
A doctor explained it to me once, had to do with a gene responsible for metabolizing poisons or something like that.
That's very interesting. My dentist back when I lived in Galveston referred to the dosage I needed (had it so noted on my chart he showed me) as
"ELEPHANT DOSE". And he was the lucky dentist who had to also combat an additional layer. For a couple of years, I took Nortriptyline as a migraine headache preventative. Worked a miracle, as I haven't had one since and no longer take it. Nortriptyline is known to "block" the efficacy of pain medications, according to an article that was published in the Houston Post. So during those two years I was taking the drug, I gently reminded him of the medication's additional layer of anesthesia resistance.
