Evidently Marcus

I recently cut my finger pretty badly, somewhere around 1/16″-1/8″ deep and ~1/4″ across. While this may not be (or sound) all that bad, it did bleed through several bandages over the course of a few hours as I was trying to stop the bleeding. In the end I was eventually able to stop the bleeding, apply butterfly stitches, and the wound healed nicely over the next couple of weeks… all with a few suggestions from the Internet and my mother-in-law (a medical technician).

The more interesting part of the whole episode, is that despite my wife’s repeated requests I refused to go to urgent care/emergency department to get stitches. A few months ago (i.e. prior to beginning this entrepreneurial adventure), I probably would have acceded to her imploring and sought professional help, especially after a couple of hours of continued bleeding.

So, what has changed? In all honesty, I am not entirely sure. I still have my former employer’s health coverage (for now), and the ~$150 cost of urgent care (the ED is probably much more), while pretty painful, would not have broken the bank. In fact, I was just as concerned about wasting time, since I would have likely lost the rest of the day.

Perhaps I am developing a new mindset… an increased tolerance for risk combined with a heightened awareness of the value of time and money… Or maybe I am just not as much of a wimp.

This entry was posted on Friday, October 12th, 2007 at 1:23 pm and is filed under entrepreneurship, health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.