See for yourself. All Sections. About Us. B2B Publishing. Business Visionaries. Hot Property. If you are not taking a prescription pain medicine, ask your doctor if you can take an over-the-counter medicine. If your doctor prescribed antibiotics, take them as directed. Do not stop taking them just because you feel better. You need to take the full course of antibiotics.
If you have stitches, your doctor will tell you when to come back to have them removed. If you have strips of tape on the cut incision the doctor made, leave the tape on for a week or until it falls off. If you can, prop up the injured area on a pillow anytime you sit or lie down during the next 3 days. Try to keep it above the level of your heart.
This will help reduce swelling. Caring for your feelings about the shooting Ask your doctor for help if you find that you are thinking a lot about what happened, avoiding reminders about the shooting, or thinking negative thoughts about yourself and the world.
No matter how the shooting happened, it can be traumatic. Counselling or some other kind of treatment can help you feel more in control of your emotions, have fewer symptoms, and enjoy life again. For example, call if: You passed out lost consciousness. Call your doctor or nurse call line now or seek immediate medical care if: You have new or worse pain. The skin near the wound is cold or pale or changes colour. You have tingling, weakness, or numbness near the wound.
The wound starts to bleed, and blood soaks through the bandage. Oozing small amounts of blood is normal. You have symptoms of infection, such as: Increased pain, swelling, warmth, or redness. Red streaks leading from the area. Pus draining from the area. A fever. The ATF, charged with policing the gun industry, lets dealers get away with falsifying records and selling firearms without background checks.
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We report stories that would go untold. Generous readers sustain our work. Like most people who try to commit suicide, my attempt was impulsive. Because I used a gun, I should have died. About 85 percent of people who attempt suicide with a gun will die. Christen McGinnes, 47, is a statistical exception: On October 22, , she pointed a. Here is her story, in her own words, as told to Kerry Shaw of The Trace. I think of as the year everything fell apart. I lost my dog, I lost my best friend to lung cancer, I lost my grandma.
My romantic relationship ended. Everything that I cared about and believed in disappeared. Understand warning signs. My savings ran out. I lost my insurance, which had paid for my depression and anxiety medication. I got evicted. My car was almost repossessed, twice. I tried to soldier on, to act as if I was going to be OK. One morning, I got up after a sleepless night, and thought about killing myself. It took me about an hour to decide to do it, and once I did, I felt at peace.
I cleaned my apartment. And then I loaded the gun I had for protection, a. The last thing I wanted to do was hurt either of them. So I decided to shoot myself on the balcony, which was made of thicker wood.
It was 7 a. I prayed that God would forgive me for what I was about to do. I prayed that my family and friends would be OK. Then I pulled the trigger, and it clicked. And I thought, Oh my god. I felt like I had worn out my welcome with everyone.
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