At least I was up to date with my tetanus shot
I live in a neighborhood, divided into 20 or so smaller subdivisions, that is one giant circle. It takes about an hour to walk all the way around and is perfect for a stroll when the weather isn't disgustingly humid which is rare in Orlando. At the halfway point is a baseball field that has a lot of chain link fencing around it. One Saturday evening I was walking along the border of the field and tripped over a pretty small branch and fell into the fence...that turned out to be cut...and ripped a bit of my arm open.

I was 30 minutes away from my apartment with no phone so I had to clamp my left hand on the wound and walk as quickly as possible towards home telling myself loudly that everything was okay, all the while hoping that no one else would be out at the time to witness a speed-walking-almost-crying girl with blood running down her arm while pretty much yelling that everything would be fine.

It hurt at the time and still hurts now, a year later, because the skin healed too tightly and when I stretch my arm it feels like it's going to explode open again.
(Ingrid Leinhard is not a real thing, Fri 30 Jul 2010, 0:28, 3 replies)

almost the same
except it was broken bottle and elbow. it took about 18 months for the skin to stop feeling so tight. keep stretching your arm, it'll help to make the skin more supple and flexible.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 30 Jul 2010, 0:36, closed)

I think there's some brands of moisturiser
that can help with scar tissue.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Fri 30 Jul 2010, 11:28, closed)

So...
...did you turn back, or did you keep walking?
(hairybuddha, Fri 30 Jul 2010, 21:35, closed)