I wonder how many of my health issues are because of injuries being left untreated (professionally).

like I tore my leg open on gravel last summer, nice big patch completely gone down below the hair follicles. just cleaned it out when I got home a couple hours later and kept flushing it multiple times a day and putting antibiotic cream on it, for a few weeks until it eventually healed over. took forever because of how deep and large it was, also I guess I'm just older and heal slower now. it definitely was at least a little bit infected for the week or two. it healed itself though

but, like, I've done that all my life. how fucked up is my body because of that. good thing was I got my overdue tetnis shot a few months earlier when I did go to emerge for something else that wouldn't stop bleeding