Did you go back for more stitches? or just duct tape it back up?
no new stitches yet....not looking forward to that conversation with the doc...."you decided to do what?"....next time I unwrap it I may take a picture.
I'm a dumbass.
I can't believe I'm saying this... yes, take a picture.
(My husband was carving pumpkins the night before Halloween once and sliced into the base of his thumb. He said the blood splurted up straight in the air, like two feet. He'd put pressure on it, let it go and the blood would splurt up again. He knew he needed stitches, but was too embarrassed to go to the emergency room for a pumpkin carving injury. It took forever to heal.)
Did you go back for more stitches? or just duct tape it back up?
no new stitches yet....not looking forward to that conversation with the doc...."you decided to do what?"....next time I unwrap it I may take a picture.
I'm a dumbass.
I can't believe I'm saying this... yes, take a picture.
(My husband was carving pumpkins the night before Halloween once and sliced into the base of his thumb. He said the blood splurted up straight in the air, like two feet. He'd put pressure on it, let it go and the blood would splurt up again. He knew he needed stitches, but was too embarrassed to go to the emergency room for a pumpkin carving injury. It took forever to heal.)
I second this.We need more pictures.In fact Maybe Last Exit can bring a camera to work so we can be sickly entertained (not the serious stuff)with stupid human tricks.
Did you go back for more stitches? or just duct tape it back up?
no new stitches yet....not looking forward to that conversation with the doc...."you decided to do what?"....next time I unwrap it I may take a picture.
I can't believe I'm saying this... yes, take a picture.
(My husband was carving pumpkins the night before Halloween once and sliced into the base of his thumb. He said the blood splurted up straight in the air, like two feet. He'd put pressure on it, let it go and the blood would splurt up again. He knew he needed stitches, but was too embarrassed to go to the emergency room for a pumpkin carving injury. It took forever to heal.)
I have a funny feeling that most ERs have seen their share of pumpkin carving injuries!
I can't believe I'm saying this... yes, take a picture.
(My husband was carving pumpkins the night before Halloween once and sliced into the base of his thumb. He said the blood splurted up straight in the air, like two feet. He'd put pressure on it, let it go and the blood would splurt up again. He knew he needed stitches, but was too embarrassed to go to the emergency room for a pumpkin carving injury. It took forever to heal.)
I have a funny feeling that most ERs have seen their share of pumpkin carving injuries!
And bagel-slicing! I've read that weekends are busytime for this.
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Damn! Leave this page for a few day and come back and read I don't know weather to laugh or cringe. Ok- laugh )
Take care of that finger, imalive! Watch your hands, folks!
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Did you go back for more stitches? or just duct tape it back up?
no new stitches yet....not looking forward to that conversation with the doc...."you decided to do what?"....next time I unwrap it I may take a picture.
I'm a dumbass.
I can't believe I'm saying this... yes, take a picture.
doesn't look a whole helluva lot better, does it??? It may be healing, tho....the bleeding has stopped and I'm hoping that "flap" is just dead skin. right??? :-B
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It may sound crazy, but when you bandage that thing up, use preparation h instead of neosporin or another ointment. I used it in my hand and it works extremely well. It helps with reducing scarring and it is good for minor pain relief.
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It may sound crazy, but when you bandage that thing up, use preparation h instead of neosporin or another ointment. I used it in my hand and it works extremely well. It helps with reducing scarring and it is good for minor pain relief.
Interesting! I never heard of doing that, but having read that we use too many antibiotics and are building a resistance to them, it sounds like a great idea.
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
It may sound crazy, but when you bandage that thing up, use preparation h instead of neosporin or another ointment. I used it in my hand and it works extremely well. It helps with reducing scarring and it is good for minor pain relief.
Interesting! I never heard of doing that, but having read that we use too many antibiotics and are building a resistance to them, it sounds like a great idea.
My physical therapist swore by the stuff for any cuts or scrapes no matter how severe or minor. I used it on my hand after every one of ny surgeries. I put on my kids when they scrape their knees or open up a blister. It does work.
Imalive,it actually looks much better and the color is descent.Be careful with the prep H,you saw Last-12 fingers I believe they shrunk using that stuff.lol No,I,ve also been told about its benefit. Can you soak it a little?
Did you go back for more stitches? or just duct tape it back up?
no new stitches yet....not looking forward to that conversation with the doc...."you decided to do what?"....next time I unwrap it I may take a picture.
I'm a dumbass.
I can't believe I'm saying this... yes, take a picture.
doesn't look a whole helluva lot better, does it??? It may be healing, tho....the bleeding has stopped and I'm hoping that "flap" is just dead skin. right??? :-B
Wow. Did you leave that one stich in there to hold it all together?
Did you go back for more stitches? or just duct tape it back up?
no new stitches yet....not looking forward to that conversation with the doc...."you decided to do what?"....next time I unwrap it I may take a picture.
I'm a dumbass.
I can't believe I'm saying this... yes, take a picture.
doesn't look a whole helluva lot better, does it??? It may be healing, tho....the bleeding has stopped and I'm hoping that "flap" is just dead skin. right??? :-B
Wow. Did you leave that one stich in there to hold it all together?
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It may sound crazy, but when you bandage that thing up, use preparation h instead of neosporin or another ointment. I used it in my hand and it works extremely well. It helps with reducing scarring and it is good for minor pain relief.
Interesting! I never heard of doing that, but having read that we use too many antibiotics and are building a resistance to them, it sounds like a great idea.
My physical therapist swore by the stuff for any cuts or scrapes no matter how severe or minor. I used it on my hand after every one of ny surgeries. I put on my kids when they scrape their knees or open up a blister. It does work.
Excellent, thanks! I'll try it next time I'm a klutz (any day now).
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
the nail fell off. I whacked the bridge of my nose on a pipe clamp. I poked my finger with one of those corn on the cob holders.
did you ever see the Primitive Pete movies in shop class? that's me....Primitive Pete.
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Speaking of the pumkin carving story... I was trying to help with remodeling the basement-keep in mind, I'm probably about 4 or 5 at the time. I saw that there were screws taped to the middle of the box that held the curtain rods, this box was about 5' long and and about 4"x4"...I decided "I'm gonna cut open the box and get the screws out to help!" Grabbed a box cutter/utility knife and held the box sort of like when people hold a bagel to slice it:
I was being really careful, and cut the box pretty far... I knew I was getting closer to the middle of the box and the screws, I was so happy to be helping...then the knife slipped, and I sliced open that nice tender meaty part of my hand:
(right where the guy is poking) I screamed and remember blood everywhere, never went to the doctor (my parent wasn't the brightest), refused to use my hand for months, it would pop open and bleed every other day, finally healed. Thankfully didn't get infected or lose my thumb. Some of the lines on my palm still don't match up.
And Rob, the flap of dried dead skin should be cut off...they did that to me when I had hand surgery.
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
my thumb is healing pretty well, but we gave the puppy a bath today and, in her excitable post-bath state, she whacked my thumb. Hard.
MOTHERF**CKER!!!
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the nail fell off. I whacked the bridge of my nose on a pipe clamp. I poked my finger with one of those corn on the cob holders.
did you ever see the Primitive Pete movies in shop class? that's me....Primitive Pete.
I am really sorry, but ) And I only laugh because I share your pain. Which finger did you poke? My husband's grandmother used to refer to her painful big toe as her "bastard toe". Maybe you have a "bastard thumb." Did you poke it or one of the nine other uninjured appendages?
And the sun it may be shining . . . but there's an ocean in my eyes
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Dude, what were you thinking?!
(My husband was carving pumpkins the night before Halloween once and sliced into the base of his thumb. He said the blood splurted up straight in the air, like two feet. He'd put pressure on it, let it go and the blood would splurt up again. He knew he needed stitches, but was too embarrassed to go to the emergency room for a pumpkin carving injury. It took forever to heal.)
How did it go with the MRI ?What they say about that stretched out rubber band they took from your wrist?
Take care of that finger, imalive! Watch your hands, folks!
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
No,I,ve also been told about its benefit.
Can you soak it a little?
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
i guess it makes sense to leave it there to help your finger heal up as it acts as a shield. it is dead, yes
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
the nail fell off.
I whacked the bridge of my nose on a pipe clamp.
I poked my finger with one of those corn on the cob holders.
did you ever see the Primitive Pete movies in shop class? that's me....Primitive Pete.
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
I was being really careful, and cut the box pretty far... I knew I was getting closer to the middle of the box and the screws, I was so happy to be helping...then the knife slipped, and I sliced open that nice tender meaty part of my hand:
(right where the guy is poking)
I screamed and remember blood everywhere, never went to the doctor (my parent wasn't the brightest), refused to use my hand for months, it would pop open and bleed every other day, finally healed. Thankfully didn't get infected or lose my thumb. Some of the lines on my palm still don't match up.
And Rob, the flap of dried dead skin should be cut off...they did that to me when I had hand surgery.
- Christopher McCandless
MOTHERF**CKER!!!
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"