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Post by kpnuts on Oct 4, 2016 11:03:22 GMT -7
Hi all well what sort of idiot am I, with looking after Pam I shouldn't do stupid things, I wanted to cut a thin piece of plywood and the Stanley knife was easier to get at than the hand saw, I slipped and cut through the top corner of my thumb (right through the nail ) it was hanging on by a thin piece of skin (I could even see the bone) I've put it in place and bandaged it up (I can't spend all night in a and e as there would be no one to look after Pam, I'm hoping when the bleeding has stopped I can superglue it together (boy is it throbbing) I've dosed myself up with my cocodamol I usually use for my arthritis so hopefully that will take the edge off if not I will pinch a couple of my missus, they're 3 times stronger than mine.I'm so cross with myself when I have bigger responsibilities.
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Post by AK on Oct 4, 2016 11:55:24 GMT -7
OMG! You MUST get that looked at! you could lose the end of your thumb if you don't! This IS serious!
I came so close to losing the end of one of my fingers at work. It got crushed and was hanging the way you said your thumb was. Lucky for me a plastic sergon was working the ER that weekend and he put everything back as it should be. You can hardly tell it was damaged unless you look close, but the nerves are shot so I have no feelings in it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2016 11:58:31 GMT -7
I agree with Alan. This sounds serious!! Get it taken care of.
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Post by kpnuts on Oct 4, 2016 12:25:31 GMT -7
Thanks for the concern mates trouble is we live in the back of beyond, I have an underactive thyroid which towards the end of the day makes me tired that and the cocodamol which make me sleepy, it's probably not a good idea to drive as it's a long way to A and E and I would then probably have a 4 or 5 hour wait, I am a first aider so will take good care of it, thing is A and E won't stitch it as you can't stitch through nails so would probably just glue it, it was a new Stanley so not dirty also I washed it out well, if it starts to look bad I will go to my GP, the bleeding seems to be stopping and the pills have taken the edge off the throbbing, I'm sure I will be fine. Thanks for the concern.
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Post by CoyoteCrunch on Oct 4, 2016 13:59:33 GMT -7
Ken - you better keep a good eye on that!
I know we are only keyboard friends, but sir, you MUST take care of this, and I mean it!!!
I WILL NOT HESITATE TO GRAB THE RED EYE AND BE AT YOUR DOORSTEP TOMORROW, AND I WILL TAKE YOU TO THE DOCTOR MYSELF!!!!
You can bank on that buddy, I have done WAY crazier stuff in my life!
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Post by kpnuts on Oct 4, 2016 14:03:25 GMT -7
Thanks mate, don't worry I will take care of it, I love my missus what better reason.
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Post by kpnuts on Oct 5, 2016 4:37:59 GMT -7
Here's how it looked this morning.  |
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Post by warmachine on Oct 5, 2016 22:19:02 GMT -7
dude don't mess around seen small wounds go nasty quick i understand the distance issue's but wife lost a bit of her foot once due to walking threw a ground water leak turned out it had blackmold in well long story made short 24 hours later it went septic ok enough gross stuff don't feel bad thou think we all got stuck or cut or something broke over the year's guess it makes alot of us tough old goat's lol
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Post by kpnuts on Oct 6, 2016 10:45:25 GMT -7
Hi all well i did another stupid thing today, took pam to the GP this morning as her ears were bleeding and I wanted to be sure there were no bad problems took the handbrake off not thinking and bashed my thumb on the handbrake surround the pain was so intense I thought I would pass out, I felt sick and of course I opened it up again so there was lots of blood anyway I sucked it up and took pam to GP's apparently she grazed the ear canal and that's where the bleeding was coming from, I must have looked a bit pale as the nurse asked if I was OK so pam blabed and told her so she checked it out and said it looked OK but that I had opened it up and should have gone to A and E in the first place (I know, I know, don't go on, you told me so, yada, yada, yada) she put some steri strips on and redressed it, pretty much the same as I did (minus the steri strips) I have got to say that really hurt, I've broken bones and (being a retired tattooist) I've done tattoos on myself for 9 hrs continuously but when I bashed my thumb on that bit of plastic that was the absolutely the worst pain I have ever felt, I've never come close to fainting before, I realise I've not experienced child birth but I will bet it was worse than that.
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Post by CoyoteCrunch on Oct 6, 2016 11:23:07 GMT -7
Well, I for one am glad she blabbed - you needed looked at bud, just to be sure all is well
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Post by kpnuts on Oct 8, 2016 13:08:30 GMT -7
Here's how it looks tonight, I know it looks OK but it's throbbing a bit.  |
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Post by CoyoteCrunch on Oct 10, 2016 5:57:53 GMT -7
The only thing that come to mind.........
OUCH!!!!
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