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Best thing is to use peroxide on a fresh wound and then keep applying betadine till it heals. Sometimes I purposely don't do this since it heals too effectively and doesn't leave a scar. :tongue:Quote:
Originally Posted by Reverend Joe
IA made a good point though, when was your last tetanus shot? You don't wanna get case of lockjaw.:no:
Good stuff and reasonably priced.Quote:
Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars
I guess this means your career as a Jergens Hand Lotion model is over Lem.
This whole thing is an example of why I try to not touch anything that can hurt me. I am loathe to touch wood, because of splinters when I was a kid.
So a desk job....but the staplers...oh god the memories. Who deliberately staples their thumb? COME ON.
Hope it heals Lemur.
Thanks, pever. Looking pretty good today. Index finger closed up perfectly, middle finger less so, too much flesh got chewed up. But it's healing as well, and I've got the bandages off, had a feeling I should let the wounds air out a bit today. I'll re-bandage before I head out with the kids.
Eh, I would just walk over to my family doctor. But I'm in Canada, so... Yeah.
I remember when I broke my clavical, they took me in, examined the break, put me in a sling, gave me painkillers and some clear instructions, and sent me on my way. I don't even remember if they charged me anything...
Ha, I grew up in Mukwonago, just down the road. My folks still live there. Good to hear that you're feeling better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lemur
(Go Brewers?)
Removed by request. Willing to continue in Backroom.Quote:
Originally Posted by Megas Methuselah
Hows it looking, Lemur.
Lemur?
Probably a little bit late for sage advice but as long as it isn't to the bone, the finger moves as per usual, no pus is leaking out, no red lines chasing each other up the veins of your arm, or swollen glands in your armpits you should be fine.
I'd leave the removal of the dead edges until the skin has regrown over the wound. By rights it will curl up and drop off of its own accord (the skin, not the finger... although, should that happen I would definately recommend a doctor) but it gets pretty annoying catching on everything.
I am not a medical professional, but if you like my advice I can give you a bill for thousands of $$$$$ too. :deal:
Aren't you meant to sue the manufacturer of the saw for gazillions, for not informing you that the saw blade does a reasonable job on flesh?.
Hey, he's right. You live in america, the land where theives can sue their victims if they slip and break a leg whilst performing various nefarious deeds about the house. You should milk those evil saw makers for every stinking penny.
It's my avowed goal to get through my life without suing or being sued by anyone. We'll see if I can manage it. The less contact I have with the American legal system, the better. (So far my entire tally is two speeding tickets. Not bad for an old dude.)
The fingers healed up perfectly. The middle is going to have a wicked scar, but that's about it. Yup, I left the white/dead flesh alone, and it took care of itself. The turning point was when I took the bandages off to let the wounds get some air; that seemed to kick the healing process into overdrive. Next time I have a camera handy I'll take a pikkie of the healed fingers, just to prove to you that I didn't have to amputate.
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Got my tally wrong, I also had to testify in court one time, when me and another bystander chased a purse-snatcher off an old lady. But I'm not sure that one counts, since I was neither the defendant nor the plaintiff in the case. Still, it's good to keep your contact with the legal system to a minimum.
good to hear, Lemur.
Miotas, were you born in Australia?... because you just fell victim to one of the classic blunders: The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, and only slightly less well known is this: Never agree with something a Kiwi states. :no: What were you thinking? :laugh4: (and of course: Never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on the line!)
Gah! How did I miss your location? :wall: I supose it's alright though, seeing as we were both going after the yanks :tongue:
But what's this land war stuff about?
Oh, and nice to hear you got a decent scar for your troubles, lemur. I always seem to heal too well to get a good scar.
Inconceivable!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob The Bastard
Hi Miotas,
Its from a movie from (just) before your time.
The Princess Bride.
It has quite a following in some circles.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/
Pevergreen: Don't keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.
For reference, if you ever come into the Gameroom Miotas, when people use the phrase WIFOM, its a scene from the movie, of which Rob's quote is from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob The Bastard
Look! The cliffs of INSANITY!
my name is inigo montoya etc etc
All healed up:
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v...nia/Fingaz.jpg
It's a terrible picture, I know, but at least you can sort of see where my hot pink scars are forming. All is well.
They must have been pretty deep to warrant a whole thread, because they aren't very long. No offense mate, but next time just suck it up. The solution for a small cut like that is simply to put a tissue on it until it stops bleeding. I can see how some would worry about infection, but that's what I've been doing for my whole life so I'm probably immune to all the common bacteria found in dirt.
Little cuts like that happen all the time when I'm helping out at my nanna's farm and you can't really be bothered taking the 10 minute trek back to the house, so you just put a tissue on it and forget about it.
I have had a cut thinner than that which resulted in my losing feeling in the top of my thumb for several months and it still feels a little dodgy now...
I didn't go to hospital but im pretty sure i would have needed some medical care on the thing (as i was in work a first aider took care of it) considering the pictures were seeing are the 'all healed up' pics then the original cuts must have been pretty damn nasty...
See? One day I've got flaps of flesh and gushing blood, the next it's healed and pretty and I'm getting yelled at because they don't look like much now. Sheesh. Yes, the one on the middle finger was deep enough for a little anatomy lesson.Quote:
Originally Posted by miotas
Sorry, don't mean to offend the Hard Men of the Frontroom with my itsy-bitsy owie.
Perhaps we should all compare scars and tell each other how tough we are.
My scar is bigger than your scar...
:beam:
yes?
No?
That is highly appetizing Lemur.
I regret to inform you that it is clearly infected at this point, and we will need to amputate. Specifically, the area above the neck. It can be done outpatient with a rusty spoon. Please contact your local hobo specialist to make an appointment.
:balloon2:
Real men don't have scars, real men take it right down the flesh and have skin grafts instead. Then the really tough men have this on thier face!
Well either really tough men or clumy idiots... I prefer to think really tough men!
Hmmm, aparently Miotas seems to be the Black Knight from Monty Pythons' The Holy Grail...Quote:
Originally Posted by miotas
...it is always nice to see celebrities here :clown:
Hey, come on guys. I wasn't trying to do a "real man" thing, I was being serious. If I mentioned it all my friends and family would call me a big sook. If someone else notices it however, then I can do the whole "it was nothing", "it's just a scratch" bit. Of course I wouldn't earn any "manly" points because it has to be quite big for that.
Bringing it up first however, is a big no-no. I remember once I fell of my bike and practically skinned my left under arm bare, because of the position none of my mates noticed it for ages, but I didn't even think of mentioning it, not because I was trying to be tough, but because you just don't.
So yeah, I wasn't being tough, I was just genuinely surprised that he mentioned it.
But mate, you're ignoring the difference in culture.Quote:
Originally Posted by miotas
An Australian man will deny anything is wrong and there is no pain when he's lost an arm. He'd rather die than admit it hurts.
But he'll wince when the pretty lass puts antiseptic on.
Yes, both Aussies and Kiwi's share that in our collective psyche.
I have collected scraps and cuts as part of my work. Here is one that had me off work for two weeks several years ago:
http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/~robm1/finger 003.jpghttp://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/~ro...nger 003aa.JPG
http://homepages.slingshot.co.nz/~robm1/finger 005a.JPG
Slightly more dramatic than the photos show. The cut was about a quarter of the way down the depth of the finger.
I was installing cables through an office that had plaster ceiling tiles. The tiles are supported by a grid of metal strips that one side of the tiles slot into... normally 2 or 3 mm thick and blunt. To get the cables through the ceiling I attach them to a pvc pipe and throw it across the ceiling before securing it to whatever support system you plan to use.
Naturally you look for sharp hazards in the ceiling space, but I failed to recognise the thinner than normal metal grid as a hazard and forcefully pushed the pipe towards its destination. My closed fist hit and moved along the metal strip, slicing cleanly through my finger.
Luckily that didn't cut any tendons or veins. A quick trip to the nearest doctor's surgery, luckily only about 100 meters down the road, two butterfly stitches, thank you goodbye.
This to be honest bud, but always ask if you're not sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by miotas
I tend to go for the stick it back together and wait it out approach, usually works, even fingertips grow back, go figure. I give it a few days then pull or cut the grey bits off, everything still works.
Was doing cabling for the office next door to ours and the builder said the same thing. Watch out for them. :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob The Bastard
Worst cut I've had was self inflicted...kind of.
Was screwing around with cutting tools, had been going through polystyrene with a heated line cutter thing. It went easy, I enjoyed that. So I grabbed a stanly knife and cut through a straw of a McDonalds drink. It sliced through nicely. So I thought I'd try the cup. The top wouldnt cut, so I grab hold of the cup and cut with all my might.
I got through the lip of the cup, the cup and then to the bone of my thumb. Very very thin cut, as it was a stanly knife, but very deep.
I was 11 or so. Owies.
If we are swapping "dumb things I have done"...
When I was about 18 I had a .22 bullet on which I had mangled the bullet using a pair of sidecutters... the bullet was still attached to the cartridge but it was squashed to about 30mm (1 1/4") long. I was holding this thing in my left hand between my thumb and forefinger when, goodness knows why, I crimped the rim of the cartridge. (It's not like I didn't know that the primer is located in the rim of rimfire bullets)
Luckily the bullet was pointing at the ground. The brass exploded outwards and gave me superficial cuts to my thumb and finger. The bullet fired itself into the floor. I was in a car outside a pub at the time and the sound of the thing going off deafened me and I waited nervously for the cops to show up...
:no:
moron!:yes: