F U C K

[PaulSage]

I ran some errands late this afternoon and while putting some shit in the back of the truck I slammed the hatch down on my right hand--the middle finger actually. The damn door locked when it closed and my keys were in my right pocket, which must have made quite the spectacle when I tried to get them out using my left hand, since my right was still locked in the closed door.

I looked at my mangled finger and knew it was broken. Oddly, it didn't hurt that bad, at least not that I can remember. Anyway, I went to the ER after finding out that CareNow closed an hour earlier. After wasting about four hours there and seeing 659 different medical health care professionals, they determined that my finge rwasn't actually broken. I had dislocated both knuckles in my middle finger. After the Nurse Practitioner helped me yank my finger back into place I got smakced with a bill for $880. Had I known it wasn't broken and that it just needed to be yanked back straight, I woulda fuckin done it myself and saved a lot of time and money. Christ, it's just a damn finger.

So now I have this brace thingy on my RIGHT hand MIDDLE finger which is making it really hard to type and is going to make it nearly impossible to do my gecko chores. I am so fucked! God, I love being accident-prone. I had better start wearing a helmet and steel-toed boots whenever I levae the house.

Sorry I can't type for shit.

 

[Jeremy Letkey]

Ummm, ow? :helmet:

 

[KelliH]

Glad to hear it's not broken. Let me know if you need any help with gecko stuff or anything else.

 

[PaulSage]

Ummm, ow? :helmet:

It looked waaayyy worse than it felt. I should have taken a picture with my phone... oh wait... I'm right handed.

Thanks, Kel. I think I'll manage. I just have to retrain myself to do what my parents and grandparents used to badger me for doing... opening doors and picking up stuff with my bare feet. I'm pretty good at it, albeit a bit rusty.

Really, you guys should see it sometime. It's kinda freaky. (but somehow I konw that doesn't surprise any of you.) ;0

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

The middle finger, huh? Well, you can always just flip eveyone off and blame the splint! God, I would LOVE to shoot the finger at a bunch of people and get away with it.

Sorry 'bout your finger, Paul. I'm glad it wasn't broken. Now you have a really good excuse for not having to peel carrots!

(((HUGS)))

 

[PaulSage]

I had to take the splint thingy off after I got a mealworm stuck in the tape.

ick.

I'm still having trouble believing it's not broken. I swear I can feel the end of the bone sticking up in the middle joint. I'll be damned if I'm going to go back and spend another $800 or whatever on more damn x-rays though...

 

[Jeremy Letkey]

Actually you probably would have been better off breaking it. :main_lipsrsealed:

The joint will swell until it feels like it going to split the skin, then the throbbing is going to start. After a few weeks it will start to feel better but since it's not in a cast, you will over use it and strain it. You'll be back a square one. Swollen and throbbing. Now starts the merry go round of feeling better and then re-injuring it.

Have fun but don't spin to fast or you might hurl. :main_yes:

 

[PaulSage]

Actually you probably would have been better off breaking it. :main_lipsrsealed:

The joint will swell until it feels like it going to split the skin, then the throbbing is going to start. After a few weeks it will start to feel better but since it's not in a cast, you will over use it and strain it. You'll be back a square one. Swollen and throbbing. Now starts the merry go round of feeling better and then re-injuring it.

Have fun but don't spin to fast or you might hurl. :main_yes:

I TOLD her that I wouldn't be able to help myself from using it and she just said, "well, do your best." I laughed at her.

I guess it's a good thing I don't drive manual anymore. I'd be punching the gimp finger into the dash constantly.

...however, so far it's not black and blue, so it can't be toooooo bad. I don't really bruise though. The last time I bruised I think was when I got hit by a car on campus, but I don't really keep track.

It didn't keep me from unloading the furniture I bought yesterday though.

I AM SUCH AN IDIOT!

 

[Grinning Geckos]

Owie! Can you get copies of your x-ray film?? Maybe you can take it to a reg. DR for a 2nd opinion.

I'm not good for advise when it comes to using something that's injured. But you know that already.

 

[Mel&Keith]

I can't believe it looks that good! I jammed my middle finger in gymnastics a long time ago and had to wear a splint for 3 months. I didn't get full range of motion back for about a year though. Hopefully it'll heal fast so you don't have mealworms stuck to your finger for months to come. And even though it's a pain...wear the splint!

 

[PaulSage]

I can't believe it looks that good!

heh... you should have seen it right after I got it out of the door. :main_laugh:

I didn't think it was possible to point in three directions at the same time with one hand. lol

 

[Mel&Keith]

LOL

Well if you get bored you can always do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-eZEDkFYFA

 

[Jeanne]

Yowza!!!!

 

[nwheat]

Ouch, Paul!! :main_lipsrsealed: Hope you are getting along ok!

I seem to keep missing threads - maybe I should stop using new posts and just go to the Round Room.