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***Sleepy*** · 08-16-2007, 02:21 PM

Vancouver General Chat

they are located in this thread......the links work in the van general thread so I hope they work now.

hoanger · 08-16-2007, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Sleepy

Vancouver General Chat

they are located in this thread......the links work in the van general thread so I hope they work now.

Ouch. The looks painful..
did you get them taken out yet? I'm wondering how to care for them... i know the general clean and antibiotic and what not, but how did you care for them in the first couple days? hurts too much to touch and to clean with antiseptic

***Sleepy*** · 08-16-2007, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by hoanger

Ouch. The looks painful..
did you get them taken out yet? I'm wondering how to care for them... i know the general clean and antibiotic and what not, but how did you care for them in the first couple days? hurts too much to touch and to clean with antiseptic

I just got them in two days ago, I have been putting bandage on them during the night only. Been leaving them to air dry and heal. To clean them I have just been using bactine, ever so slightly touching them.

The pain is keeping my dog away from my wound, he keeps going near it and won't leave me alone.

Civic4u · 08-16-2007, 02:33 PM

mmm...little cut.....

sf-si-02 · 08-16-2007, 02:39 PM

Today's lesson: Velveta > Cheddar

Englishe30 · 08-16-2007, 02:39 PM

Thats not too bad...I have been in the food service industry for about 10 years now and seen some real doozies and performed a few myself. Like taking a bread knife to the thigh..

audibleforce · 08-16-2007, 03:43 PM

I also had a finger cut a month ago while washing the dishes. Word of advice, if your hand does not fit in the glass cup, do not try to force it in. Well it was 6 am and I was hella tired and was getting ready to take my nieces to the museum, when I try to force my hand into a glass cup and it shatters in my hand while going down. I slice a huge piece of skin on my pinky, right where the joint is and I manage to cut a piece of bone and the stuff in between the bone. I got 8 stiches and now I cant bend my finger all the way and it really really hurts my joint when I try to bend it more than I should. Luckily it bends enough so that I can still play the piano but that was my main concern. I took it pretty calm, but I dont usually panic at anything so I took the shock pretty well and the stiches werent a problem. Thanks for joining the club. Although this was not my worst injury, my bone and cut really hurt for 3 days straight with not meds.

***gibbletz*** · 08-16-2007, 04:43 PM

I call you....Stickyfingers..

hoanger · 08-16-2007, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by audibleforce

I also had a finger cut a month ago while washing the dishes. Word of advice, if your hand does not fit in the glass cup, do not try to force it in. Well it was 6 am and I was hella tired and was getting ready to take my nieces to the museum, when I try to force my hand into a glass cup and it shatters in my hand while going down. I slice a huge piece of skin on my pinky, right where the joint is and I manage to cut a piece of bone and the stuff in between the bone. I got 8 stiches and now I cant bend my finger all the way and it really really hurts my joint when I try to bend it more than I should. Luckily it bends enough so that I can still play the piano but that was my main concern. I took it pretty calm, but I dont usually panic at anything so I took the shock pretty well and the stiches werent a problem. Thanks for joining the club. Although this was not my worst injury, my bone and cut really hurt for 3 days straight with not meds.

damn that sucks bad. I can't imagine all that pain, mine was pretty bad alone.
My only concern is taking the stitches out.. does it hurt?

and how to clean it, its like just 24 hours old and I can't even touch it.. I can hardly touch it with my finger over the gauze and when I bend it a certain way it hurts as well. I don't think I cut any nerves or anything, that would suck pretty bad to have no feeling there anymore though.

Not even tylenol dude?

***Sleepy*** · 08-17-2007, 10:38 AM

hey hoanger

how is your ouchy today? Mine is driving me nuts, but I was able to shower today. I taped a plastic bag over the wound. Driving still sucks with my wound but it is getting better.

hoanger · 08-17-2007, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Sleepy

hey hoanger

how is your ouchy today? Mine is driving me nuts, but I was able to shower today. I taped a plastic bag over the wound. Driving still sucks with my wound but it is getting better.

Hey sleepy!

well, I think its a bit better... I took off the gauze and let it dry out until I head out today. It still looks pretty nasty, yours looks really clean! I don't know how you kept it like that haha.
I think the doc stitched me up wrong cause I can't extend my finger fully without feeling like its stretching... its annoying and cramped ahaha

Luckily I can shower with one hand, but I do it under running water... booo

Oh I totally forgot about driving, is it your right or left leg? Is it a manual? I couldn't imagine using a clutch with a stitched up leg! Glad to hear its getting better!

we can be scar buddies

***Sleepy*** · 08-17-2007, 10:57 AM

I have an auto and my injury is left leg but it still hurts if I leave it in one spot to long. I have to keep my leg elevated during the day or I get pain shooting down my leg.

When I first cut my leg I was at work so my first aid attendant cleaned it up and I drove home and walked to the hopital. I live behind the hospital so I didn't see a point in paying for parking. Scar buddies...FTW!!!

hoanger · 08-17-2007, 11:11 AM

oh well thats good to hear. (that you have an auto) haha

and yeah, I feel the same.. I have to keep my arm up all the time or else I'll feel the pulse go into my finger and start throbbing.

your a trooper! walked to the hospital with an injured leg! good stuff

Englishe30 · 08-17-2007, 11:37 AM

Try butterflying your finger on a meat slicer....

audibleforce · 08-17-2007, 11:56 AM

I took out the stiches myself and it didnt hurt at all. Maybe just one of the stiches made it a little uncomfortable but nothing I would call pain. Now, i'll be sporting a scar on my pinky for the rest of my life. I didnt remove the gauze or wash the wound for 48 hours. After that I just let water with soap run on the wound and then patch it back up with a lot of neosporin and re-gauzed it. Did that for about two weeks. One my second week I went camping to Baja Mexico and I think the saltyness of the sea breeze made my wound heal a lot faster. Me and my fiance were pretty amazed at how fast it healed over there compared to where I live. My be it's just coincidence.

hoanger · 08-17-2007, 12:00 PM

really? i think my cut is still to tender to let water or soap touch it. I try my best to clean it up with water and a cloth, it looks a little better now.

you had your stitches in for two weeks!? how big of a cut was it?

***jcxcr4000*** · 08-17-2007, 01:40 PM

thats nothing did you ever have a 2 foot by 3 foot pain of glass fall on your head out of a garage door well i did and then i had to have 22 stitches to sew it back together

audibleforce · 08-17-2007, 02:23 PM

The cut goes around my joint in my pinky but it you put it in a straight line it was about an inch long. I'll see if I can take a picture of it.

***07mugencivic*** · 08-17-2007, 02:23 PM

thats nothing

***SiAzul*** · 08-17-2007, 02:31 PM

Sucks man, I was playing b ball on a hoop with a chain net 2 years ago and when I went to dunk the ball I ended up catching my finger on a loose wire. Had to get 16 stiches on my middle finger, I got a scar about 2 1/2 inches long but the good thing is I was exempt from taking notes at school for a couple of days

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08-16-2007, 02:21 PM	#21 (permalink)
*Sleepy* UnDeRcOvErHiPpIcHiCk Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: POOKSVILLE CAnada Age: 33 Posts: 10,781 Susan iTrader: 2 / 100%	Vancouver General Chat they are located in this thread......the links work in the van general thread so I hope they work now.

08-16-2007, 02:33 PM	#24 (permalink)
Civic4u Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Humble, TX Posts: 6,640 iTrader: 7 / 100%	mmm...little cut.....

08-16-2007, 02:39 PM	#25 (permalink)
sf-si-02 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: your mom (so cal) Posts: 630 iTrader: 3 / 100%	Today's lesson: Velveta > Cheddar

08-16-2007, 02:39 PM	#26 (permalink)
Englishe30 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hackettstown, NJ Age: 26 Posts: 1,228 Mark iTrader: 15 / 100%	Thats not too bad...I have been in the food service industry for about 10 years now and seen some real doozies and performed a few myself. Like taking a bread knife to the thigh..

08-16-2007, 03:43 PM	#27 (permalink)
audibleforce Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ventura County, South Pasadena Age: 26 Posts: 679 iTrader: 0 / 0%	I also had a finger cut a month ago while washing the dishes. Word of advice, if your hand does not fit in the glass cup, do not try to force it in. Well it was 6 am and I was hella tired and was getting ready to take my nieces to the museum, when I try to force my hand into a glass cup and it shatters in my hand while going down. I slice a huge piece of skin on my pinky, right where the joint is and I manage to cut a piece of bone and the stuff in between the bone. I got 8 stiches and now I cant bend my finger all the way and it really really hurts my joint when I try to bend it more than I should. Luckily it bends enough so that I can still play the piano but that was my main concern. I took it pretty calm, but I dont usually panic at anything so I took the shock pretty well and the stiches werent a problem. Thanks for joining the club. Although this was not my worst injury, my bone and cut really hurt for 3 days straight with not meds.

08-16-2007, 04:43 PM	#28 (permalink)
*gibbletz* Big fish in a small pond Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: In yer trunk Posts: 1,746 Stranger (with benefits) iTrader: 1 / 100%	I call you....Stickyfingers..

08-17-2007, 10:38 AM	#30 (permalink)
*Sleepy* UnDeRcOvErHiPpIcHiCk Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: POOKSVILLE CAnada Age: 33 Posts: 10,781 Susan iTrader: 2 / 100%	hey hoanger how is your ouchy today? Mine is driving me nuts, but I was able to shower today. I taped a plastic bag over the wound. Driving still sucks with my wound but it is getting better.

08-17-2007, 10:57 AM	#32 (permalink)
*Sleepy* UnDeRcOvErHiPpIcHiCk Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: POOKSVILLE CAnada Age: 33 Posts: 10,781 Susan iTrader: 2 / 100%	I have an auto and my injury is left leg but it still hurts if I leave it in one spot to long. I have to keep my leg elevated during the day or I get pain shooting down my leg. When I first cut my leg I was at work so my first aid attendant cleaned it up and I drove home and walked to the hopital. I live behind the hospital so I didn't see a point in paying for parking. Scar buddies...FTW!!!

08-17-2007, 11:11 AM	#33 (permalink)
hoanger Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 4,989 Jason iTrader: 1 / 100%	oh well thats good to hear. (that you have an auto) haha and yeah, I feel the same.. I have to keep my arm up all the time or else I'll feel the pulse go into my finger and start throbbing. your a trooper! walked to the hospital with an injured leg! good stuff

08-17-2007, 11:37 AM	#34 (permalink)
Englishe30 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hackettstown, NJ Age: 26 Posts: 1,228 Mark iTrader: 15 / 100%	Try butterflying your finger on a meat slicer....

08-17-2007, 11:56 AM	#35 (permalink)
audibleforce Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ventura County, South Pasadena Age: 26 Posts: 679 iTrader: 0 / 0%	I took out the stiches myself and it didnt hurt at all. Maybe just one of the stiches made it a little uncomfortable but nothing I would call pain. Now, i'll be sporting a scar on my pinky for the rest of my life. I didnt remove the gauze or wash the wound for 48 hours. After that I just let water with soap run on the wound and then patch it back up with a lot of neosporin and re-gauzed it. Did that for about two weeks. One my second week I went camping to Baja Mexico and I think the saltyness of the sea breeze made my wound heal a lot faster. Me and my fiance were pretty amazed at how fast it healed over there compared to where I live. My be it's just coincidence.

08-17-2007, 12:00 PM	#36 (permalink)
hoanger Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Calgary, Alberta Posts: 4,989 Jason iTrader: 1 / 100%	really? i think my cut is still to tender to let water or soap touch it. I try my best to clean it up with water and a cloth, it looks a little better now. you had your stitches in for two weeks!? how big of a cut was it?

08-17-2007, 02:23 PM	#38 (permalink)
audibleforce Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ventura County, South Pasadena Age: 26 Posts: 679 iTrader: 0 / 0%	The cut goes around my joint in my pinky but it you put it in a straight line it was about an inch long. I'll see if I can take a picture of it.

08-17-2007, 02:23 PM	#39 (permalink)
*07mugencivic* Whos The Whore NOW Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Southern CA Age: 24 Posts: 93,366 Toe Knee iTrader: 4 / 100%	thats nothing

08-17-2007, 02:31 PM	#40 (permalink)
*SiAzul* VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 1,454 Mario iTrader: 1 / 100%	Sucks man, I was playing b ball on a hoop with a chain net 2 years ago and when I went to dunk the ball I ended up catching my finger on a loose wire. Had to get 16 stiches on my middle finger, I got a scar about 2 1/2 inches long but the good thing is I was exempt from taking notes at school for a couple of days