my poor finger

macafee2 · 8th April 2020, 11:43

my poor left middle finger. About 3 years ago I cut my left middle finger badly enough to require a skin graft and physiotherapy. A few days ago I trapped it between a club hammer and my vice taking a piece of skin off just below the nail. Today I caught the same damn finger between the handle of a fork and a piece of 2 x 2 as I was driving the fork down, cutting the skin graft. The end and middle of my finger now hurt and we are trying to find something to cover the finger under a glove so I can work in the garden.

I'm getting fed up with this

macafee2

Saga Lout · 8th April 2020, 11:50

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Originally Posted by macafee2

my poor left middle finger. About 3 years ago I cut my left middle finger badly enough to require a skin graft and physiotherapy. A few days ago I trapped it between a club hammer and my vice taking a piece of skin off just below the nail. Today I caught the same damn finger between the handle of a fork and a piece of 2 x 2 as I was driving the fork down, cutting the skin graft. The end and middle of my finger now hurt and we are trying to find something to cover the finger under a glove so I can work in the garden.

I'm getting fed up with this

macafee2

When I do things like that, I wrap a small dressing around the wound and then I cut a finger off a marigold glove to pull over the finger. I know what you mean about it keep getting hurt.

planenut · 8th April 2020, 11:54

That'll restrict your ability to show disdain.

macafee2 · 9th April 2020, 09:51

found a reel of plaster and stuck that around the finger, cant get a leather glove on properly due to the plaster but I not catching my finger.

macafee2

Discofan · 9th April 2020, 16:55

Just chop it off and be done with it

Saga Lout · 9th April 2020, 18:32

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Originally Posted by Discofan

Just chop it off and be done with it

I tried that but I thought I'd start at the top and work down...It didn't work out too well and was very painful.

The truth is that I was welding a new cab panel on to a class 37 loco, one of the clamps let go and it spun down like a blade, I wasn't quite quick enough to get totally clear or I'd have lost much more. The re-attach job went well and today there's hardly a mark. The very same finger I gashed on a broken sink basin when I was having eye problems, it went bad but recovered. I understand where Mac is with his injuries, we take fingers too much for granted.

macafee2 · 9th April 2020, 18:44

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Originally Posted by Discofan

Just chop it off and be done with it

I've done that to the one between my middle finger and thumb, did it 2 or 3 years ago. Still tingles to the touch, more sensitive to being hit and is damn inconvenient sometimes as that finger is used. When my arm is stretched that finger and thumb were used to undo things, where the other hand is inappropriate to use.

macafee2

damienp · 12th April 2020, 22:29

On Monday last week I was doing some wood work, and I felt damage to one of my left fingers. As I pulled my hand away from the circular saw, my left index finger was hanging off and blood was flying everywhere. It had cut right through the bone and the finger was hanging on by a tiny bit of skin.
Went to the hospital and all they did was put some gauze round my finger to hold it together. Then they put a plaster cast in the palm of my hand, then they bandaged my hand up so the finger couldn't fall out. They sent me home and said they would call me back on Tuesday to talk about reattaching my finger.
Tuesday came and they rang to say, come to the hand clinic on Wednesday.
I went to the hand clinic at the hospital on Wednesday morning, and the nurses refused to see me because im supposed to be insolation for another week.
So here I am, typing with one hand, with 3 days to go before i'm out of isolation. And I still haven't taken any painkillers. Not one.

8th April 2020, 11:43	#1
macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,931 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	my poor finger my poor left middle finger. About 3 years ago I cut my left middle finger badly enough to require a skin graft and physiotherapy. A few days ago I trapped it between a club hammer and my vice taking a piece of skin off just below the nail. Today I caught the same damn finger between the handle of a fork and a piece of 2 x 2 as I was driving the fork down, cutting the skin graft. The end and middle of my finger now hurt and we are trying to find something to cover the finger under a glove so I can work in the garden. I'm getting fed up with this macafee2

8th April 2020, 11:54	#3
planenut Regional Secretary Rover 1.8T Tourer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Heathrow Posts: 6,955 Thanks: 1,551 Thanked 2,036 Times in 1,264 Posts	That'll restrict your ability to show disdain.

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macafee2 This is my second home Rover 75 Saloon & Tourer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lincoln Posts: 14,931 Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 3,032 Times in 2,181 Posts	found a reel of plaster and stuck that around the finger, cant get a leather glove on properly due to the plaster but I not catching my finger. macafee2

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damienp This is my second home skoda estate Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: sheffield Posts: 3,474 Thanks: 15 Thanked 122 Times in 68 Posts	On Monday last week I was doing some wood work, and I felt damage to one of my left fingers. As I pulled my hand away from the circular saw, my left index finger was hanging off and blood was flying everywhere. It had cut right through the bone and the finger was hanging on by a tiny bit of skin. Went to the hospital and all they did was put some gauze round my finger to hold it together. Then they put a plaster cast in the palm of my hand, then they bandaged my hand up so the finger couldn't fall out. They sent me home and said they would call me back on Tuesday to talk about reattaching my finger. Tuesday came and they rang to say, come to the hand clinic on Wednesday. I went to the hand clinic at the hospital on Wednesday morning, and the nurses refused to see me because im supposed to be insolation for another week. So here I am, typing with one hand, with 3 days to go before i'm out of isolation. And I still haven't taken any painkillers. Not one.