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Post by jalvis on May 7, 2015 12:37:42 GMT -5
The picture with the thumb nail sawed through reminds me of when a sawed my thumb. Doctor stitched right through the nail. Nasty!
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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 8, 2015 11:26:20 GMT -5
Had an appointment today with the hospital to remove the the stitches. Both wounds look nice and really clean. The fingers are a little puffy and stiff . Here is some pic of the fingers |
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Post by mick on May 11, 2015 14:02:26 GMT -5
Glad to see your on the mend any word on when you can go back to work
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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 11, 2015 16:57:06 GMT -5
Thinking of going back next week I am signed off for another week after that. The fingers are doing good apart from being hypersenseitive and nippy in buildings with air con
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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 18, 2015 12:59:03 GMT -5
Well back at work today
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Post by Knight Woodworks on May 18, 2015 15:54:49 GMT -5
That's great! How are your fingers?
John
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Post by wrightwoodwork on May 18, 2015 16:26:58 GMT -5
There is one tiny scab on the index all the old skin is off send nice new skin is coming through good and the tingling is getting less
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Post by Knight Woodworks on Jun 6, 2015 8:49:36 GMT -5
How's the hand, I'm thinking no news is good news?
John
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Jun 6, 2015 11:44:20 GMT -5
All good only lost 2 nails which are growing back very pleased with how it's recovered. There is a little tingling still in the scar area. I'm happy with how it turned out. The only machine I've actually felt nervous about using is the chopsaw when I had the head bevelled over and wondering where the blade is going to enter the wood. I feel much safer with the erika and the kss
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Post by kraftt on Mar 9, 2017 13:01:38 GMT -5
sorry I found this thread. I wanted to post that I zipped a tip off about 20 odd years ago, you can see the very faint lighter scar line in photo. Everything above it was in a pile of sawdust under table saw (minus width of blade). I mention this because the doctor wanted to reshape the bone and fold the skin over too, and as I'm sitting there with the fresh tip in a cup of saline listening to him, the older nurses behind him are shaking their heads back and forth ("no."). The other option was to sew the useless tip back on as a 'biological shield' that would turn black and fall off in a week or so. (wtf!). I asked for a moment to think about it. I was in an emergency room so he went to other tasks. I sidebar'ed with one of the nurses and she told me that since some of the nail bed was intact there was a good chance much of the tip will grow back. But if I let the doctor pad his bill that chance would be lost. Took about 3 to 5 years but a considerable amount did grow back. I also had a tingling sensation that stayed with me and was told to foster it by digging my thumb nail into the finger pad to stimulate it even more right on that nerve. Every case is going to be different and if you are at a hand specialist you obviously want to defer to them, but it pays to ask questions.   |
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Post by charley1968 on Mar 10, 2017 6:38:10 GMT -5
..and while we're at it: let it bleed! The best and most physiological way to cleanse the wound ( as long as it's not pulsating to the roof)
A grown man/woman can easily lose half a liter of blood without more than experiencing a little dizzyness..
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Post by wrightwoodwork on Mar 10, 2017 9:50:48 GMT -5
Mine they basically trimmed the bone pulled the skin over as seal the nail bed got lifted off then glued back on. Then let the body heal itself. To look at it now you would never know I do get a very slight tingle and when the nail gets long it curls over but it needs cut then anyway. I was told the less messing about the better the recovery
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Post by kraftt on Mar 10, 2017 11:33:51 GMT -5
It’s a hell of a lesson to learn and the disbelief and shock at the ‘moment’ , to say the least, is unique.
I was rushing & taking chances for a crap client, under stress, for an unimportant job. In my case, the lesson I took away from it wasn’t just safety but also a new found total lack of care or respect for anyones deadlines. That and the lesson of what happens when you don’t put yourself first. I’m fast as it is and build momentum when working but that only works form being in a zone/flow with the support of reliable methods. I’m very aware now of anything that takes me off my game and I accept that I have to stop to asses.
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Post by holmz on Mar 11, 2017 5:20:36 GMT -5
... I’m very aware now of anything that takes me off my game and I accept that I have to stop to asses. There is little humour in an injury. But the public service announcement seems pretty worthwhile. It is probably an autocorrect, bit it works as a Freudian slip . |
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