Ok, so It ain’t a 3 ‘ sinker or whatever you he-men call them things…………still MY finger though!
Was removing some shoe molding in a rental apt. this am.
As I swiped my hand along the base looking (ok, I should have had me specs on!) for nails left behind, I was impaled by one of thos nice sharp chisel point carpet staples.
The staple must have been hardly stuck in the floor cause it pulled out of the floor after being driven through my finger.
I snipped the short end of and 1,2 3, yanked it out with the pliers AFTER considering a $2-400 trip the the e room. But then I probably wouldn’t be writing this now!
All the while I was dealing with this, I kept remembering how Dieselpig says that he get like a girl dealing with this stuff!! Motivated me to be a tough guy I tell ya!! I wasn’t the least bit woozy, honest, really, I wasn’t. Ok, maybe just a little bit.
Edited 12/19/2005 5:26 pm ET by EricPaulson
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Ouch. Look at the bright side, it will hurt worse tomorrow. :-)
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Swimming through the ashes of another life, no real reason to accept the way things have changed. Wrapped in guilt, sealed up tight.
It's when it "DON'T HURT", is when you know you got a real problem, ha ha ha.
Geez Eric, Merry F'n Christmas.......at least you didn't kneel on it
Good for you. I'm an ED MD and all I do is take a pair of side cutters and do the same thing, but of course I charge a lot more so I can cover my a$$ if you walk outside and get struck by lightning in that finger.
Now a little antiseptic, about 80-90 proof...;-)
"Citius, Altius, Fortius"
Apply orally and only if necessary externally.
Edited to add 100 proof minimum.
Edited 12/19/2005 5:48 pm ET by MarkH
I kept remembering how Dieselpig says that he get like a girl dealing with this stuff!!
Whoa now. Get your story straight..... doesn't bother me when it's my own hand.... but when I gotta look at someone else's mess I get that feeling like the "falling off a ladder right before you fall asleep" dream. :)
That's gonna sting. I'd rather having a framing nail... no blood, a little stiffness and swelling, but yer good to go. Cleaner yank-out too.
Funny about the hospital decision. I'm the same way. I spent FOUR times the money in veterinrarian bills last year as I did on my own healthcare. Puppy gets the sniffles and he's off to the vet, meanwhile I'm draining an infection on my knee cap with a utility knife.
What's the picture for.... the W/C claim? ;)
What's the picture for.... the W/C claim? ;)
Oh sure, but I'd be afraid that OSHA will be right behind them.
I'm sure I should've been wearing something to protect me from that!
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You might try soaking that in betadine, just to minimize the chance of infection. Otherwise, I'd say the surgery was a success.Andy
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
I love your tag line Andy, that's pretty dang funny.
I like it too, but I think I stole it from Robert Heinlein.Andy
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
I remember your tag line from a Robert Heinlein book. Is that where you got it?
Marc
I think so.Andy
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
can't be too bad if you were willing to take a picture of it before removing.
here's to a speedy recovery..
Ya know, it didn't hurt that bad and all I could think of was how cool it would be to post a picture on BT![email protected]
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You're a twisted man, my friend.Andy
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
You're a twisted man, my friend.
Simply a matter of having ones priorities in order!
The pic now resides on my desktop, much to the chagrin of MDW!
And thanks for the paternal advice on the soaking. I'm fine today.
Eric[email protected]
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Glad to hear you're fine. Have you considered a desk job? Or would you then post pics of your carpal tunnel surgery? <G>Andy
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Soak it "in cider"
Mike
Trust in God, but row away from the rocks.
yeahbaby,
Seriously. When I drove a 2" screw through my finger and removed it by the "rip it out" method and w/o insurance a doctor told me to soak it in peroxide as long as I could. Worked great and I've since used it on other punctures.
Make sure your tetanus is up to date!! Mike
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Seriously. When I drove a 2" screw through my finger and removed it by the "rip it out" method and w/o insurance a doctor told me to soak it in peroxide as long as I could. Worked great and I've since used it on other punctures.
Now why would any body want to use the same screw over and over, even if it is clean, they are not that expensive. ;-)
dang Eric, how many cups of java were you inhaling before that?
'Nemo me impune lacesset'
No one will provoke me with impunity
Actually, I just dropped to one huge cup from two!
I was getting these like anxiety feeling around 8:30-9:00 every morning.
Maybe I was better off with the two.[email protected]
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Just how fast were you running when you fell on that staple?
Just how fast were you running when you fell on that staple?
That's rich!!
Question is how sharp is that sucker? They have these LOOONG chisel points. I'm sure you've "seen" them too![email protected]
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Cool, reminds me of two of my own "dohs!". First when I shot myself with my Paslode right through the pinky (saliva works as well as peroxide? Right?).
The second was closer to what you did. I was trying to remove old real wood panelig from a wall. It needed to go back up so I was being careful. i ran my hand up the edge to reposition the prybar and, WOW! Caught a one inch splinter right under my thumbnail. Couldnt dig it out, had to go to the clinic for that one.
Didnt hurt much at first but boy did it end up throbbing.
"The second was closer to what you did. I was trying to remove old real wood panelig from a wall. It needed to go back up so I was being careful. i ran my hand up the edge to reposition the prybar and, WOW! Caught a one inch splinter right under my thumbnail. Couldnt dig it out, had to go to the clinic for that one."
I did that once, while scraping paint on some baseboard. Ran the splinter under my thumbnail all the way to the base. Surprisingly, it didn't hurt that much. The intern at the ER was totally grossed out by it, which I thought was pretty funny.
OK, stop it, or gonna have to go out to the barn and drive a 16 d thru my hand and take a pix just to 'go one up' <G>
Big broken hardened metal spring (1/8 dia wire) thru thumb once, had to call DW to help me carry the whole assembly to where I could get a grinder to cut thru the thing, diagonal cutters didnt work. (Did I say the assy had one way screws and big warnings to not dis-assemble under any circumnstance?)
I was working at an HVAC supply house when it happened (actually happened while working on their offices). I was surprised how many of the guys at the counter couldnt even look.
You're right it really didnt hurt much at all. It was only later while waiting for the doctor that it started to throb.
Tis a mere flesh wound.
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egads. that is SO not right!
ouch!
wishing you peaceful sleep without the ugly throbbing.
c