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So there you go, my finger is now on the mend, I'm going to take a break from the house, was planning on patching and drywalling the kitchen, but I think I need a few days. The wound will most definitely heal, but I don't need to be getting grit and debris in my wound as it's healing.
I just did something similar slicing Italian Beef. Not healing as fast as I'd like.
holes to patch my holes in my plaster
I showed her and and the girls winced again and the Doxter lady winced and exclaimed.. "EWE!" "Uh yeah, I pretty much don't do stiches on fingers, there's just too many nerves."
When I had my finger ripped apart by a piece of broken glass the doc in the ER who was stitching it up was giddy with excitement at the opportunity to practice his craft.
I have a layer of what looks like durarock
What year was this house built? Are the walls original or did the durarock replace orginal lathe?
Sorry to de-rail your thread into an 'this old house' discussion. I was appropriately aghast at your injury.
I have a shit ton of trim that needs replacement but I haven't figured out how to drive in finishing nails without collateral damage.
Should go to an urgent care clinic if not emergency room
They can clean it up and prescribe antibiotics
The clinics where I live in Florida panhandle charge $130 if you do not have insurance for urgent care like stitches, xrays, Rx prescription, flu treatment, etc
Waited for three hours in emergency for six stitches.
Somewhere in Hollywood Florida
DD214 says
Somewhere in Hollywood Florida
my box work, marvel at the service loops. I replaced every wire in my house. From the 14, 12, 10 and 6 wire.
Had a 1 inch rigid pipe in the attic with 2 number 4 wires and a number 6. The two 4s were supplying the 240 to the inside panel, the green number 6 had white tape on it and was being used for the Neutral wire. The Ground was a wire screwed into the back of the old box and ran out back to the plumbing. So if the plumbing on that side of the house was to be replaced with PVC I would have had no ground. I ran 1 3/4 PVC pipe, got 3 number 2 wires and 1 number 6 wire and replaced the 12/24 100 amp box with a 20/40 200 amp box. I reran the AC, water heater, and dryer circuit as well.
I am sure you know what you are doing, but I like connecting the ground buss to a sunken rebar pole using a green wire.
5K a year,
Now You're getting pathetic, I never said I filed bankruptcy, tell me when I ever said I filed for bankruptcy?
So as soon as I pulled the trigger I knew I done screwed up, these Makita drill drivers are no joke and have a torque that you can't hold back, like the cheap Ryobi shit I was used to. In that quick brief instance, it flung blood on the dust catch and spread a few blood drops around my work area, my hand felt like it got a good thump. But I could tell by the blood splatter I was seeing, it got me good. The cut is about an inch long on my left hand pinky finger, on the first bone from the hand not the finger tip. The cut is on the outside, and the flap spreads about 1/4 inch or more when not pressed together. After calling around the Urgent care places and finding the cheapest that was open on Sunday.
I went to an urgent care a few minutes away. Charged $145 to see the Doctor, and was told it could be another $100 for the stiches.. I filled out the paper work and waited a few minutes and was called in. The prep nurse asked what happened, to which I just said a power tool mishap. By that time the receptionist came over and said, "Oh yeah, I didn't get to look at the cut can you show it." I took off my make shift bandage and the nurse and receptionist both winced, by that time the Woke female Doxter(These people aren't Doctors!) wanted to see it as well. I showed her and and the girls winced again and the Doxter lady winced and exclaimed.. "EWE!" "Uh yeah, I pretty much don't do stiches on fingers, there's just too many nerves."
I said well I should have been told that before I paid the $145, she said she would refund and did.
Now I could have informed her, that due to where the cut is, it missed any sensitive nerves and I can still feel pin pricks on every other part of my finger and hand, so I'm not concerned about nerve damage. But it dawned on me, that these weren't medical professionals at all. These are morons that embraced every bit of the Covid nonsense. All of the real Doctors lost their livelihood for refusing to go along with it. ,
So I decided I was a far better practicing Physician than any of those knuckleheads so my next stop was CVS to get some wound supplies.
Wound wash
Betadine
Rapid seal wound gel
Tubular gauze
I cleaned it well then applied the rapid seal wound gel, the tubular gauze which also came with a hard plastic finger protector.
I got to tell you that wound gel is amazing stuff, I wish I would have had better experience with it. The application I applied yesterday, held so well the tubular gauze was stuck to it, it didn't leak a bit, still nice and clean. But this morning I felt compelled to change the bandage with required me to moisten it to remove the tube gauze. I realize now, I should have let that go for 2 to 3 days. The application I did this morning is not as neat as yesterday and it's oozing out the white blood cells. Which is good to promote healing and scab up. I may take it off and redo it later, that get is great stuff. It's not bleeding, throbbing or discolored in anyway, but what I had going on, I felt would have healed like a good stich job in 3 to 5 days.
So there you go, my finger is now on the mend, I'm going to take a break from the house, was planning on patching and drywalling the kitchen, but I think I need a few days. The wound will most definitely heal, but I don't need to be getting grit and debris in my wound as it's healing.