I Fell Yesterday And Gashed My Wrist.... ........8(

“I was almost done with work yesterday when I lost my footing stepping up onto my table, and when I put my hand down to catch myself I gashed my wrist on a stack of metal plates we use.

I thought I got stuck with the sharp points they have, but it turned out to be gash up my wrist just below the hand. I immediatly grapsed the area and applied pressure, and when my second man and I looked at it...well, very little blood was there and you could see how deep it was. So I told the foreman I was going to the hospital, had someone wrap it up, and I drove myself there.

I got there about 2:30pm. Well, after they admitted me, I sat in a cubicle for more than 2 hours before they could work on me. I took 2 naps, and I remember telling one of the nurses that "I think it's healed by now." when she came in to check on me. I certainly got impatient, but from what I could hear, there were others that I knew needed help more than I.

During that time, I was asked questions whether I felt depressed, if I ever considered suicide, etc. Turns out, when they see "slashed" wrists, they have to assume all possibilities.

So anyway, when the time came, I watched the nurse clean out the wound, and dang, the thing was worse than I thought. The cut ended up being almost 2" and completely through the skin, and gulp, you could see down into my wrist. I was doing great watching the cleaning and all, but when it came to the doctor put stitches in me, I decided I didn't want to watch anymore. Well, that didn't help, I started getting nautious (sp?) anyway.

So afterwards when the nurse was wrapping up the wound, I was telling her about feeling sick, and then I noticed my skin on my arms was an ugly shade of green. She said it was typical, and just laughed.

I ended up having to get X-rays to see if any tendons were damaged, and fortunatly none were. And so I was released...just a few minutes after 6pm.

Fortunately, it was my left wrist...I'm right-handed. :P”

“Damn, buddur, your like there wasn't any tendon damage. I hope everything heals ok.”

“got pics?”

“Glad to hear it was just a flesh wound!! I cut a finger years ago and it took out a tendon and did a little bit of nerve damage near the fingertip. I'm glad it WAS my right hand, though... a numb fingertip on your fretting hand is Bad News. Nerve damage to the whole hand --- I don't even want to think about it!”

“gross, dude!”

“I can’t believe no one laid you on the ground and yelled, “This man needs medicinal marijuana right away!”! LOL! Glad ya made it through OK. The crack about it already healing was priceless!”

“bleeding is the key to faster service in the ER...

how many stitches? glad to hear there's no additional damage.”

“Calling an abulance (or am'ba'lance for city folks) is the key. They always get seen before walk ins.”

“Oh, it was bleeding by the time I got to the ER, believe me. It was me telling them it didn't hurt, just burned a little, that I believe made made me a lesser priority.

And good point Tilt, I never thought about that. And I get to jam with a bluegrass band that will be present tommorrow night at the Grange Jams.

I kept thinking I wished I had my camera when it was being cleaned. I did grab a few pics after I got home, though.”

“Kickass! Seeing bits of your own flesh that have never been exposed to light before KICKS ASS!”

“Did they give you some good pain meds?”

“Bleeding also helps to clean the wound, so I'm told. Puncture wounds and the like that don't bleed as much carry a higher risk of infection, supposedly, allegedly.”

“Glad you're okay.

I knew a guy who broke both wrists when thrown from a bull. Ended up with casts on both and said "it's when you have to take a pee that you find out who your real friends are."”

“4 hours without TT, that musta hurt.”

“I saw a movie where just the opposite happened to some gal.”

“Sounds like a lame cover-up story for a failed suicide attempt to me.”

“Yikes Buddur. I not normally squeamish, but the wrist and ankle are the body parts that make feel icky when thinking about cuts. (remember the sliced ankle in Pet Cemetary? that has hauted me forever!!)

Glad to hear your OK.

I've had a cut so deep once that it didn't hurt and you could see bone. It was on the skin "web" between the thumb and first finger. Very deep and pretty bloody. (Lesson: Use saftey knives when carving pumpkins, lol)”

“newly reported to a hospital ship in Vietnam. Scrubbing in surgery and someone threw me my first foot.”

“Did you hear about the guy who cut off his hand by accident. He went to a hand surgeon and asked him how much it would cost to put it back on. The doctor said $10,000. The man gasped. He said I can not afford that and left. Went to another doctor and aske him how much. The doctor said, " of don't worry about the money, you can pay me what you can afford, let fix you up first" The doctor stiched up in hand and carefully wrapped some bandages around it. The guy thanked him and said he will pay him as much as he can.

The guy went back to the first doctor and started to chastise him about the cost and the oath he swore to heal the sick. Then the guy made a quick motion with his two arms saying "up yours" ... and his hand went flying across the room.

You get what you pay for.”

“The cheapest hand job is not always the best handjob”

“Get the doggie to kiss it!”

“I was in a motorcycle accident one time where it peeled the flesh and fat back from the inside of my right leg, next to the knee, you could actually see the muscle, that was cool.

The broken arm sucked though.”

“Once I was running while picking my nose and fell. I broke my elbow and my finger came out through my eye.”

“So that’s how you got your tt name. I didn't know snake & human anatomies were compatible.”

“Of course they are. How else do you explain Montana and sheep?”

“WHERE'S THE PICS?

Hope it heals OK for ya bro.”

“No more medical threads unless you can post a close-up.”

“Well, there goes the gonorrhea thread.”

“Maybe I can talk the doc into taking pics of my back surgery next Wednesday?”

“hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Bloody Pumpkins.... sounds like a great opening sequence for a Halloween movie! <G>”

“Clutz”

“It's spelled 'klutz' bacon-ring breath.”

“Nurse passing by: "Ooooo! That looks BAAAAAD!"

Me, in a wheelchair, weilding a bloody foot and doing my best Barney Fiffe impersonation:
"Ah, it don't hurt!"

Nurse: "Don't worry... it will!"

LOL!


I paced the waiting room a couple years ago. I was slightly bent.
"And what's yer problem?" asks the triage lady.
"Appendesitis, methinks" says I.
"Pfffffft (rolls eyes)" reacts she. That was the reaction I got from the entire staff at my local ER. Appearantly, I wasn't exhibiting enough pain to be suffering from my self diagnosed ailment.

TWELVE FREAKING HOURS LATER(!) I gave birth to a baby bouncing appendix...”

“LOL!! Tilt, you're nuts. :-)”

“What about....

n e v e r m i n d .”

“Rule-of-thumb: Don't self-diagnose, it makes you look like a hypochondriac or a drug-seeker. Just play dumb, point, and say "It mother-#&%!$ing hurts right HERE!" If you have to play up the pain, do so.”

“Geez man, be careful! Hope it heals up quickly. Comfort yourself with thoughts of the excellant line-up at this years Bonnaroo. I wish so much that Birch's sister would move her wedding date so we could go! If we did we'd let you have the top bunk in the Westie. :) You gonna make it this year?”

“It's spelled 'klutz' bacon-ring breath."
Tilt

WOAH!!!!!

;-P”

“Hey, Lizs!

What chu doing?”

“hey gojo, check yer e-mail!
:-)”

“Dang dude! Glad to hear it was too serious.”

“Get better, buddur! Have buddurdog fetch ya a beer!”

“I've had so much beer tonight, I may have injured myself and won't find out until morning”

“Yur a strong lad! smokeit off I mean shake it off! Well anyway git better! Jer YO bear!”

“That sounds terrible Buddur. Hope you heal up fast.”

“Thanks for all the sympathy and whatnot, but I'll survive.

My Grandmother lost her leg once, but it grew back, so I think I should heal just fine.

The pics turned out fuzzy because I was holding the camera with one hand while holding up the other, and well, I guess I can't hold a camera very steady.”

“you guys crack me up!!!!

Snake Eyes, That was priceless, I'm just glad I wasn't eating anything when I read that post about picking your nose. The monitor and everything else would have been sprayed.”

“Nobdy really has talked about the most important part of this. Forget allthe blood and guts and stitches and stuff. I am so happy for you Buddur that is WAS your left hand. Thank Goodness that you can still can use your right hand for what you really need to use it for. Of course some of us have to use both hands. "I am, and remain, THE DODDER."”

“Got my stitches out today...the procedure took less that 5 min.

I got to the place 15min early to take care of the insane paperwork, and I still didn't get out of the doc's office until 40 min after I was supposed to be there. Almost a friggin' hour, dagnabbit!!!

I figured I'd be in-and-out, but noooooooo! I prolly should've anticipated it.”