I gashed my knuckle

Gary O' said:
@Don M.
We may be brothers from another mother

There isn't a day my, onion paper thin Irish skin, hands aren't bleeding.

Another reason I keep a bit of whiskey nearby

This one was a bit over the top, but got the bleeding stopped, and went back to work in a few minutes;

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But, normally, just some scrapes;

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Stiches.....pffft

I'd live at the ER
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This is our age more than anything else---i get daily ones too, despite applying lotion morning and night, and to hands more often as they are the main victims. Don't even have to bump against something sharp-edged, smooth rounded things bumping my skin can cause breaks. It's been worse the last two years or so. Generally just wash and disinfect. Bandaid or bandage for a day or so if likely to reinjure before healing.

Part of why i wear gloves when splitting and stacking firewood. The ones i use give me a better grip while lessening the threat to my skin.
 
debodun said:
Went to another emergency clinic. Never saw an actual doctor, just a nurse practitioner. She ordered x-ray only because she said it would give her tme to figure out what to do. WHAT TO DO????? I'd think a laceration was a pretty common thing to treat. I was there three hours - all that for a Tdap shot and one stitch!

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That's some kind of swelling. Heal up fast.
 

debodun said:
I think Pepper's suggestion (#15) is a bit overboard.
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Do you have a trackpad on your computer. If so, it may be easier to use. I find it frustrating though, because I can't operate it as easilly.

As for Pepper, some of us like to "operate" on ourselves. I once removed a cyst the size of a super ball (they are little-ish) from my back. I watched videos on how to do it on youtube. Success! My doctor was appalled though, when I saw him for a check up. He was not happy when I asked him for a few disposable scalpels, in case I needed one. He said no, and made me promise not to operate on myself again.

This, even though I successfully removed the cyst and it hasn't come back in 5 years. I followed the direction on youtube, and it worked. Yay me!
 
debodun said:
My take-home instructions were to wash it once a day with mild soap and PAT dry adn put a dab of antibiotic ointment on it. Cover with a bandaid. Like someone said - it's in a difficult place - always bending, so a bandaid doesn't stay well there.
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Is the bandaid placed between your fingers and over the gash? There are Bandaids that stretch, so if you don't have them, you may want to buy some. Or better yet, ask the pharmacist for advice. Because the Bandaid is not working well, and it seems to me that by now, someone should have thought up an idea that will keep it on.
 
win231 said:
A cat bite is more serious because they have many strains of bacteria in their mouth (like all carnivores) & their sharp teeth go deep into the wound & transfer the bacteria much further into tissue.
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No kidding. A cat bite or even a dog bite calls for a trip to the ER. I know someone who went directly to the ER after a dog bite, and she had to stay in the hospital for 3 days. This was a couple of years ago.

If a dog nips me and doesn't break the skin, or it is a tiny broken spot, I take care of it myself. But I watch closely for adverse changes to the wound, especially for red streaks coming from it or other signs of infection.

The dogs who have been members of my family have not bitten me. Well, Aidan did once. He saw a cat in my mother's yard. He instantly went for it, like he was in a frenzy. He was on his leash and wearing his harness for dogs that are very strong and have high prey drives. I grabbed the handle of the harness and he turned around and bit me. He must have had a lot of bite-control because he didn't break the skin. He didn't get the cat, and we all lived happily ever after. I taught him the "gentle" command when he was a puppy, so when he puts his teeth on me, he doesn't bear down at all. This means we can play practical jokes when friends come over -- the kind that make them think he is going to injure me, when all the while, his teeth are resting lightly on my skin. He likes doing that for an audience, and he growls mightily while doing it (but not the rest of the time - we are just playing).

I've had sepsis twice. The first time, I didn't want to go to the ER, but when my husband convinced me to go, the doc told me I had 2 hours before the sepsis led to my death. So I'm glad my husband overcame my resistance. The second time, I knew better. Both times, I had to go the ER for IV antibiotics for several days in a row.

With sepsis the red line gets longer. It went from my hand nearly to my shoulder. If it had kept going, poof, no more me.

Both times started on my hands. I use them so much, that I've had a lifetime of getting little nicks. I have never been able to use a rake or a broom without getting bad blisters on my hands from it. Anyway, I do a lot that sometimes causes injury. But these two sepsis problems made me more aware of what could go wrong, and to watch for it.
 
Gary O' said:
I does hurt to see good whiskey being poured on a cut
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Yeah, I was thinking I'd have to buy something other than Jameson, cuz I would never waste it on a cut. I don't get as bloody as you do. That first photo had me aghast.

I think I read in books that they used the whiskey pouring on wounds thing during the Civil War. I'm pretty sure that's how I heard about it. It was supposedly very painful, so I'm not gonna try it.
 
Pepper said:
Sepsis is in the news right now what with Bill Clinton currently hospitalized for it.
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I posted about my Sepsis adventure from an incomplete root canal 3 yrs ago. Luckily, my 2nd dentist who completed the root canal told me to get to the ER when I told him I had trouble standing & walking.
I already suspected Bill Clinton had Sepsis when I heard, "Hospitalized for a UTI." A UTI is treated with IV antibiotics but the patient is usually not hospitalized unless the infection spreads & becomes Sepsis. I was treated for a UTI 20 years ago. I was sent home after 2 IV's & was fine the next day.
 
Gary O' said:
@Don M.
We may be brothers from another mother

There isn't a day my, onion paper thin Irish skin, hands aren't bleeding.

Another reason I keep a bit of whiskey nearby

This one was a bit over the top, but got the bleeding stopped, and went back to work in a few minutes;

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But, normally, just some scrapes;

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Stiches.....pffft

I'd live at the ER
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Stop eating those damned onions!🥺
 
debodun said:
Got the stitch out today, but that knuckle is still very sore on opening and closing that hand. The doctor gave me a squeeze ball and told me to do hand exercises and to return in 6 weeks. If it's still sore and stiff, I may have to have PT.
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Glad you got the stitch out and bet it is sore. The squeeze ball does help. Hope it feels better soon.
 
I'm glad to see your update on your hand, Deb.
That surely must have been making things more difficult, that you've been trying to get done.
 
Know about the onion skin as we get old. I had to go to a PA_C (Physician Assistant certified). to get my arm fixed this past spring where I scraped it on the screen door when I was going out.

She said I can't use stitches as your skin is so fragile so I'll just have to use Ster-strips. She also told me to never use band-aids again as that tears the skin. Now I use quick-release gauze pads with paper tape that she gave me.

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Went for my follow-up this morning. The doctor said he didn't think it was a serious injury since I have movement in the finger. I said when I broke my leg it took 6 weeks to set and it's been 6 weeks since the hand injury and it's still quiet painful in certain movements. He replied that an injury like mine may take MONTHS to heal!
 

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