Sitting in the emergency room right now (Yet another update with more pics!)

[HumblePie]

You could have done the skin graft yourself. Just take the chunk of skin you cut off and stick it back into place. Wrap a couple band-aids around it and your done. You would have saved a lot of time and money.

Because self doctoring always works out right?

 

[BoomerD]

You could have done the skin graft yourself. Just take the chunk of skin you cut off and stick it back into place. Wrap a couple band-aids around it and your done. You would have saved a lot of time and money.

It'd take quite a bit of Crazy Glue (gel works better) to keep the piece in place so it'd heal right.

 

[moshquerade]

holy shiat, that was some sharp knife!

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Damn!!!!!!!!!! That's a nasty cut! Hope the nerves don't bother you once it's all patched up. About 4 years ago I did something very similar - cut a 1/4" of my thumb off when dicing tomatoes. Frickin thing bled like you wouldn't beleive. Actually, you MIGHT beleive it given your recent injury.

Props for the pics. As a former shock trauma tech (now an EMT-intermediate certification), I am always a sucker for good injury pics/stories. Provided the person depicted actually survived, of course. I'm not THAT messed up.

 

[dfuze]

Because self doctoring always works out right?

It works on tv...

How is the pain when you take your meds? Do they do much at all?

 

[Sea Moose]

its not that bad

 

[rivan]

It works on tv...

"Just rub some dirt on it, you'll be fine."

 

[HumblePie]

It works on tv...

How is the pain when you take your meds? Do they do much at all?

slightly dull the pain. Mostly just make me sleepy.

 

[dfuze]

"Just rub some dirt on it, you'll be fine."

Or you could go with "Let the dog lick it"

 

[Elias824]

Rub some maggots in the wound then walk it off, I swear it will be fine.

 

[endlessmike]

I did almost the same thing with an X-acto knife once. Up late working on a model for an architecture final, was tired and punchy, not being careful; the blade was either dull or got caught on something on my mat and skipped out of the foamcore I was cutting, across the tip of my right index finger that was holding the board down.

I cut off from the middle of the tip of my finger, down the same side as you to about where the edge of the nail meets the cuticle. It really stung, so for some reason I started flailing my hand around... that project ended up looking like a crime scene.

Aside from that part of the nail nothing else was fully cut off, so 5 stitches and some fun medicine were all I got. Had I looked down and seen skeleton fingers sticking out, I probably would have passed out.

 

[Krazy4Real]

Ouch. That sucks that it took so damn long to get the gauze off. I hope everything goes smoothly Thursday.

 

[Zargon]

holy crap!!!

 

[Daishiki]

I'd think I'd find a nice wheelie bin for that stupid cat.

I had to hold in my laughter at work when I read that.

 

[HumblePie]

So I have more pics now that I got my skin graft yesterday.

I don't want to peel off the bandage for the finger that grafted though. Not yet at least. I will say this though. The finger after the skin graft hurts worse than before. Once the block wore off, the pain was and is excruciating. I complained about the vicodin not being enough when I was at surgery and that it was also making me sick. Which it was. So I get prescribed Darvocet without realizing that it's weaker than Vicodin. Argh. I'm thoroughly pissed at this doctor now.

 

[BoomerD]

So I have more pics now that I got my skin graft yesterday.

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I don't want to peel off the bandage for the finger that grafted though. Not yet at least. I will say this though. The finger after the skin graft hurts worse than before. Once the block wore off, the pain was and is excruciating. I complained about the vicodin not being enough when I was at surgery and that it was also making me sick. Which it was. So I get prescribed Darvocet without realizing that it's weaker than Vicodin. Argh. I'm thoroughly pissed at this doctor now.

I'd be pissed as well. Darvocet isn't much stronger than the tylenol it's based on. IMO, it's totally worthless for pain. Call back and ask for something stronger...Percodan/percocet or Oxycontin.