Ouch! Dislocated finger

[Krupski]

Hi all,

I guess I'm a danger to myself. Spent another night in the ER. I dislocated my left hand middle finger and had to get it popped back into place. Not fun.



The images left to right are "hand flat", "hand partially turned", "hand side view".

The "after" X-Rrays look normal, so no point posting those.

Oh well.....

[O.S.O.K.]

OK. Who did you flip off that then grabbed your finger and twisted it? Or did you try left hand and fumble?

Sorry, this is just too much of a "fill in the caption" type opportunity.

ETA - thought of another one... being a keyboard comando can be rough, hey Roger?

[mriddick]

You seem very accident prone, does you wife have alot of insurance out on you

[tank_monkey]

Krupski lost use of his MIDDLE finger?!?!?! Why, he won't be able to communicate at all then!

[old Grump]

Oh no, the booger picker finger. This is going to be awkward having to break in a new finger after getting that one trained and your nostrils adapted to fit it.

[Krupski]

OK. Who did you flip off that then grabbed your finger and twisted it? Or did you try left hand and fumble?

Sorry, this is just too much of a "fill in the caption" type opportunity.

ETA - thought of another one... being a keyboard comando can be rough, hey Roger?

I tried to take 'em all on at once... but I'm not as young as I used to be.

Seriously, I was running up a flight of stairs in slippers and the slipper....um... slipped. I came down on my knees and jammed my left hand middle finger into a stair. Strangely, it didn't hurt, but it looked weird and I couldn't bend it.

Here's how it looked before being I went to the hospital:



Now it's straight again (and I can bend it). It's in a splint though... I'm not supposed to bend it for a few days. It's hard to type with a bum finger!

[Krupski]

You seem very accident prone, does you wife have alot of insurance out on you

I always seem to hurt myself around the holidays... finger before Christmas... burned on Valentine's day... maybe I should stay in bed all winter?

[Krupski]

Krupski lost use of his MIDDLE finger?!?!?! Why, he won't be able to communicate at all then!

Just not in stereo. I've still got the right channel (and the subwoofer) yuk yuk..

[Krupski]

Oh no, the booger picker finger. This is going to be awkward having to break in a new finger after getting that one trained and your nostrils adapted to fit it.

My booger picker is my left pinky. Pick 'em, lick 'em, flick 'em and stick 'em!

[Krupski]

bet that felt good when it quit hurtin

Felt great when the lidocaine went in... pain-be-gone. Now it's worn off and pain-be-back.

[Richard Simmons]

Hope it gets to feeling better soon. At our age you need to start slowing down.

Last time I ran up a flight of stairs was right after my wife yelled, "Damn it, I just spilled baby oil everywhere".

[slamfire51]

Hope it gets to feeling better soon. At our age you need to start slowing down.

Last time I ran up a flight of stairs was right after my wife yelled, "Damn it, I just spilled baby oil everywhere".

Oil wrestling at your age...tsk tsk.....

[coppertales]

slammed her knees together on it I see..................................chris3

[Mark Ducati]

You got it all wrong, I believe the expression is "I'm gonna break my foot off in your arse."... not a finger?


Hahahaha, J/K... looks very painful. I've heard of guys just taking the other hand and pulling it back out into position. I don't think I'd could have done it myself.

[Richard Simmons]

I've heard of guys just taking the other hand and pulling it back out into position. I don't think I'd could have done it myself.

Pulled my shoulder back into the socket one time after I dislocated it on a roofing job. Probably wasn't the best thing to do but a finger should be a lot easier by comparison.

[El Laton Caliente]

Tell the truth Roger, you flipped off the wife and she saw it...

[Krupski]

Hope it gets to feeling better soon. At our age you need to start slowing down.

Last time I ran up a flight of stairs was right after my wife yelled, "Damn it, I just spilled baby oil everywhere".

I'll bet it was worth it though...

[Krupski]

Pulled my shoulder back into the socket one time after I dislocated it on a roofing job. Probably wasn't the best thing to do but a finger should be a lot easier by comparison.

The finger is already better. The joint is bruised a little and swollen (can't fully bend the finger yet) but it's getting a lot better.

It feels a little creepy to look at that x-ray and see the bone so out of place... yuch!

[Krupski]

Tell the truth Roger, you flipped off the wife and she saw it...

[Krupski]

You got it all wrong, I believe the expression is "I'm gonna break my foot off in your arse."... not a finger?


Hahahaha, J/K... looks very painful. I've heard of guys just taking the other hand and pulling it back out into position. I don't think I'd could have done it myself.

The doctor tried to pull it back into place by hand as hard as he dared... it wouldn't go, so he got a 10CC syringe of Lidocaine and injected some into the base (webbing) of the finger, on each side... 5 CC in all. There was a little bulge of lidocaine under the skin!

When it "soaked in", 3 fingers were stone numb (one on each side of the dislocated finger). Then he pulled outward and simultaneously pushed down on the bone. I heard it "pop" into place and the finger instantly felt "looser" (it was "locked up" before).

Then he put on a splint and home I went. Not really a big deal.