So Ive Just Been To A&E...

[Dynasty]

With a smashed middle finger.

Bear with me, it gets interesting.

I smashed my right middle finger in the front door yesterday afternoon, one of those firedoors because its student accomodation, the kind that closes slowly and then slams itself shut thanks to the spring. Well my finger got caught, no idea why i put it in that position on the door, my mind was fixated on my phone.

So that ***king hurt, the whole nail went purple and throbbed insanely all night, so I had no sleep, and the ice and ibuprofen did pretty much nothing, and I could watch it swelling and pounding with each of my heartbeats.

Wake up this morning, and my finger has 1/4 in size and the nail is risen up due to the blood pressure.

Off to A&E, screw being macho.

Xray revealed no breaks. Thank god.

The nurse got out this...portable soldering iron thing, which was powered by 2 AA batteries and had changeable heads with different thickness of bent wiring.

It lights up all golden, and she punctures into my finger nail and blood comes squirting out into the bandaid cloths she has, it was so sick yet cool at the same time. It didnt hurt, and the pressure relief was instant, I let out a huge sigh and eventually went light-headed as I do around needles, after it stopped bleeding I got wrapped up and now have the worlds biggest gause middle finger, making it hard to type. Guess my Diss will have to wait a day.

So yeah. Top Gear Top Tip, dont get your finger(s) slammed in a door.

The only thing I cant be arsed to have happen is losing my nail. Ive lost 2 in the past year already and it doesnt grow back quite the right way each time.

Another story for the bar.

 

[CptStern]

The nurse got out this...portable soldering iron thing, which was powered by 2 AA batteries and had changeable heads with different thickness of bent wiring.

It lights up all golden, and she punctures into my finger nail and blood comes squirting out into the bandaid cloths she has, it was so sick yet cool at the same time. It didnt hurt, and the pressure relief was instant

I could have saved you a trip to ...the A&E? you went to a tv station? anways I could have told you what to do since it happened to me. Heat a paper clip with a lighter till red hot and push through your fingernail ..would have saved you a world of pain, because that shit is painful

 

[Lucid]

Real life drama indeed.

 

[CyberPitz]

I could have saved you a trip to ...the A&E? you went to a tv station? anways I could have told you what to do since it happened to me. Heat a paper clip with a lighter till red hot and push through your fingernail ..would have saved you a world of pain, because that shit is painful

holy shit OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

 

[CptStern]

it's actually a relief when it's done as it alieviates the pressure which is the cause of the pain. seriously I can see now that the chinese must be the most effective tortorers of all time ..that bamboo shoots stuck in the fingernails must be the most painful thing ever

 

[MJ12]

Yeah, Asians are dicks like that.

 

[CyberPitz]

it's actually a relief when it's done as it alieviates the pressure which is the cause of the pain. seriously I can see now that the chinese must be the most effective tortorers of all time ..that bamboo shoots stuck in the fingernails must be the most painful thing ever

I, for some reason, have this big problem with pain induced around fingernails.

Nails bent backwards
Nails scraping on the floor/wall/etc
PUSHING SHIT THROUGH NAILS

I don't know why, but I always feel unpleasant when I imagine it.

 

[CptStern]

a few weeks after my finger nail was punctured it fell off ..not having a fingernail was really painful for a few weeks while the nail grew back and was exposed

 

[Dynasty]

Mr Google did tell me to heat a paper clip and stab myself, but to be honest I didnt have the balls to do it. Plus, I was shit scared of infection, even though I knew the end of the clip wouldve been made sterile.

And yeah I went to A&E.

A&E is Accident and Emergency. Its the British way, therefore the right way, of saying it. I actually went into the normal hospital reception first and she directed me to A&E. And I honestly thought 'A&E for a bruised/smashed finger? Bit extreme'.

Ive lost my index finger nail before due to infecetion in the 'moon' part of it, but it grew underneath at the same time so it wasnt that exposed and didnt hurt at all after the nail finally came off with a bit of help by me.

 

[Tyguy]

screw that, A&E is an interesting television station. You British people make me sick with your perfect English and your jolliness.

Fact: All British people are jolly

Why can't you be more like us (Americans) and **** your country up? Get with the times...

 

[CptStern]

Mr Google did tell me to heat a paper clip and stab myself, but to be honest I didnt have the balls to do it. Plus, I was shit scared of infection, even though I knew the end of the clip wouldve been made sterile.

ya I know, my dad offered to do it for me (with the method I described) but I was too chickenshit and went to Emergency instead ....3 hours later the doctor did the exact same thing except he used a bunsen burner rather than a lighter ..I should have allowed my dad to do it

 

[CyberPitz]

OK, **** this thread. I'm cringing at the thought of paper clips going through fingernails. lol

 

[CptStern]

I kept my fingernail for awhile after it fell off ...it got all gnarly and twisted after awhile ..also the hole where the paperclip went through was still there

 

[Dynasty]

Pitz I literally didnt feel a thing. She asked me if I felt that, which I didnt. The anticipation hurt more.

I only knew it was done when I felt a liquid trickle down the sides of my thumb, and then I looked at it and it was oozing blood.

 

[Mellish]

I once split my pinky in half 'cause of those damn doors. I now have a deformed pinky for the rest of my life.