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[Entwood]

Debs .. good skills ... must have lost a decent amount of blood before that drive ...

A tad lucky they could re-attach after that time ..

 

[Debs.]

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Four operations to save it and a week in hospital with a subsequent infection: I still have the finger but it`s stiff and so I often catch/bang it when working; at such times and in cold weather, the 'pinky' becomes incredibly-painful and often turns blue.  

Are things likely to improve?

For me the worse part was trying to recover the finger from the bale-grab mechanism and then drive myself the 46 miles to the nearest hospital....having waited (fruitlessly and alone) over 60 minutes for a 'lost' ambulance......`sometimes rural-life sucks!

Yuk!
What were doing putting your finger in the bailing machine anyway? :-? As you obviously know, farming gear very rarely takes any prisioners. I bet you were just .......  

Sadly not; the accident happened a few years ago now and there`s been no change in the pain/mobility since the healing/physio. phase after the surgeries.

It wasn`t a baling machine, it was a 'bale-grab':a hydraulic scissor action forklift type attachment for squeezing/lifting plastic-wrapped silage bales....it was off the tractor and lying on the ground, I tried to reposition it slightly to align with the tractor`s front loading arm holes: the scissor grab toppled over and the scissor action lived upto it`s name and the moving arm passed over the metal bracket where my hand was....and severed the finger and part of the side of my palm and back of hand.
A rather Pythonesque spurting of arterial blood and then the pain hit like the hammers!  

I remember that I ran about the farmyard for several minutes.....before the legs went to jelly.  

[Jimbob]

My worst was losing the tip of my finger and nail on one of those giant rotary sanders in school woodwork.

Splattered some blood at high velocity all around the room, and managed to get one girl to faint  

[LJay]

ouch Debs! losing any part of my anatomy is a major fear of mine! can't believe you drove yourself to hospital!

As for ingrowing toe nails my dad removed his own with a pair of pliers!!!    
he also does his own dental repairs with araldite!!!!

[Andy B]

.... it was a 'bale-grab'.....it was off the tractor and lying on the ground, I tried to reposition it slightly to align with the tractor`s front loading arm holes: the scissor grab toppled over and the scissor action lived upto it`s name and the moving arm passed over the metal bracket where my hand was....and severed the finger and part of the side of my palm and back of hand.
A rather Pythonesque spurting of arterial blood and then the pain hit like the hammers!  ... ....

Argh! It sounds horrible! Yuk!!!!!!!!

[Darth Loo-knee]

That does sound painful.. but I had to laugh as it reminded me of Fawlty Towers  

[Big_Al]

Hope your alright Johnny Boy- get a few beers down yer neck -that ease any on coming pain!

On the subject of toes - Fella from Dublin goes to Doctors with a foot problem.  Dr. says whats the problem.

Fella says "Well Doc - me left big toe is where my right big toe should be And my right big toe is where the left one should be"

"I'm sure I have come across this before" says the Dr.

"Do you know what the problem is then Doc" asks the fella

To be sure says the Dr.


 " You've got MIXI ME TOESIS"

Hope that cheers you up Johnny Boy  


Coats ALREADY ON!

[Vamps]

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Four operations to save it and a week in hospital with a subsequent infection: I still have the finger but it`s stiff and so I often catch/bang it when working; at such times and in cold weather, the 'pinky' becomes incredibly-painful and often turns blue.  

Are things likely to improve?

For me the worse part was trying to recover the finger from the bale-grab mechanism and then drive myself the 46 miles to the nearest hospital....having waited (fruitlessly and alone) over 60 minutes for a 'lost' ambulance......`sometimes rural-life sucks!

Yuk!
What were doing putting your finger in the bailing machine anyway? :-? As you obviously know, farming gear very rarely takes any prisioners. I bet you were just .......  

Sadly not; the accident happened a few years ago now and there`s been no change in the pain/mobility since the healing/physio. phase after the surgeries.

It wasn`t a baling machine, it was a 'bale-grab':a hydraulic scissor action forklift type attachment for squeezing/lifting plastic-wrapped silage bales....it was off the tractor and lying on the ground, I tried to reposition it slightly to align with the tractor`s front loading arm holes: the scissor grab toppled over and the scissor action lived upto it`s name and the moving arm passed over the metal bracket where my hand was....and severed the finger and part of the side of my palm and back of hand.
A rather Pythonesque spurting of arterial blood and then the pain hit like the hammers!  

I remember that I ran about the farmyard for several minutes.....before the legs went to jelly.  

Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[johnnycboy]

v good big al

and yes yes get ya coat

[Debs.]

Hope your alright Johnny Boy- get a few beers down yer neck -that ease any on coming pain!

On the subject of toes - Fella from Dublin goes to Doctors with a foot problem.  Dr. says whats the problem.

Fella says "Well Doc - me left big toe is where my right big toe should be And my right big toe is where the left one should be"

"I'm sure I have come across this before" says the Dr.

"Do you know what the problem is then Doc" asks the fella

To be sure says the Dr.


 " You've got MIXI ME TOESIS"

Hope that cheers you up Johnny Boy  


Coats ALREADY ON!

Groan!

Big Al-------------->Cloakroom------------->Exit  

[Big_Al]

ALREADY GONE Debs !

Not one of my better ones  EH!

[Martin_1962]

Oh well time for some big toe advice.

It is possible to recover a knackered nail. You need the following tools.

Scapel (No11 is excellent) antisceptic, possible ibuprofen.

The ingrowing is caused by over trimmed nails, and the corners dig in.

you find that the edge of the nail is pointed and is carving up your toe.

This point MUST go.

Take painkillers, disinfect the blade (use a new one - not one after making 10 model aircraft), and disinfect your toe.

Wipe away any pus, possibly even use a salty water.

Now go for it, poke down the front for the pointy bit, use sharp edge up not down, and when you locate the point carve it off.

Apply more antisceptic.

Squeeze out rest of pus and rest.

Keep toe clean and disinfected and wait for nail to grow, if it starts to stick in, check for points, any there - carve off.

Takes about two weeks to do, but now my big toe nails are fine - but eat socks, I file them now, no risk from sissors or knives and cutting to close - generating a new pointy bit to rot my toe.

BUt my files are blunt from too much normal use so wet & dry will do

As to missing digits - I had a thumb removed at 9 months old, the other half is missing a tendon and looks horrible, right thumb is fine