On the 15 day DL

[Chad]

Yesterday at work I cut a dime sized chunk out of my thumb on my right hand. It's almost a 1/4'' deep and hit a few small arteries. They call it an avulsion. It was pretty nasty. Between the blood loss and the 100+ degree heat I fainted but only for a few moments. Anyways, the doc said to keep it away from water and moisture for a few weeks while it heals, so no soaking for awhile.  I also have to change the dressing twice a day. Kind of hard to do with one hand but luckily for me I have a neighbor who is a paramedic.  I can only imagine what would have happened if I wasn't wearing my heavy duty rubber gloves.

Just thought I'd let you all know that I'll be around a little more than usual. If that's even possible.

Chad

[tony]

Yesterday at work I cut a dime sized chunk out of my thumb on my right hand. It's almost a 1/4'' deep and hit a few small arteries. They call it an avulsion. It was pretty nasty. Between the blood loss and the 100+ degree heat I fainted but only for a few moments. Anyways, the doc said to keep it away from water and moisture for a few weeks while it heals, so no soaking for awhile.  I also have to change the dressing twice a day. Kind of hard to do with one hand but luckily for me I have a neighbor who is a paramedic.  I can only imagine what would have happened if I wasn't wearing my heavy duty rubber gloves.

Just thought I'd let you all know that I'll be around a little more than usual. If that's even possible.

Chad

I hate when that happens!  You can always soak with your hand over your head.

[autoplay]

If you don't mind me askin Chad,how did it happen?  Bout 2 years ago,I was cutting an L or a rectangle out of porcelain,and I went to snap out the rest of the piece after cuttin on wet saw. Well my finger caught an edge of the porcelain,sliced it like a razor blade.

I was a 1 hand wonder at work,for like 2 weeks lol.

I'm on a 2 week vac roughly as,my daughter is in town.

Still semi-slow here in Sarasota FL.

[Richs100]

Chad,

It's fortunate that your such a good one-handed typist.  You probably never thought that skill would come in so handy!  

Seriously, hope your not in too much pain.  Wrap that hand up in a ziplock and some duct tape and get out in that tub!

Rich

[Chad]

If you don't mind me askin Chad,how did it happen?  Bout 2 years ago,I was cutting an L or a rectangle out of porcelain,and I went to snap out the rest of the piece after cuttin on wet saw. Well my finger caught an edge of the porcelain,sliced it like a razor blade.

I was a 1 hand wonder at work,for like 2 weeks lol.

I'm on a 2 week vac roughly as,my daughter is in town.

Still semi-slow here in Sarasota FL.

We were working with an 18 x 18 porcelain tile set on a 45 and I was using my cutting board to score about a 4 inch triangle and then popping it with my hand. Usually works great and saves a lot of time going back and forth to the wet saw. Well one cut just wasn't wanting to pop, so I placed it on my mortar bucket and forcefully tried to snap it with my hand and with all my might it finally popped but not before taking part of my thumb with it. Duh!  We really need to slow down a bit and maybe find a better cuttin board for these types of tiles then an oversized Rubi.

[Chad]

I hate when that happens!  You can always soak with your hand over your head.

I'm finally gonna try and take a shower. Depending on how it goes I'll see about soakin.

[Chad]

Chad,

It's fortunate that your such a good one-handed typist.  You probably never thought that skill would come in so handy!  

Seriously, hope your not in too much pain.  Wrap that hand up in a ziplock and some duct tape and get out in that tub!

Rich

Thanks Rich. It only hurts when changing the dressing. Any scab that has formed on my exposed tissue gets stuck to the gauze and has to be removed twice a day. It doesn't feel very good. Hopefully some skin starts to form soon so this doesn't have to happen any more.

[ndabunka]

Neosporin (sp?) helps the wound heal about twice as fast as without anything.  Try it and you will be surprised.  Almost like a magical way to grow skin.

[Chad]

Neosporin (sp?) helps the wound heal about twice as fast as without anything.  Try it and you will be surprised.  Almost like a magical way to grow skin.

I've been using it, thanks for lookin out as usual.

[Bonibelle]

I bet if you had a wireless keyboard, you could type with your toes, Chad....
Seriously, Hope that thumb is starting to feel a bit better, I got chills when I read your post. I just had a decent hunk of skin cancer cut off my ear (enough to require a graph)
and the doctor told me not to let it form a scab, instead to do like Ndabunka said and keep it greasy. I use polysporin, but I am sure neosporin is just as effective.  

Take care,
Boni

[bohms]

That's funny Boni.....I also use polysporin or bacatracin.....for some reason my mom was always ANTI-neosporin....I think it has something in it that the other two don't?  Not quite sure of the reason....never really asked!!   :-/

[Spatech_tuo]

and the doctor told me not to let it form a scab, instead to do like Ndabunka said and keep it greasy. I use polysporin, but I am sure neosporin is just as effective.  

Take care,
Boni

Same here when I got a bad cut last year but after changing the bandage a couple times I got smart and combined the two. I used a very small amount of Neosporin on the bandage, just enough so it left a film between the bandage and my wound. This still allowed my wound to get air but the film of Neosporin stopped the wound from sticking to the bandage as it began to heal and scab over

[Chad]

Thanks for the advice guys. I'm gonna start changing the dressing 3 x a day instead of 2 in hopes of keeping the avulsion greasy. It's been 48 hours since the accident and the dressings are finally starting to come off a little easier. Hopefully I'll be able to go back to work on light duty by Monday.

[Chad]

Still semi-slow here in Sarasota FL.

We finally picked up the past month or so. This is our slowest year in the six years I've been doing tile/stone. We've brought in more revenue this past month than we did in the previous 4. I hope things stay up here and get up for you soon. Maybe after the election......

[anne]

I dont know if it is available OTC, but Silver Sulfadiazine is the BEST topical for wounds! Ugh. I just checked, and it is Rx only.

Here's to a quick recovery!!! And to tubbing with a bag on your hand!!!!