My Afternoon .....From Bad To Worse

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Ouchie!!!

Have you taken some aspirin or something? If it were me, and I didn't take anything, I know the throbbing would keep me awake all night.



Oh great.....now I hope you don't read this until tomorrow so just the suggestion of not being able to sleep keeps you awake!



Doh! I think I should just shut-up now.



Oh, one time when I was young, I got a slight burn on one of my fingers. We were "Up North" camping and didn't have any ice to put on it so when it started throbbing in the middle of the night, I got up and got a cold jam of jar out of the fridge and held onto that all night long. It worked.

[Kfamr]

.....cold jam of jar...

Sorry, I'm easily amused tonight... hehehehe...

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Sorry, I'm easily amused tonight... hehehehe...

Oops. heehee...

[Barbara]

It hurts from just reading it

But I agree- as usual on PT the discussion goes away from the tragic to the fun

[ramanth]

Opposable thumbs.... a blessing and a curse.

Owwwiee! I sympathise. *hugs*

[RICHARD]

ready?

I smashed my toe and the nail went black.

I went to the doctor and he brings out a box, while explaining that they USED to have a drill to drill thru the nail to release the blood that collects under the skin.


He places an alcohol lamp, a paper clip, a pair of hemostats (locking scissors/tweezers) and a pack of matches on the bed where I am sitting.

WTF????

He bends the paperclip straight, puts it in the hemostats.
Puts that down and lights the lamp with the matches.
He heats the paperclip in the flame and assures me that the burning will not
hurt..

I lay back and he puts the clip thru the nail...I see a wisp, and smell it a second later, of burning nail.....


Whew!
That didn't hurt one bit!!

He then takes my toe in his ands and squeezed the blood out the little hole.


The imprints of my hand are probably still imprinted on that Exam Table...

So it worse comes to worse...

Don't try this at home.....Let a professional hurt you!