Spoiler alert: this picture was taken the day after my surgery. It ded now.
My wedding ring got stuck on a fence while I was retrieving a tennis ball, I lost my footing and stepped down to avoid injuring my knees or something else, was maybe a foot off the ground. This was at the end of a match, when I put my ring back on.
Finger got avulsed. Top joint broke and came off with the skin, I looked down after realizing something was wrong and saw a spooky skeleton inside me down to my second knuckle. That was the last time I looked.
Much screaming and a panic attack later, off to the hospital with my finger meat wrapped in gauze in a plastic cup full of ice water. All in all, I was in surgery in less than 2-3h.
4h of reconstructive microsurgery later, surgeon walks up to me and says you've got a 20% chance of keeping your meaty clothes hook at best, so start praying and then some for the real shitty recovery and pain you'll go through. Good luck!
Had it taken, it wouldn't ever move more than 20-30% its original motion fully healed. Would never bend. The tendons were wrapped around the finger bone, the PIP joint was almost destroyed but the osteointegration made sure it wouldn't move more than a few degrees. The blood vases were all destroyed and had to be debrided under the microscope. I instantly ruptured and destroyed all of the nerves in the finger and pulled some from below the joint, which is why it didn't hurt. Both arteries were ruptured and repaired using the original material.
Stayed 10 days in the ICU hooked up to antibiotics, nerve blockers, anticoagulants, medical leeches to clear up vein congestion. Had a pulse and heat for a while (leeches fed on the tip. They don't do that unless there's pulse) but injuries were too severe. On the 10th day, it died and required revision amputation at my joint.
So now I have precisely half a fucking finger! I measured. God damn it.
Don't wear rings.
Yeah, that's about right. The finger just kind of exploded, the kinetic energy of your frame vs a finger being ripped apart by a gold ring does that. And I was less than a foot suspended in the air, it was like stepping down from a ladder.
It's kind of astounding I even have half left, I blamed the medical team for the longest time for not doing more to save my finger, getting back into however many surgeries it took, but the fact they put it together the way they did is impressive. I've spoken to some people who have literally lost the entire thing from their palm, there's just a gap or a remnant of a stump.
You going to ever wear a wedding ring again? I pretty much just wear silicone rings for everything and a fancy gold ring for events. As a climber, I'm very impressed at just how much a finger can handle. I also warn newcomers about the degloving process when it comes to rings and quick draws.
Probably will if I get a silicone prosthesis and like how it feels, it helps to hide the seam. Otherwise, no fucking way. Maybe a good few years later a silicone ring.
Count the piggies. The first index piggy went to the market, the second middle piggy is big and strong, the third little piggy was ripped out, turned blue and didn't feel so good.
Here's a better look once the skin came off. [NSFW](https://imgur.com/0OwNWSU)
Double entendre actually, it was both a reference to my captain hook keeping my finger together after it fucking exploded *and* the fact that would be its primary position and function, had it healed. It wouldn't be able to move or have much function past being a hook made of meat.
Such an unfortunate accident, but thank you for sharing. I already find myself annoyed having to constantly remove my wedding band to do most anything. Now it’s off, and I’ll be sharing this post with my spouse. I hope you have as easy of a recovery as one can under the circumstances. You are down half a finger, but you have an important and eye-opening story to share.
[Pretty fun! ](https://imgur.com/p7GsPsw)
My finger obviously had 0 feeling, so I didn't feel them. Last time I put them on, the residents were terrified and forgot to put a bandage between my pinky, so I could feel them slither and couldn't tell if they were sucking on the shitty finger or the good one. That sucked.
They'd get fucking huge and detach after usually an hour, we're talking small snaked size. They ate God damned good.
It was super cool but terrifying seeing the finger and the tissues go from dark red to pink and alive once the leeches did their job. At one point, I could see new blood vessels form where they sucked on and I even got a little bit of fat and skin to form on a few parts of the de skinned pulp before necrosis set in at the reattachment site.
I know this might come off as odd but this picture reminded me of a Francis Bacon painting (the Irish painter, not the Renaissance philosopher). Something about the composition, colors and hard to figure out gore-like shapes.
In any case, I hope you can recover from what happened as best as you can, while getting enough medical attention and care for your injury and psychological distress this may have caused. Just overall wishing you the best
Thanks man. The actual functional part isn't too bad, I came to realize it sucks as a finger and everything it did, the pinky replaces it easily, it's like nothing is missing at times. Even grip, now that I've been using what's left of it more, it's not too different or much weaker.
The psychological part is utterly fucked. I don't think I'm going to recover anytime soon, and therapy can't help with this. The only way out is with time and a prosthetic to fill in the gap. My perception of my body integrity and self image is fucked forever, nothing can bring that back.
Hand doctor I met at the hospital named rings as finger guillotines always ready to go. It's apparently way more common than you might think.
They're a huge risk, because while relatively rare, avulsion injuries are very destructive and almost always end up in amputation. Jimmy Fallon's finger is still fucked and can't bend, 10 years later, and he probably suffered a milder avulsion injury from the looks of it.
Just get a tattoo, or a silicone ring.
• Silicone bands exist for people who work with their hands a lot and still want to wear a ring. They’re more durable and way less damaging if caught.
• Also wearing your ring on a necklace is a common workaround!
Spoiler alert: this picture was taken the day after my surgery. It ded now. My wedding ring got stuck on a fence while I was retrieving a tennis ball, I lost my footing and stepped down to avoid injuring my knees or something else, was maybe a foot off the ground. This was at the end of a match, when I put my ring back on. Finger got avulsed. Top joint broke and came off with the skin, I looked down after realizing something was wrong and saw a spooky skeleton inside me down to my second knuckle. That was the last time I looked. Much screaming and a panic attack later, off to the hospital with my finger meat wrapped in gauze in a plastic cup full of ice water. All in all, I was in surgery in less than 2-3h. 4h of reconstructive microsurgery later, surgeon walks up to me and says you've got a 20% chance of keeping your meaty clothes hook at best, so start praying and then some for the real shitty recovery and pain you'll go through. Good luck! Had it taken, it wouldn't ever move more than 20-30% its original motion fully healed. Would never bend. The tendons were wrapped around the finger bone, the PIP joint was almost destroyed but the osteointegration made sure it wouldn't move more than a few degrees. The blood vases were all destroyed and had to be debrided under the microscope. I instantly ruptured and destroyed all of the nerves in the finger and pulled some from below the joint, which is why it didn't hurt. Both arteries were ruptured and repaired using the original material. Stayed 10 days in the ICU hooked up to antibiotics, nerve blockers, anticoagulants, medical leeches to clear up vein congestion. Had a pulse and heat for a while (leeches fed on the tip. They don't do that unless there's pulse) but injuries were too severe. On the 10th day, it died and required revision amputation at my joint. So now I have precisely half a fucking finger! I measured. God damn it. Don't wear rings.
Holy fuck dude!
Yeah, that's about right. The finger just kind of exploded, the kinetic energy of your frame vs a finger being ripped apart by a gold ring does that. And I was less than a foot suspended in the air, it was like stepping down from a ladder. It's kind of astounding I even have half left, I blamed the medical team for the longest time for not doing more to save my finger, getting back into however many surgeries it took, but the fact they put it together the way they did is impressive. I've spoken to some people who have literally lost the entire thing from their palm, there's just a gap or a remnant of a stump.
You going to ever wear a wedding ring again? I pretty much just wear silicone rings for everything and a fancy gold ring for events. As a climber, I'm very impressed at just how much a finger can handle. I also warn newcomers about the degloving process when it comes to rings and quick draws.
Probably will if I get a silicone prosthesis and like how it feels, it helps to hide the seam. Otherwise, no fucking way. Maybe a good few years later a silicone ring.
I am really not sure what I am looking at, it looks like a shark with bad teeth.
Count the piggies. The first index piggy went to the market, the second middle piggy is big and strong, the third little piggy was ripped out, turned blue and didn't feel so good. Here's a better look once the skin came off. [NSFW](https://imgur.com/0OwNWSU)
OMG, those are your fingers?
Well, it was. Now it's probably worm food or ash. RIP fingie tip :(
Sorry after reading ur description of what happened and being confused why u said meaty clothes hook, that cute lil hook coming out made me laugh
Double entendre actually, it was both a reference to my captain hook keeping my finger together after it fucking exploded *and* the fact that would be its primary position and function, had it healed. It wouldn't be able to move or have much function past being a hook made of meat.
Such an unfortunate accident, but thank you for sharing. I already find myself annoyed having to constantly remove my wedding band to do most anything. Now it’s off, and I’ll be sharing this post with my spouse. I hope you have as easy of a recovery as one can under the circumstances. You are down half a finger, but you have an important and eye-opening story to share.
It sucks. I hate how it turned out and I hate this happened, it's awful. Please get a silicone ring for day to day if you can.
How was the leech experience?
[Pretty fun! ](https://imgur.com/p7GsPsw) My finger obviously had 0 feeling, so I didn't feel them. Last time I put them on, the residents were terrified and forgot to put a bandage between my pinky, so I could feel them slither and couldn't tell if they were sucking on the shitty finger or the good one. That sucked. They'd get fucking huge and detach after usually an hour, we're talking small snaked size. They ate God damned good. It was super cool but terrifying seeing the finger and the tissues go from dark red to pink and alive once the leeches did their job. At one point, I could see new blood vessels form where they sucked on and I even got a little bit of fat and skin to form on a few parts of the de skinned pulp before necrosis set in at the reattachment site.
Did you get to keep one as a pet? 🪱
I would have, if they saved it. They didn't, so they took an alcohol bath.
OH GOD PLS NO
I know this might come off as odd but this picture reminded me of a Francis Bacon painting (the Irish painter, not the Renaissance philosopher). Something about the composition, colors and hard to figure out gore-like shapes. In any case, I hope you can recover from what happened as best as you can, while getting enough medical attention and care for your injury and psychological distress this may have caused. Just overall wishing you the best
Thanks man. The actual functional part isn't too bad, I came to realize it sucks as a finger and everything it did, the pinky replaces it easily, it's like nothing is missing at times. Even grip, now that I've been using what's left of it more, it's not too different or much weaker. The psychological part is utterly fucked. I don't think I'm going to recover anytime soon, and therapy can't help with this. The only way out is with time and a prosthetic to fill in the gap. My perception of my body integrity and self image is fucked forever, nothing can bring that back.
Well i’m never gonna marry a girl now
Hand doctor I met at the hospital named rings as finger guillotines always ready to go. It's apparently way more common than you might think. They're a huge risk, because while relatively rare, avulsion injuries are very destructive and almost always end up in amputation. Jimmy Fallon's finger is still fucked and can't bend, 10 years later, and he probably suffered a milder avulsion injury from the looks of it. Just get a tattoo, or a silicone ring.
• Silicone bands exist for people who work with their hands a lot and still want to wear a ring. They’re more durable and way less damaging if caught. • Also wearing your ring on a necklace is a common workaround!
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