Bah

[digitaldiscipline]

May have broken my fucking hand. Off to "urgent care." Bringing a book. This is not how I wanted to spend my afternoon.

ETA: How - drill bit caught in wood and locked, drill spun before I could let go, and something went "pop" in the metacarpal region of the pinkie/ring finger side of my hand. Minimal swelling, more or less full ROM, but it hurts, and I can feel something shift around when I open/close/squeeze.

Hoping it's a splint fix, not a cast. Of course, it's my right hand - you know, the one I use to write, mouse, and shift. *argh*

I guess I'll have to do nothing but cardio again if I get my paw bound up.

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[miss-adventure.livejournal.com]

Good luck with it. Here's hoping you encounter competent medical staff.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

currently smacking insurance co's site looking for in-plan options. tricky w/ mouse hand on ice.

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

Well, hell. How did you manage to do this?

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Drill caught in wood, handle spun, something in hand went "pop."

[david-deacon.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you shouldn't be typing until everything's healed. Just sayin'.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

the intertrons would die if i was afk for a month ;-)

[jola.livejournal.com]

your icon. i remember that poem, i read it when i was ... twelve? thirteen? it really stuck w/ me.

[grimmerthan.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about another injury of any kind. May this one be a quick heal and back to business as normal. The year I'm having I sympathize.

[smjayman.livejournal.com]

Friggin' power tools, great until they decide not to be. :(

[etcet.livejournal.com]

oh, it remained powerful... which was the problem :-)

[vatine]

You know, I am suddenly SO happy about the adjustable slip thing on my cordless hand-drill. Set it to an arbitrary number (I have no idea what unit they're supposed to be in, so "number") between 1 and 20-or-so and the lower the number, the less force is needed to make the chuck slip (internally).

I've mostly used it (at a suitably low setting) when using it as a screwdriver, but since I seldom forget to dial it back up, it tends to hover somewhere in the 2-3 region.

[geekers.livejournal.com]

Buu, b0rk paw. :(

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

advanced form of skiier's thumb? ie: dislocate?

possible a tear...

a break should be shrieking if there's loose bits, i'd think...

nothing wrong with cardio :)

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[etcet.livejournal.com]

nice clean diagonal break of the 4th metacarpal. pix here: http://digitaldiscipline.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/the-break/

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

ouch :) not something you walk off then.

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[etcet.livejournal.com]

walking is fine. ;-)

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

so walk it off already ;)

knowing you, it'll heal before you get to a specialist

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[etcet.livejournal.com]

mom told me "keep drinking milk and take your vitamin d."

so i'll probably up things to half a gallon or so; i already supplement with about 20,000iu of D as a matter of course.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

i'm sure some dark leafy greens wouldn't hurt either... i seem to recall there's something that helps with calcium uptake...

and possibly soft-tissue helpers as well? Glucosamine and Chondroitin. can't hurt, eh?

mmm, icecream?

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[dawaioser.livejournal.com]

That really sucks and I'm sorry to hear about your accident. Hope the healing isn't too painful and things progress quickly. As far as strength training - why don't you use rubber band/cables? Some of them have the handles that could slip down past your forearm, meaning there wouldn't be any stress or pressure on your hand.

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

*wince* ow...I'm sorry to hear it.