Bad splinter problem

**brocktonblockbust** · 08-10-2018 10:33 PM

"it happens"....... 😕

There it is, all over again

**walrus** · 08-10-2018 10:34 PM

Originally Posted by brocktonblockbust

"it happens"....... 😕

There it is, all over again

Yup there it is

X · 08-10-2018 10:53 PM

El Kabong · 08-11-2018 09:41 AM

Sometimes you can take some Elmer's Glue and cover the splinter and then peel it off and the glue can take the splinter out, ditto with duct tape....doesn't work all the time but it can work under the right circumstances

**Spicoli** · 08-11-2018 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by walrus

Originally Posted by Spicoli

In your work the hands are the real tools. Find the smallest surgical needle but you might just break it up or push further in not to mention infection. Tweezers too fat. Hit a clinic and trusted hands of a Doc with the huge magnifying head thingy.

Sounds weird but I get hair splinters all the time at work depending on what breeds we're working with. Cocker hair is a son of a batch. They get under your nails, jammed deep between fingers and surprisingly can hurt like shat. We have to dig into the 25 gauge heads to dig everything out. Occasionally use a fine tip dental scaler.

Hey @Spicoli you ever know anyone go to a doc to do this. I dig deep to get some of it out I’m just concerned he is going to have to really cut deep to find this bastard and need a couple stitches. Usually web md gives me an idea of the process but I’m not getting the info I need. If the incision is too deep I’ll prob need a day or two off which isn’t the end of the world especially if we got any boxing this weekend

Honestly no. You wuss

. I don't think a Doc would slice and dice you probably do something off the wall, submerge your hand or maybe an x ray ? if possible. The body and flesh have great self defense mechanisms. Either way you just don't want to jack your hand up for exact reasons you mentioned. They are your tools and you cannot buy more. I slept on a chow last year and ignored the sideways glance and his Billy Idol upper lip sneer and the next thing I knew there was two perfect deep punctures on the back of my left hand. Flushed it gauzed and wrapped it up in tape like a Margarito right hand

. You lose your hands you lose that payday. Damn thing looked like a black, blue and yellow cartoon hand for weeks.

**walrus** · 08-11-2018 11:20 PM

Well went to clinic today lady dr numbed my hand
And started digging. She did take an X-ray to see where it is @Spicoli good call. Anyway, she couldn’t get it out. Said I need a hand specialist. Real pain in the ass.

**brocktonblockbust** · 08-11-2018 11:52 PM

Wtf how deep is this shit and what size/length is it

**Gandalf** · 08-11-2018 11:58 PM

You wish it was in your arse! Let this be a lesson, Walrus. Stop doing things like this!

**brocktonblockbust** · 08-12-2018 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by Gandalf

You wish it was in your arse! Let this be a lesson, Walrus. Stop doing things like this!

Next he'll choke on 12 Oreos and Pall Malls, 3 Slim Jim Beef Jerkies, and then say instead he had salmon and spinach for dinner!

**walrus** · 08-12-2018 12:30 AM

All she said is it is large and sitting vertical into the skin so she can only see the end of it. She also tried flushing it out with lidocaine but she said she can’t get it with the tools she has. Funny thing, my buddy stopped by to help me do something the next day. I pointed to him the section I got the splinter and despite my warning he reached up to feel and bam he got two splinters. Fortunately his didn’t run as deep and he was able to get them out. Once he got them out we laughed about it but for me it wasn’t funny when he first got them. I took tonight off as my hand was numbed up and she dug into it pretty good but I figure I’ll go in tomorrow and just have my assistant do the work. I’ll jump in if it’s something big but I don’t want to push this thing deeper before I see the hand specialist.