Ever get a splinter so deep it leaves a bruise?

[Oeditpus Rex]

Sucker must've hit a tendon or something because my pinky and ring fingers feel like they're sprained. :(

[Whoa_Nelly]

1. When was your last tetnus shot?

Am series

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. Mmmm...

Couple years ago.

[Whoa_Nelly]

6. Then, you're good to go

for another 6-8 years.

If you got this splinter within the last 12 hours, apply ice (on 10 min.-off 10 min.-repeat for up to several hours as needed), and am hoping you've taken some sort of anti-inflammatory to help reduce swelling.

:pals:

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. Tetanus shots last that long?

See, I'm not sure — it could be three or four years, but no longer. I have a crappy capacity for determining elapsed time without some point of reference.

I took ibuprofen. Didn't do ice because it's already cold enough. :scared:

[Genevieve]

8. They last for ten years, so you're good. nt

[Whoa_Nelly]

16. Silly! Applied ice is different

and you know it!

Tetanus booster shots are recommended every 10 years. So, you are probably witin the "safe" range still :hug:

[Whoa_Nelly]

17. PS

Since it's a puncture wound, wash every 3-6 hours (warm water and soap), and use hydrogen peroxide to help bubble out any dirt/bacteria.
Hope you put some topical antibiotic on it and a bandage to help keep it clean and heal well.

[Xipe Totec]

2. Nah

'cause I usually dig it out with a pen knife and leave a festering wound instead.

[skygazer]

3. I have

I had one like that once that left the side of my hand where I'd gotten it kind of numb and wierd feeling for over a month. I figured it hit a nerve or something but it was not fun.

Did you get it out? :(

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. Yeah, I got it out right away

Then I ran cold water over the hole for a few minutes — which, come to think of it, probably made it worse, since the water here is best described as "chunky."

[RushIsRot]

9. In my early teens I was "sword fighting" with a stick and my

opponent got in a lucky shot which sent a splinter deeply into my bicep. I pulled out what I could grasp, but some of that splinter remained and has been there for over 50 years. I can still feel it if I press the spot with my fingers, but since it causes no pain, it has remained there and shall remain there until I die.

[Mutley]

10. Awwww!

:(


I once got a splinter under my thumbnail. That sucked really bad. :o

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. Oh, dog, I hate that!

I've gotten a couple underneath nails. I think I'd rather give birth. :scared:

[Mutley]

13. Lucky me. I get to experience both.

No not yet. Sheesh. :D

[Oeditpus Rex]

15. Hopefully not at the same time

Though maybe a few bamboo shoots under the nails would distract you from the pain of... other stuff. :D

[SoxFan]

11. Yep

Many years ago. Appropriately enough, it was in the line of political duty. I had been putting up signs for Bob Preston, a state senator who was running for governor that year.

[lost-in-nj]

14. Not a bruise

but I had a splinter in my finger that I didn't know about, really until one day it was sore and swollen... I thought I infected my finger and squeezed it so I could clean it and as I did that the splinter came out!!!
My finger hurt for a few days


those tiny pieces of wood hurt SSOOOO much


lost

[hisownpetard]

18. Do those two fingers hurt, or are they numb? If it's the latter, the splinter

may have hit a nerve.

Just watch it for the next couple days and make sure you don't have any 'red lines' going up
your arm.

What was the splinter from?