Finger problems on my good hand
I ripped open my little finger in a fall a couple weeks ago, healing but not usable yet. Last week when reaching for a PCR test I dropped the plastic bag and in the process of getting out of the car managed to smash my middle finger. Two days later a blood blister emerged under the nail bed. With my blood thinning capabilities of my daily aspirin it kept growing, leading to three nights of very little sleep due to pain and throbbing. With a useless left hand the normal remedies of drilling a hole in the nail or heating a paper clip to burn thru it to relieve the pressure are not possible. The blood blister finally migrated outside the fingernail and I could lance it with a pocketknife held in my teeth. My ex used to admonish me for using my teeth to get tasks accomplished, I ignored her ideas even though she was a physical therapist. Getting socks on now is quite the challenge with only three usable fingers. Had to take maybe 20 pictures on a timer before I got one that is minimally acceptable. The nail will eventually fall off, it's bulging out of place right now.
Bummer!
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