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How to Calm Down?

I'm probably too late to comment since you said "tonight". Hope it all went well after the fact! This one of MANY excuses I give as to why I don't cook.
 
Hi Lilly,

You'll be alright. My grandfather didn't have the tips of three of his fingers due to a WWII accident and he was fine. Just take deep breaths and think positive. You can always attach a thimble or something low-tech to the tip of the finger to assist with typing, and I think you'll be surprised how quickly you adapt to it.

I know what you're going through right now. My mother is still in the hospital. Last Sunday her left arm became necrotic, and the doctors had to remove so much tissue that she will never be able to use her left wrist and hand again. I know it's not fair to compare injuries to each other, but losing the tip of a finger is really not a big deal. You'll be fine. Keep your chin up.
 
As you are typing, don't forget someone else is at their computer doing it with only 6 fingers instead. It is easy to focus on the 1/4 gone, don't forget it could have been worse. All things said, glad you are back and up to posting:thumbsup:
 
Robert, do you seriously only have six fingers? Could've fooled me, given how much you type, lol! :)
 
Robert Walker said:
don't forget someone else is at their computer doing it with only 6 fingers instead.
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Was speaking in general terms, "someone" in the world:D

anolelover said:
Well that makes me grateful for the remaining 3/4!
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If you thought it was me for a moment, and it got your mind off the K.I.A. 1/4 then that is good!

snowgyre said:
Robert, do you seriously only have six fingers? Could've fooled me, given how much you type, lol! :)
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Psst...I have all 10, but don't tell Lilly... it appears to have helped relieve some of her worries...:thumbsup:
 
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My partner had a really bad compound fracture of his forearm, now thankfully healed but with slightly limited rotation that makes it hard for him to type for long on a regular flat keyboard - but we found a curved ergonomic keyboard that compensates nicely - just as well, he's never off the damn thing.

A friend of ours lost 3 fingers from one hand in a car accident, only retaining a thumb and first finger - he manages very well too.

It's amazing how the human body adapts. I like the thimble idea - you could get a silver antique one!

Hope you are starting to heal now Lilly.
 
It's really not a big deal. (I'm not talking pain-wise) I only have 9 3/4 of my fingers, and I manage to make it. ;-) My typing is still as fast as others with all 10 fingers. (I am missing the tip of my right hand ring finger, down to just past the first knuckle.)

But I will warn you that in the winter you will probably ache quite a bit. If my finger/hand gets cold, it travels up my arm and throbs even after I get warm. It also aches quite a bit after getting cold. And depending on how the Dr. fixed it, you might have nerve issues and of course there is phantom pains/itches. (It SUCKS when it feels like the tip of that finger is itching and I can't scratch it!)

But keep in mind that I lost the tip of my finger back in 1986. So goodness knows how far they've come in amputations and nerve endings.

And while I have mentioned some things to watch for, there's some pluses too. My daughter thinks it's cool, and so do her friends. lol It's always a conversation starter if you like that sort of thing. lol

Here's a couple pics of my lovely hand complete with missing fingertip.
 

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anolelover said:
So, idk how to post photos up on this from my library, can someone tell me how to post photos?
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I actually don't know if you're on a public computer...I've always just uploaded from my phone by connecting it to my computer with the cord... Sorry...:shrug01:

But how are you feeling, and how's your finger doing?
 
Sounds like you've got the situation under control. Very neat solution! Do upload photos when you can.
 
anolelover said:
So, I meant from my computer's library (the pictures stored on it), and my finger's doing fine, even though all the skin just peeled off the tip this morning…-.-
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Ah...DUH me. lol Dan posted how to upload pics...
Fangthane said:
To learn how, CLICK ME.
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Thanks Dan!

And did you let it peel on it's own, or did you "help" it peel?

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OH, I made a little prosthetic out of air dry clay, and sculpted the fingernail and the little fold wrinkles and everything ;)
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That sounds neat, but be sure to let it have moving air go around it as much as possible. Your finger will still need to figure out how to breathe, and manipulate itself without a prosthetic. I've never used one, and except for nerve issues when it's cold; I've never needed one.

I'm interested in seeing what they did to your finger and your prosthetic that you made.

snowgyre said:
Sounds like you've got the situation under control. Very neat solution! Do upload photos when you can.
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