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Title: The incredible human body
Post by: regnus on September 26, 2006, 03:28:50 PM
I am always amazed at what the body can go through and not be as bad off as you would think.  

Today I was helping to unload a box off of a truck at work.  Somehow the box was shifted towards me and it ended up dropping on my left middle finger.  Did I mention that the box was wooden and weighed almost 200 pounds?  Can you say shmooshed?

My finger ended up swelling up and the skin was split, but after some icing, my finger really doesn't hurt.  I cant type very well, but that really is nothing new. :)
Title: Re: The incredible human body
Post by: Variable on September 26, 2006, 04:53:17 PM
Ow! I hope it heals up soon.
Title: Re: The incredible human body
Post by: Stephen_Zuckerman on September 26, 2006, 04:53:54 PM
The left? Drat, no more misclicks. ;)

Sorry to hear you smashed up your finger, but it's nifty to see it's not hurting to bad at the moment. Still might want to get that looked at, though.
Title: Re: The incredible human body
Post by: Etinfall on September 26, 2006, 06:01:11 PM
I agree Reg. The body can take a lot. Just today I had to sit through 8 hours of a single meeting. With a working lunch! I could hardly get up at first, but by the time I got home I was able to take a ride on my bike. And...yes, I am complaining about sitting :)

Etin

Oh, and I do hope you finger heals quick.
Title: Re: The incredible human body
Post by: CHAzz on September 26, 2006, 11:42:40 PM
and please tell me you had a doctor take a look at it!!!!!
Title: RE: The incredible human body
Post by: regnus on September 27, 2006, 05:43:30 AM
The doctor looked at it and after xrays and lots of sitting around waiting, I was sent home.  But not before they cleaned the wound.  This involved scrubbing where my skin had burst open.  Then they had to dry the wound which involved compression.  Compression on a crushing wound...yeah...it hurt.  :)

Title: RE: The incredible human body
Post by: mixafix on September 27, 2006, 06:08:26 AM
ouch glad it seems ok,



I can't help but wonder, this seems a little one sided, I mean, whatever happened to the box!!
Title: RE: The incredible human body
Post by: Wraithdur on September 27, 2006, 11:04:46 AM
the reason it doesn't hurt anymore is probably that it has numbed.
either that or (i hope this isn't the case) that finger is nerve dead.
hope your typing doesn't get too badly effected
Title: RE: The incredible human body
Post by: Drizzlin on September 28, 2006, 12:09:11 AM
Ouch...I did the same thing with a 70 lb motor home block when I was 2 years old =P.
Title: Re: The incredible human body
Post by: Gunther on September 29, 2006, 07:35:02 PM
It could be worse....I remember one time in the army, this guy had blisters the size of silver dollars on his feet, which subsequently got infected and then scabbed over.  He basically had to take a steel wool pad and scrub the blisters until the scabs were completely gone and the skin underneath was exposed and bloody, so he could then disinfect said blisters.  I was sitting there soaking my own blistered feet in some iodine and was pretty much grossed out.  As I'm sure is anyone reading this.

Yeah the good old days.  They werent so good.
Title: Re: The incredible human body
Post by: Doc-Holiday on September 30, 2006, 08:16:05 PM
Amazingly... your head can survive undamaged.. the weight of about 2 tons....

for about 1/8 of a second

Then it's just a pasty meat pie
Title: Re: The incredible human body
Post by: Gunther on September 30, 2006, 08:24:34 PM
At first I misread that and thought you wrote 'a tasty meat pie', rather than pasty.
Title: Re: The incredible human body
Post by: CHAzz on September 30, 2006, 08:46:04 PM
mmmmmmmmm......meat pie.........
Title: Re: The incredible human body
Post by: Grid Blader on September 30, 2006, 09:51:10 PM
Ouchhhhhhhh!!!!!!  I do know what you mean.  Take care of that finger
Title: Re: The incredible human body
Post by: Doc-Holiday on September 30, 2006, 11:12:41 PM
Head.. the other pasty meat
Title: Re: The incredible human body
Post by: Marswipp on October 01, 2006, 03:20:05 PM
I think this is the reason why bones are strong...
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