Fractured Pinky...

[DPlus47]

i fractured a pinky playing football and ended up with a bone spur that required surgery. they gave me a sling to keep my from knocking it into stuff, but i didn't have to have it long. and yeah, a fractured pinky is nothing unless you plan on using your hands later in life. i'm a musician, and that finger still presents a problem. it's wrapped in athletic tape right now and it will be bent at a gross angle for the rest of my life. it also swells up every day. at least i can still use it and it has strength. it was about a month before i even touched a football after surgery. i hope they baby konrad a little, because that injury can affect the way he catches and carries the ball.

 

[WharfRat]

Originally posted by RUDEbyallMEANS
I fractured my middle finger one time in 6th grade playing football.. I didn't need no damn sling.. Konrad is basically being babied right now.. fractured pinky is really nothing unless you let yourself think it is..

Just wondering... did they insert a pin into your finger when you broke it?

 

[RUDEbyallMEANS]

A broken finger is different.. Thats when a pin is needed.. all they gave me was a little device to straighten my middle finger out and kepp it that way.. The sling is overcautious..

 

[WharfRat]

Originally posted by RUDEbyallMEANS
A broken finger is different.. Thats when a pin is needed.. all they gave me was a little device to straighten my middle finger out and kepp it that way.. The sling is overcautious..

My point was... I think that they did in fact insert a pin into Konrad's pinky.. I may be wrong.. but I thought I saw that somewhere...
besides, since he is a starter, who is paid a lot of money to handle the football, (catch and carry), and needs to be able to hold on to it... why would you not be overcautious?

 

[RUDEbyallMEANS]

With my first post... the point was that Konrads injury is not serious.. The sling and everything is extreme to the point where people start panicking..

 

[WharfRat]

Originally posted by RUDEbyallMEANS
With my first post... the point was that Konrads injury is not serious.. The sling and everything is extreme to the point where people start panicking..

:smackhead Doh!

My bad... sorry! :D

 

[Capt. Dick]

So soon after surgery, the doctors may want to keep it slightly elevated to prohibit swelling.....right clump?

 

[Samphin]

What a wuss, I am typing with a broken arm right now! I don't even have a cast on. A steel bar fell about 16 feet and landed square on my right forearm. I kept working for another 6 hours finishing up a 12 hour day.

OK, OK, so it isn't BROKEN, per say. But it did leave a huge gash on my arm... Oh alright, replace "huge gash," with quarter size bruise. Also replace "12 hour day" with, ran screaming from work 20 seconds after it happened. I suck.

 

[Capt. Dick]

Originally posted by Samphin
What a wuss, I am typing with a broken arm right now! I don't even have a cast on. A steel bar fell about 16 feet and landed square on my right forearm. I kept working for another 6 hours finishing up a 12 hour day.

OK, OK, so it isn't BROKEN, per say. But it did leave a huge gash on my arm... Oh alright, replace "huge gash," with quarter size bruise. Also replace "12 hour day" with, ran screaming from work 20 seconds after it happened. I suck.

 

[bryan allen]

I bet circulation has something to do with it also. A fractured finger surgically repaired might throb less in a sling.

 

[fairbanksb]

Originally posted by Samphin
What a wuss, I am typing with a broken arm right now! I don't even have a cast on. A steel bar fell about 16 feet and landed square on my right forearm. I kept working for another 6 hours finishing up a 12 hour day.

OK, OK, so it isn't BROKEN, per say. But it did leave a huge gash on my arm... Oh alright, replace "huge gash," with quarter size bruise. Also replace "12 hour day" with, ran screaming from work 20 seconds after it happened. I suck.

:splat: :roflmao:

 

[WharfRat]

Originally posted by Samphin
What a wuss, I am typing with a broken arm right now! I don't even have a cast on. A steel bar fell about 16 feet and landed square on my right forearm. I kept working for another 6 hours finishing up a 12 hour day.

OK, OK, so it isn't BROKEN, per say. But it did leave a huge gash on my arm... Oh alright, replace "huge gash," with quarter size bruise. Also replace "12 hour day" with, ran screaming from work 20 seconds after it happened. I suck.

:spit: :lolcry:

 

[luvmeister]

I got my *** in a sling once.