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babalu87

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I will start by saying that I dont wear gloves when I am cutting, splitting and stacking wood.

Putting some big Oak rounds in the wheelbarrow to move them before ending the day with a few cold ones and OWWWEY! a SPLINTER and its a Jim dandy.
The wife tries to free this thing loose from my palm to no avail, much credit to her too. Watching me wince couldnt be pleasurable. Next I try the fire station. No luck either this thing is wedged.
Off to ER and after a 3 hour wait the Doctor says "I'll have that out for you quick and you can be on your way"

Dig, dig, numbing agent, dig, dig, scalpel, dig dig, more numbing agent with an inhibitor to keep the blood flow down, more dig, dig, off to get more tools and she finally gets it out. A piece of bark that was bigger on the end that went in first, sorta mushroom shaped.
I know it will be sore tommorow and that is my Daytona 500 beer hand too :red:

Like I told the Doctor, I think next time I look at my gloves on the workbench I will pick them up, she agreed 100%

I gave the single finger salute to the Southeast on the ride home :coolgrin:
 
babalu87 said:
I will start by saying that I dont wear gloves when I am cutting, splitting and stacking wood.

Putting some big Oak rounds in the wheelbarrow to move them before ending the day with a few cold ones and OWWWEY! a SPLINTER and its a Jim dandy.
The wife tries to free this thing loose from my palm to no avail, much credit to her too. Watching me wince couldnt be pleasurable. Next I try the fire station. No luck either this thing is wedged.
Off to ER and after a 3 hour wait the Doctor says "I'll have that out for you quick and you can be on your way"

Dig, dig, numbing agent, dig, dig, scalpel, dig dig, more numbing agent with an inhibitor to keep the blood flow down, more dig, dig, off to get more tools and she finally gets it out. A piece of bark that was bigger on the end that went in first, sorta mushroom shaped.
I know it will be sore tommorow and that is my Daytona 500 beer hand too :red:

Like I told the Doctor, I think next time I look at my gloves on the workbench I will pick them up, she agreed 100%

I gave the single finger salute to the Southeast on the ride home :coolgrin:
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Does that mean a Daytona 250? Seriously, I have had vertical slivers that seem like two by fours rammed in with a 20 pounder. Do the ice pack cure, 20 minutes on 30 minutes off. Kills the throbbing. If it's bark, keep it real clean. The crap in/on bark can be real nasty. Personally, a Douglas Fir splinter, deep, and fresh green is worse fro me than anything else. I have a reaction. To remember Gun Smoke, my names Fester.
 
Iiicck...

That reminds me of a splinter I had once that went from finger tip to first knuckle along side of the nail. It hurt for days until I dug and dug. squeezed and it looked like a giant Zit got squeezed. A tiny black speck was visible, so I grabbed it and out came an inch long sliver. Wheeewwww. What a relief that was. Glad you got that out. It's painful!!
 
take care keep it clean fortunately beer can be held with your other hand .Enjoy Nascar From time to time I get nast slivers from Pressure treated wood got to get them out right a way they can get infected quickly and nasty
 
OUCH!!! In high school I worked part time as a stevedore at the local seaway terminal hand loading ships with beans. When unloading 100 lb. navy bean bags in a box car , while lifting a bag on the cars floor I got a big splinter that lifted up my thumb nail before it planted it self in the quick. Off to the ER where the DR looked at me said your are a strong boy and pulled the thing out and trimmed the 1/2 attached nail off, no pain shots. I know the pain.
 
Did you bring the splinter along home for the stove? During the race, you can act like it is killing you and get the wife to keep bringing you cold ones!
 
Elk, doesn't pressure treated have arsnic in it. No wonder it gets sore. Oak splinters fester like crazy also. Quick
 
I'll try the sympathy angle
A glass of McClellands eased the throbbing, stove is loaded and bedtime is near. Our 2 y.o daugher will be kissing daddys boo-boo all day. "Daddy having a boo-boo day"

I plan on keeping it clean, hopefully I can swing the maul next weekend, I have resigned myself to the fact that Monday will be a day for stew on the stove. A high of 20 and WINDY means something is cookin' on the Morso ;)
 
Awww, don't feel too foolish.
The hospital sees stuff like this all the time.
p.s. - use the other hand to drink beer!
 
Have the daughter and the wife bring you munchies and cold ones during the race. Milk this injury as long as you can. Quick
 
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Elk, doesn't pressure treated have arsnic in it. No wonder it gets sore. Oak splinters fester like crazy also. Quick
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depends upon the use. several years ago, pressure treating companies voluntarily switched from CCA preservative (copper chromated arsenate) to a variety of other types, such as borate, or ACQ (Alkaline Copper Quaternary, i think), for residential use. CCA is still used in commercial uses, marine uses, and some below-ground applications.

Yea, pressure treated does seem to get infected fast, but the infection can help you get the sliver out...if it festers for a day or so, the sliver tends to be easier to remove.
 
I was once handing moulding into a window to a customer, when he pulled, I held on....and promptly got a sliver in my palm, between the thumb and index finger. When you pushed on one end of the sliver, it pooched the skin up on the TOP of my hand. Tried to pull it out with pliers, tried to cut it out, to no avail. Went to a local med clinic, where after the doc looked at it, he called all the nurses in to see "the worst splinter hes ever seen". Then, he proceeded to cut the TOP of my hand, and pulled the splinter out that way, rather than the way it went in.
 
So far I've been able to avoid needing the Dr. types - I hate going to hospitals they're full of SICK people! I use one of those pairs of tweezers with an attached magnifying glass. Sometimes has taken some major digging, but I've been able to get them all out so far...

I tend to wear gloves for most stuff outside, but not when I'm loading wood into the stove.

Gooserider
 
Was undocking a boat once and went to slip the line off the piling. Jammed a giant splinter right up under the nail of my middle finger. I immediately knew why they used bamboo slivers under the nail as torture. I would have told them anything. Finally got it out a couple of days later after there was enough puss to lubricate it back out.
 
This season I was coaching, and the court we were to be playing on was available. I reached down and grabbed my clipboard and I got a 1/4" sliver right up under my index finger. The pain was almost unbearable, but the game was about to start so there wasn't much I could do. After the game managed to get the splinter, but it still hurt badly. A few days later I look at my nail and see this white pocket at the end. After a bit of digging under the nail with a needle I got the rest of the sliver. Not a pleasant memory!
 
Well, I am not a doctor and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night but. I am a well seasoned beer drinker thus my professional opinion even if it comes late. Beyond the precautionary tetanus shot or record check for its currency all you have to do is this. -Drink your beer with the other hand and you will be fine. If you must stack more wood in the near future be sure to injure only that hand you already injured before. If you hurt the other one then you will have to resort to an IV to drink your beer.. Gloves are wonderful things aren't they, no wait you already know that.
 
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