As my dad used to say, (he was a WWII Marine), "Pain is just weakness leaving the body." Rob McCall On Dec 09, 2010, at 05:22 , William Monroe wrote: > FWIW, Geoff, I would suggest you are wise to turn down drugs of any sort when it's obvious you don't really need them. A good choice you made, in my opinion. You'll heal (it will hurt for a while) and it'll make you tougher. ;-] > > William R. Monroe > > > > On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 12:43 AM, Geoff Sykes <thetuner at ivories52.com> wrote: > Yes the pain has diminished significantly. I went to see the doc this morning and he educated me in all the horrible possibilities of potential damage that could have been caused, and all the horribly expensive remedies, including the drilling of the hole through the nail to relieve the pressure, but followed that by saying that in the long run, no matter what course of action I take, Acetaminophen and time would produce about the same results, only a bit slower and a lot less expensively. He offered to give me a prescription for Vicodin but I foolishly turned it down. I’m not quite brave enough to drill a hole in my thumb, (thoughts of trepanation come to mind), and in a day or so the swelling will subside all by itself. He gave me a cute little splint so I wouldn’t hit it accidently, told me my hand modeling days were over because the nail will likely be deformed from now on, and sent me home. I, instead, went to my first appointment. Ya know, having thumbs sure makes a lot of things easier to do. Not having my left thumb at the moment makes simple things, like tying my shoe laces, very difficult. > > > Thanks for the support everyone. I feel much better! > > > -- G > > > > • Geoff Sykes, RPT > • 323-478-9276 > • www.ivories52.com > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101209/a1869cd4/attachment.htm>
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