# My fingr ssurgry went ok **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 28, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952 "2009-05-28T18:33:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/1 "2009-05-28T18:33:44Z")
but now I can only type w/my lefrt hand. Riught one needs to stay elevated. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/2 "2009-05-28T19:14:01Z")
what kind of surgery was it? how long till you’re back to two-handed typing? glad to hear it went well. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/3 "2009-05-28T19:14:43Z")
Gotta say I can’t see the point of surfing the internet one handed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/4 "2009-05-28T19:17:38Z")
Glad to hear the surgery went well! Can I just say that this thread title is hilarious? …no? I can’t? Well, OK, best wishes for a good recovery, then. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/5 "2009-05-28T19:29:20Z")
A friend of mine called his wife to tell her he’d lost his finger in a primer cord accident. Her: Oh dear… which one? Him: My hole finger. Her: Gosh, your whole finger… but which one? Him: My hole finger. Her: Dammit, I get that but which one? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/6 "2009-05-28T19:36:38Z")
I accidentally my whole finger! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/7 "2009-05-28T19:37:09Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > A friend of mine called his wife to tell her he’d lost his finger in a primer cord accident. > > Her: Oh dear… which one? > Him: My hole finger. > Her: Gosh, your whole finger… but which one? > Him: My hole finger. > Her: Dammit, I get that but which one? At the risk of being whooshed, what’s a “hole finger”? For that matter, what’s a primer cord? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/8 "2009-05-28T20:37:27Z")
Thnx for the nice sentiments. Bandage comes off in 4 days, sutures another week after that. Gettin used to 1-handed typing tho using a 10-key should be easier (data entry). Had growth on ring finger removed–not quite tumor, but big and growing. 99% chance benign. Lookin forward to when wife gets to see Franken-digit (all wrapped up now). Need to wear baggie on my hand when i shower but otherwise not a big deal. 🙂 At least Mrs. slightly nicer to me today. ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/9 "2009-05-28T20:58:07Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > At least Mrs. slightly nicer to me today. It’s an ill wind that blows no good. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/10 "2009-05-28T22:13:48Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > … At least Mrs. slightly nicer to me today. Unlike us, who are all over the oppty. to mock you? Damn, you got yourself a winner there. Hope your healing proceeds apace! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/11 "2009-05-28T22:20:27Z")
Glad to hear it went well. Wishing you a speedy recovery! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/12 "2009-05-28T22:56:56Z")
Sorry to see you typing with a limp. Get well soon. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/13 "2009-05-28T23:10:07Z")
I hope the recovery goes well. Meanwhile, I suppose your friends and co-workers are calling to ask about your hand job. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/14 "2009-05-29T01:07:13Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Unlike us, who are all over the oppty. to mock you? Damn, you got yourself a winner there. Well, i needed to be nice to her 1st because i needed a ride home! Couldnt drive home w/stickshift hand numb. Shes the best wife in the world but was under a lot of stress today, so I chose not to remind her that this surgery was her idea. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/15 "2009-05-29T01:08:22Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > I hope the recovery goes well. Meanwhile, I suppose your friends and co-workers are calling to ask about your hand job. Hardly a hand job–just some minor fingering. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/16 "2009-05-29T11:27:00Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Thnx for the nice sentiments. Bandage comes off in 4 days, sutures another week after that. Gettin used to 1-handed typing tho using a 10-key should be easier (data entry). > > Had growth on ring finger removed–not quite tumor, but big and growing. 99% chance benign. Lookin forward to when wife gets to see Franken-digit (all wrapped up now). Need to wear baggie on my hand when i shower but otherwise not a big deal. 🙂 At least Mrs. slightly nicer to me today. Did that myself 3 weeks ago. Arthritis-related pocket of synovium in the middle knuckle of my right pinky. My stitches are out, and I don’t have to be as careful about bashing my hand into stuff as I once was, but I’m not yet entirely pain-free, nor has the internal inflammation gone down enough for full range of motion to resume. People would see the finger splint I used as armor for the first 10 day and ask what happened. My snappy comeback was, “Got my nose busted…” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/17 "2009-05-29T12:33:13Z")
Was your regular doctor able to perform this task or did you have to go to a hand specialist? I’m curious, we’re subject to advertisements in which clinics advise as to their expertise in these matters. I’ve no experience here and was curious if like with a podiatrist or rheumatologist a specialist is best consulted. **pulykamell** , it’s my understanding primer cord is a low level explosive used to detonate more powerful charges, kindo of like a blasting cap that can be strung down the length of an array. It’s detonated with pressure and Bill used a crimper that exerted too much. ---
**Author:** ![PeacePlease](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@PeacePlease](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeacePlease)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/18 "2009-05-29T12:38:13Z")
Did ya get any painkillers? I love me some painkillers… ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/19 "2009-05-29T12:56:17Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > For that matter, what’s a primer cord? Could he mean [Primacord](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primacord)? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952/20 "2009-05-29T13:07:44Z")
Well thanks, **GuanoLad**. “Primer” made sense so I never suspected an alternate spelling. Duly noted. Good luck with your recovery, **ArchiveGuy**. Your posts are consistently ones we don’t want to miss. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-fingr-ssurgry-went-ok/497952.md?page=2)