# Well, I am at the hospital **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2025, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068 "2025-06-01T05:00:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/21 "2025-06-01T15:21:01Z")
Prayers and sending good healing energies your way. I hope it was your weak hand? Not your strong hand? Blood on your bathroom tile. Nice special effects. 😉 I hope you didn’t get any on the carpet. When my kids were teenagers and fighting, I’d tell them they could kill each other but just don’t bleed on the carpets! Get well soon! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/22 "2025-06-01T15:23:36Z")
Sending good thoughts your way. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/23 "2025-06-01T15:26:34Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Please tell me you’re dictating these posts! > ARTHUR: There! Look! > > LANCELOT: What does it say? > > GALAHAD: What language is that? > > ARTHUR: Brother Maynard! You are a scholar. > > MAYNARD: It’s Aramaic! > > GALAHAD: Of course! Joseph of Arimathea! > > LANCELOT: 'Course! > > ARTHUR: What does it say? > > MAYNARD: It reads, ‘Here may be found the last words of Joseph of Arimathea. He who is valiant and pure of spirit may find the Holy Grail in the Castle of aaarrrrggh’. > > ARTHUR: What? > > MAYNARD: ‘…The Castle of aaarrrrggh’. > > BEDEVERE: What is that? > > MAYNARD: He must have died while carving it. > > LANCELOT: Oh, come on! > > MAYNARD: Well, that’s what it says. > > ARTHUR: Look, if he was dying, he wouldn’t bother to carve ‘aarrggh’. He’d just say it! > > MAYNARD: Well, that’s what’s carved in the rock! > > GALAHAD: Perhaps he was dictating. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/24 "2025-06-01T15:30:43Z")
Oh dear! How scary! Glad you’re seeing a plastic surgeon right away. Piece of advice: as soon as you’re liberated, find a doctor who is a **hand specialist.** Very important. Hands are quite complicated structures. Not every doc or even plastic surgeon can _hand_le working on them. (Sorry…) My late H had surgery on his hand that was NOT done by a specialist surgeon and the hand was never right. Messed up his guitar playing. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/25 "2025-06-01T19:58:34Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Fingers and especially wrists both get a lot of movement. No matter how hard we try not to move them, it just happens. And they have a wide range of motion Yes, when I broke my wrist years ago, I got a big clunky plaster cast for exactly those reasons. It was also clunky because I got a newbie practicing his cast-making skills. Good vibes for quick healing, @Ike_Witt ! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/26 "2025-06-01T20:15:58Z")
Yikes, best of luck. Hope you don’t have to explain to people “No, I did not try to commit suicide” My first girl friend did (before I met her). She ended up wearing wrist sweat bands like tennis players wear to avoid those questions. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/27 "2025-06-01T20:18:45Z")
This is why I’ve never used glass glasses. Or plates. Get well soon. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/28 "2025-06-02T05:10:11Z")
Been there. They repaired the tendons using nylon sutures. Took a little while until all feeling in the nerves was back to normal. > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > find a doctor who is a **hand specialist** yes, this seemed to pay off in my case ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/29 "2025-06-02T07:02:19Z")
Best wishes. My father once damaged his thumb so badly the nerve was messed up. The wound was initially treated by an emergency room doctor at a small rural hospital. Nerves heal extremely slowly. So they waited most of a year to see if he’d get feeling back in the thumb. When he didn’t, he was operated on again, for the sole purpose of positioning the ends of the nerve next to each other. A few months later, his thumb was back to (nearly) normal. It’s good that they are addressing the nerve damage today. Ianad, but i think plastic surgeons trend to be good at delicate things like aligning nerves. Expect it to take a long time for the nerves to heal. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/30 "2025-06-02T08:53:38Z")
My best wishes also, for a full recovery. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/31 "2025-06-02T11:17:10Z")
I guess I’m a week or two ahead of you. It was the back of the hand for me. Long story, but this thread made me realize the minor symptom that I was wondering about is probably nerve damage. So, thanks for the info. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/32 "2025-06-02T11:22:37Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Yikes, best of luck. Hope you don’t have to explain to people “No, I did not try to commit suicide” I have a scar on my wrist, and some on my arm that I got when I was eight, because I ran into a barbed-wire fence I didn’t know was there. My wrist looks like a suicide attempt, and my arm looks like I used to cut myself. The arm scars have faded pretty much, but the wrist needed two stitches and weirdly follows the vein in my wrist. People quietly take my hand sometimes and tell me I can confide in them. Sometimes they don’t even believe me when I say I ran into a fence. I show them I don’t have a scar on my other wrist, and that usually does it. Nerves do heal slow. I got a deep cut in one toe, and lost feeling on one side of it. Finally came back after **4** years. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/33 "2025-06-02T11:43:53Z")
Thank you all for the well wishes. I got home late yesterday afternoon. My wonderful sister took me home and cleaned up the bathroom for me, a big deal since she hates blood. I’m now looking to board my dogs until the follow up appointment on the 17th. I’m very dehydrated and my throat is sore, likely from a breathing tube during the surgery. Interesting side note, it seems that I have sleep apnea. Also, I lucked out as the plastic surgeon specialized in hands and wrists. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/34 "2025-06-02T11:52:33Z")
Thanks for all the updates. This was obviously much more serious than I had imagined. So sorry that the dogs have to be boarded – is there not any way to have them cared for at home even if you can’t do it yourself? Wishing you a speedy recovery from this terrible experience! ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/35 "2025-06-02T12:08:03Z")
Yay for being home! It _might_ be worth considering an appointment with another specialist, just for confidence that the treatment plan is good. Just because thee is hand functionality involved. Or that might be overkill. 🤷‍♂️ ---
**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:** [June 2, 2025, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/36 "2025-06-02T12:12:29Z")
A while back, I knew somebody who had surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome. He was razzed about going to get a “hand job.” ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/37 "2025-06-02T13:33:29Z")
Hand job. Funny. Glad you’re home now Ike! Rest up and heal well. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/38 "2025-06-02T15:47:53Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Also, I lucked out as the plastic surgeon specialized in hands and wrists. Oh, that **WAS** lucky! 👍🏼 ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/39 "2025-06-02T22:17:16Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Interesting side note, it seems that I have sleep apnea. That’s very good to know, as obstructive sleep apnea can kill you. (I was diagnosed with it 30 years ago.) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068/40 "2025-06-02T22:31:57Z")
Getting hurt in such a sudden way and with so much blood loss can be pretty frightening, especially if you are alone when it happens. I’d need a stiff drink, I think. Heal Well, Ike. Sorry for your troubles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-i-am-at-the-hospital/1019068.md?page=3)