Susan, You did the right thing. The evidence is that it healed without complication. In my case, I went the whole doctor/hospital route - ER, surgery, everything. For me it turned out that I'd been better off with minimal professional care, since the infection in the bone was probably an opportunistic infection from the first surgery. The ER doc that took care of me is a personal friend. He said later that he wished he had just sewn my finger in the ER and skipped the Orthopedic consult. Hindsight is 20/20. I have an elderly friend from Cuba. He has an old injury that looks exactly like mine that he got from whacking his finger with a machete while harvesting pineapple. He said that he just bound it up and let it heal. Mark Story. RPT Eastern Washington University Cheney, Washington If it had gotten infected I would have taken it to a doc. I'm not sure if what I did was the "right" thing, but it worked for me. I felt like a prize idiot. I already knew that using one's left hand as a vise is a classic invitation to bodily harm. I had even written about it, for heaven's sake! Go on, everyone, tell us your mishaps. Maybe I'll feel better ... Susan
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