[pianotech] Pain Hurts

[John Ross]

Another way to get through the nail, is to scrape at it with a razor blade, and thin it right down, till it can be pricked.
John RosWindsor, Nova Scotia
On 2010-12-09, at 2:43 AM, Geoff Sykes 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.
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> Thanks for the support everyone. I feel much better!
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> -- G
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> • Geoff Sykes, RPT
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> From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Noah Frere
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 7:00 AM
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> Subject: Re: [pianotech] Pain Hurts
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> "Share your pain, and it will diminish." (or something like that) -from the nemesis in one of the Star Trek movies
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> Now that you've shared it with 1000 people hopefully it will be gone soon.
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> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 1:41 AM, Geoff Sykes <thetuner at ivories52.com> wrote:
> No questions here. I just want to complain because I’m in pain.
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> I had a customer accidently bump the fallboard of his piano down on to my left thumb this afternoon. (I had not had the opportunity to remove it yet.) I swear I saw stars. And my thumb instantly turned black-n-blue. Funny, (ha ha), how we forget just what pain feels like until it comes again. I took aspirin. I’ve tried ice. I’ve tried heat. My thumb isn’t responding to any of it. Nothing is broken. It just hurts like H***.
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> Thank you for reading this. I feel better now that I’ve had the opportunity to complain to someone about this insulting injury.
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> All the best to everyone this holiday season.
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> (ow!)
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> -- G
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> • Geoff Sykes, RPT
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