pics of my surgical wound (or what happens when you thought it wasn't loaded)(updated pic on page3) - Page 2

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - pics of my surgical wound (or what happens when you thought it wasn't loaded)(updated pic on page3) (Page 2 of 3)

Posted: 3/16/2006 4:31:33 AM EDT

[#1]

Sounds like the standard treatment. My best friends father took the bones that connect to the pinky and ring fingers out of the palm of his hand with a 9mm Makarov. Did it somehow racking the slide on the Mak. Frozen firing pin? Two surgeries including a bone graft from his hip and he is at about 80% usage. He's a farmer and rebroke it once on the job. Ouch!!

Guns are dangerous.

I think I need to sell all mine to be safe.... Naww.

Kent

Posted: 3/16/2006 5:17:27 AM EDT

[#2]

How does one shoot himself in the hand by racking the slide? What the hell are you guys doing wrong? Hell, I don't even have to put my hands in front of the gun to take my Glocks down....

Dave

Posted: 3/16/2006 5:36:06 AM EDT

[#3]

OUCH!

Posted: 3/16/2006 6:10:43 AM EDT

[#4]

You should have asked them to rebuid you hand with adamantium, not that weak ass bone stuff.

Posted: 3/16/2006 9:00:12 AM EDT

[#5]

Posted: 3/16/2006 9:05:31 AM EDT

[#6]

Wow. That was really sobering, Twonami. Good safety reminder.

Posted: 3/16/2006 2:04:03 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Note to self.......always check the chamber.

Was the thought......oh shit i really fucked up ........running through your head?yes

what did your wife/gf say?nothing, she already knew I was in enough pain to get on my ass about it.

Posted: 3/30/2006 5:17:40 PM EDT

[#8]

Latest pic of my hand and 1 week after the stiches got pulled

Posted: 3/30/2006 5:26:27 PM EDT

[#9]

I hope you bought your surgeon a beer. Nice job.

Posted: 3/30/2006 5:29:08 PM EDT

[#10]

Do you have full use of your hand ?

Posted: 3/30/2006 5:30:09 PM EDT

[#11]

Honestly, I appreciate you posting this. I think seeing the results of an ND every so often helps keep my on my toes as far as handling and safety go. I'm already a very safe shooter, but seeing stuff like this makes me about 10x more cautious!

Glad to see the hand is looking good.

Posted: 3/30/2006 5:31:28 PM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Do you have full use of your hand ?

I have about 70% usage. I'm still going through therapy for scar tissue reduction.

Posted: 3/30/2006 5:31:40 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
That's nothing. Check this out:

deadmike.com/Surgery/knee/knee12.jpg

Wow,that looks familiar. Saw something very close to that from a dead womans p.......oh....sorry....never mind.

Posted: 3/30/2006 5:46:17 PM EDT

[#14]

Tag so I can use this as a learning experience for BlammO Jr.

Posted: 3/30/2006 6:06:38 PM EDT

[#15]

15 to 17K for the first surgery series?

That sounds like a bargain to me.

Kidney stones, lots of 'em....lithotripsy on each kidney, stent in each ureter, five weeks out of work, no sharp instruments used on my body at all, pissed blood in my urine and a little pure blood too....that's 37,000 bucks billed to insurance right there, buddy!

Your hand looks pretty good considering you blew a hole in it big enough for large mice to crawl through!

CJ

Posted: 3/30/2006 6:10:36 PM EDT

[#16]

Tag for later.

Posted: 3/30/2006 6:12:35 PM EDT

[#17]

So, is there anyone left in Minnesota who haven't shot themselves?

Posted: 3/30/2006 6:22:35 PM EDT

[#18]

Interesting pics.

In studying man post shooting reports i have noticed that people are often hit in the hands during gunsfights. Makes perfect sense as the hands are in front of the torso holding a weapon, so you man be shoting threough the hands to hit the vitals. That plus people often focus on the other guys weapon during stress and you will shoot where you are looking.

what kind of work do you do? that could be a career ending injury for someone who types, writes, drives or shoots for a living.

Posted: 3/30/2006 6:25:09 PM EDT

[#19]

... Dude!

Posted: 3/30/2006 6:53:45 PM EDT

[#20]

Wow, how did I miss this thread for two weeks?

Posted: 3/30/2006 6:58:35 PM EDT

[#21]

Its just a flesh wound!

Posted: 3/30/2006 6:59:34 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
the first 3 surgeries I had in 05' the total was 15-17K, I can't remember the specifics.
No statement yet on the latest but I'll post it as soon as I get one.
I'm ultra careful these days

Wow. 25 cents does go along way these days!

Posted: 3/30/2006 7:10:53 PM EDT

[#23]

The motto of this story is "Make sure the damn thing is clear, and then clear it again,and then clear it one more time just for the hell of it."

Jeez, that shit looked Painful.

Glad it seems to have worked out okay...

SG

Posted: 3/30/2006 7:13:05 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
So, is there anyone left in Minnesota who haven't shot themselves?

Me......

Posted: 3/30/2006 7:22:34 PM EDT

[#25]

"Scars are like tattoos, but cooling looking and with better stories."

Posted: 3/30/2006 7:33:27 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
Interesting pics.

In studying man post shooting reports i have noticed that people are often hit in the hands during gunsfights. Makes perfect sense as the hands are in front of the torso holding a weapon, so you man be shoting threough the hands to hit the vitals. That plus people often focus on the other guys weapon during stress and you will shoot where you are looking.

what kind of work do you do? that could be a career ending injury for someone who types, writes, drives or shoots for a living.

clothing sales at Cabelas

Posted: 3/30/2006 7:35:50 PM EDT

[#27]

this last set of surgical repairs is approx 7K.

Posted: 3/30/2006 10:03:06 PM EDT

[#28]

Glad to hear things are swell. How's the fist-making working out? I can feel the tendon tugging on my scar tissue if I try........I kinda want it to tear, and I kinda don't

. Tearing would be cheaper I guess.

Drive on.

Posted: 3/30/2006 10:06:48 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
this last set of surgical repairs is approx 7K.

Looks like they did a good job.
Does your insurance from Cabelas cover this?

Posted: 3/30/2006 10:13:16 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
Quoted:
this last set of surgical repairs is approx 7K.

Looks like they did a good job.
Does your insurance from Cabelas cover this?

wifes insurance, Cabelas policy sucks

Posted: 3/30/2006 10:13:48 PM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
Glad to hear things are swell. How's the fist-making working out? I can feel the tendon tugging on my scar tissue if I try........I kinda want it to tear, and I kinda don't. Tearing would be cheaper I guess.

Drive on.

slowly getting better

Posted: 3/30/2006 10:18:18 PM EDT

[#32]

I can't believe I'm the first to ask:

How are you...coping...with Wee Willy Winkie?

Posted: 3/31/2006 12:16:33 AM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
So, is there anyone left in Minnesota who haven't shot themselves?

Me, Me, Me

Damnit i'm just a bullet magnet for richochets

Posted: 3/31/2006 12:24:03 AM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:
Quoted:
So, is there anyone left in Minnesota who haven't shot themselves?

Me, Me, Me

Damnit i'm just a bullet magnet for richochets

Come on, all the cool kids are doing it

Posted: 3/31/2006 1:11:41 AM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:
So, is there anyone left in Minnesota who haven't shot themselves?

Me too!

Posted: 3/31/2006 4:38:21 AM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
How does one shoot himself in the hand by racking the slide? What the hell are you guys doing wrong? Hell, I don't even have to put my hands in front of the gun to take my Glocks down....

Dave

In my best friends fathers case he somehow fumbled the gun as he racked it. Based on my conversations with him he isn't really sure how he did it.

Kent

Posted: 3/31/2006 3:20:08 PM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:
I can't believe I'm the first to ask:

How are you...coping...with Wee Willy Winkie?

I'm a righty

Posted: 3/31/2006 3:26:54 PM EDT

[#38]

glad to see the recovery is going well.

Posted: 3/31/2006 3:41:29 PM EDT

[#39]

You can get that really cool Snake Pliskin tattoo on your hand now....

Posted: 3/31/2006 3:42:55 PM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:
img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/twonami/100_0037.jpg
You can get that really cool Snake Pliskin tattoo on your hand now....

never thought of that

Posted: 3/31/2006 3:44:56 PM EDT

[#41]

Fucking OUCH.

Can I confirm: You pulled the trigger to break the weapon down and that's when you got stung?

Thanks.

Posted: 3/31/2006 3:46:44 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:
Fucking OUCH.

Can I confirm: You pulled the trigger to break the weapon down and that's when you got stung?

Thanks.

affirmative

Posted: 3/31/2006 3:52:57 PM EDT

[#43]

Thanks for having enough sack to post about this. Leason for all of us.

Posted: 3/31/2006 3:53:05 PM EDT

[#44]

Dude Im not bashing you but you have 14,000 posts, probally been around weapons awhile etc etc. What the fuck were you thinking

So yes you will get the Darwin award for this one

Posted: 3/31/2006 3:54:10 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:
wait till it starts itchin'!

Edit: it does not look bad.

That will be the worst part!!!!

Posted: 3/31/2006 3:55:52 PM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
Dude Im not bashing you but you have 14,000 posts, probally been around weapons awhile etc etc. What the fuck were you thinking So yes you will get the Darwin award for this one

14K posts just makes me a post whore.
I've only really been around guns since 93 since I lived in NYC most of my life and just read alot.
No Darwin award, I'm still alive but I do get the dumbass award

Posted: 3/31/2006 3:56:56 PM EDT

[#47]

Glad everything is working as well as it is, and it doesn't look too gross either!

I had a buddy that has a similar wound, his was caused when he was racking the slide on a .45 during an IDPA match. He was using the front serrations, the sear broke and it went full auto. the third 200gr. LSWC discharged went through his left hand just above the "V" shape that your thumb and forefinger make. Missed all bones, missed all tendons, left a hole the size of a ping-pong ball in his hand.

Several surgeries later he is AOK.