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    Mik
    wrote on 3 Dec 2021, 21:42 last edited by
    #10

    Crap. Hope it goes well. I've been going back to the piano lately, but doing mostly exercises for my weak area, timing.

    "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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      George K
      wrote on 3 Dec 2021, 21:45 last edited by
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      Mrs. George had the surgical release about a month ago.

      It's really nothing more than a PITA.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • G George K
        9 Oct 2020, 22:10

        I'm not all that concerned. This is more of a PITA than anything serious.

        D2 was worried whether I could still extend the middle finger independently. I assured her it's not a problem.

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        Aqua Letifer
        wrote on 3 Dec 2021, 22:14 last edited by
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        @george-k said in Triggered:

        I'm not all that concerned. This is more of a PITA than anything serious.

        D2 was worried whether I could still extend the middle finger independently. I assured her it's not a problem.

        "Hold on."
        "What?"
        "I need to show you something, it's important. Let me just get my hand loosened up and there, there we go. Fuck you."

        Please love yourself.

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        • A Aqua Letifer
          3 Dec 2021, 22:14

          @george-k said in Triggered:

          I'm not all that concerned. This is more of a PITA than anything serious.

          D2 was worried whether I could still extend the middle finger independently. I assured her it's not a problem.

          "Hold on."
          "What?"
          "I need to show you something, it's important. Let me just get my hand loosened up and there, there we go. Fuck you."

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          George K
          wrote on 3 Dec 2021, 22:17 last edited by George K 12 Mar 2021, 22:19
          #13

          @aqua-letifer said in Triggered:

          "Hold on."
          "What?"
          "I need to show you something, it's important. Let me just get my hand loosened up and there, there we go. Fuck you."

          I was going to post something along those lines, but you beat me to it, with a post that clearly surpasses ANYTHING I could have come up with.

          ETA: By the way, I get along very well with this surgeon. And I pretty much did exactly that when he suggested surgery.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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            Jolly
            wrote on 4 Dec 2021, 16:50 last edited by
            #14

            Is he a social finger surgical specialist?

            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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              George K
              wrote on 14 Jan 2022, 23:53 last edited by
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              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                Axtremus
                wrote on 15 Jan 2022, 00:05 last edited by
                #16

                Has your ability to flip the bird with that hand returned?

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                • A Axtremus
                  15 Jan 2022, 00:05

                  Has your ability to flip the bird with that hand returned?

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                  George K
                  wrote on 15 Jan 2022, 00:19 last edited by George K
                  #17

                  @axtremus

                  IMG_1172 copy.jpeg

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    brenda
                    wrote on 15 Jan 2022, 00:50 last edited by
                    #18

                    Glad you have good and needed finger useage again, George. LOL

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                    • G George K
                      15 Jan 2022, 00:19

                      @axtremus

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                      taiwan_girl
                      wrote on 15 Jan 2022, 01:15 last edited by
                      #19

                      @george-k 😂 😂 😂

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                      • G George K
                        15 Jan 2022, 00:19

                        @axtremus

                        IMG_1172 copy.jpeg

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                        Mik
                        wrote on 15 Jan 2022, 01:31 last edited by
                        #20

                        @george-k said in Triggered:

                        @axtremus

                        IMG_1172 copy.jpeg

                        V for victory!

                        Oh, wait……

                        "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                          jon-nyc
                          wrote on 15 Jan 2022, 02:38 last edited by jon-nyc
                          #21

                          So success???

                          🤞

                          Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc
                            15 Jan 2022, 02:38

                            So success???

                            🤞

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                            George K
                            wrote on 15 Jan 2022, 02:45 last edited by
                            #22

                            @jon-nyc said in Triggered:

                            So success???

                            🤞

                            Surgeon put in long-acting local. 5 hours later, index & middle with no sensation. Should get another 4-6 hours out of it.

                            Of course no pain, lol.

                            Transition to bandaid tomorrow and will know more.

                            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              George K
                              wrote on 17 Jan 2022, 13:43 last edited by
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                              Saturday was a painful day. Pain at rest which woke me at midnight Friday night after the block wore off. No incisional pain, however. It's a really small incision, about 1 cm long. Tendon is all banged up, and any kind of motion was painful as well. I did my best to do the exercises (flex and extend) the fingers, but it really hurt.

                              Yesterday, Sunday was remarkably better. No pain at rest, and by end of the day, motion was limited by stiffness and swelling rather than pain.

                              This AM, no pain at all again. Stiffness is better, and I'm able to type as though nothing had happened.

                              But, here's why I'm following up.

                              Years ago, we were approached by a drug salesman who was touting Ofirmev, a new formulation of acetaminophen, Tylenol. It was high-dose, a gram, and to be given intravenously for pain control, and as a supplement during anesthesia. Being the curious type, I was eager to try it, and I was amazed at how well it worked. I found myself giving much less narcotics during surgery, and patients seemed to require less in the recovery period as well. The dose was 1 gram, intravenously, every 6 hours.

                              The major drawbacks to it were twofold:

                              1. this formulation was expensive, and the hospital didn't want us using stuff that expensive (I think it was $25 a dose), when cheaper stuff (morphine) was available. Never mind that one of the advantages was less opiod use and fewer complications because of that.
                              2. It made your liver fall out. Well, if doses were too high, it caused hepatotoxicity, so you were limited to 4 doses per day.

                              And then something interesting happened. People started looking at the effectiveness of acetaminophen when given orally, but in large doses - again 1 gram every 6 hours. It works just about as well as the intravenous route, and is dirt cheap.

                              So, in preparation for my procedure, I loaded a gram about 3 hours beforehand, and then got on a 6,12,6,12 schedule. It worked like a charm. When it wore off at midnight Friday night, that's what woke me. I took a dose, and I was pain-free in an hour, and slept until 5:30, when I needed another dose. I continued it through Saturday and Sunday. Worked great.

                              Today, I have no need for it, so I'm done.

                              Amazing drug.

                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                Jolly
                                wrote on 17 Jan 2022, 13:54 last edited by
                                #24

                                Glad to hear that. Less pain or pain free is good.

                                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                  Jolly
                                  wrote on 17 Jan 2022, 13:58 last edited by
                                  #25

                                  On a related note...What about the 650mg extended release acetaminophen pills? Better, same or worse?

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                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                  • J Jolly
                                    17 Jan 2022, 13:58

                                    On a related note...What about the 650mg extended release acetaminophen pills? Better, same or worse?

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 17 Jan 2022, 14:03 last edited by
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                                    @jolly said in Triggered:

                                    What about the 650mg extended release acetaminophen pills?

                                    No idea. I didn't have any handy, so I just took a gram q6h.

                                    Total dose not to exceed 4g in 24h.

                                    I suppose one of those q4h would be about as effective, perhaps with no dip. But, it's q4, and that's a PITA.

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      George K
                                      wrote on 25 Jan 2022, 00:05 last edited by
                                      #27

                                      Day 10 post-op.

                                      Negligible pain, unless I fall asleep with my fingers flexed. Then, it takes some effort to flex them more and then extend them.

                                      I'm somewhat disturbed by the fact that I still have some pain on the dorsal (back) of the affected finger, but function seems good, although I can't extend it as far as the other three fingers.

                                      Wound looks good. No drainage, no pus. Minimal swelling. I have no dressing applied, and the sutures come out Thursday morning.

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                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        Mik
                                        wrote on 25 Jan 2022, 00:58 last edited by
                                        #28

                                        I use the extended release Tylenol now and then. Pretty good, much better with some ibuprofen. Luckily it’s only once every few months. My arthritis is very well controlled by meds.

                                        "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                                        • M Mik
                                          25 Jan 2022, 00:58

                                          I use the extended release Tylenol now and then. Pretty good, much better with some ibuprofen. Luckily it’s only once every few months. My arthritis is very well controlled by meds.

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                                          George K
                                          wrote on 25 Jan 2022, 01:06 last edited by
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                                          @mik the high dose acetaminophen is amazing for acute pain. One gram every 6 hours. Mrs. George has had dental extractions and (!) a joint replacement using little more than that for analgesia.

                                          Don't exceed the dose, supplement with opioids and anti-inflammatories (which acetaminophen is not!) as needed.

                                          As I've said before, I was impressed with the intravenous route for this drug, and now, it seems that the oral is just as effective.

                                          If you can take it prophylactically, all the better.

                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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