Last post Sat, Aug 09 2008 4:28 PM by Debbie. 42 replies.
hey I lost my little finger and ring finger in an acciedent before 12 years. Now my age is 24. can I use artificial fingers. Please suggest me where i can found that.
Thanks a lot
dropsit2001:I recently had little finger amputated and have lost use of most of hand after a surgery then went bad in 2005. Have a Metronic stimulator in right upper chest and right arm. Has anyone else ever had this and how do you cope.
I recently had little finger amputated and have lost use of most of hand after a surgery then went bad in 2005.
Have a Metronic stimulator in right upper chest and right arm.
Has anyone else ever had this and how do you cope.
Hello Yule~
I'd go ahead and call your dr. again to write down your post-op directions on how you should care for your hand. In all the rush to get out of the hospital, sometimes we can all miss the everyday things that we should do to deal with pain and rehab.....you should check it out because it sounds like you're still dealing with some pain and weird sensations.
sorry to hear about your bad operation. my wife had her finger apmutated to the middle of her nail on her middle finger on her right hand. the doctor didnt have her come back for 3 weeks to change the bandages. by then the whole tip of her finger was black and she had to go in for another amputation down to her first knuckle. so, you count on these doctors to help you and look what happens
my wife lost her middle finger down to the first knuckle. she had got a prostetic finger,( actually 2,
and she lost both of them.) but she did sy that it was hard to get used to because they dont bend, they basically just stick out
Hi,
I had my middle finger and ring finger cut off due to Burgers diseases. Thats from smoking. It was 7 years ago and I still felling that I have pain in the fingers, but there is nothing to do for it but live with it.
About getting a fake finger, they are only for looks and VERY expensive. I had one for 2 weeks and I returned it back for it kept falling off and that was more embarrassing than the fingers missing.
Good luck in your future, but you will get used to it.
John A. Patrick
I lost my hand and wrist and people look at my arm stump, they really do. I now started to wear my prosthesis and since the Otto Bock plastic hand died after 2 minutes (the mechanism jammed) I am now warming up that puppy using the hook end.
People for some reason stare less if I am entirely relaxed, if I am wearing the gold shiney aluminium hook and the steel cable with the harness over my shirt (which I do for comfort and because I don't wear 2 layers). You can't be more apparently wearing an alien looking item than that - but one curious glance, and most of them relax. So much for my rather limited experience so far. Taking it as the way things are is key.
I'm right handed and busted up 3 out of 4 finger middle joints and ended up with one fusion. Middle finger, at an angle to provide a grasp. It never has been right in 11 years. I tweak it all the time and it's painful. It gets hung up on things sometimes, I just got fingerprinted and they had trouble with the new computer image with my finger angle, finally having to do them seperately. It's always something, it's just how we deal with it. I learned to use my left hand rather quickly, becoming stronger and more coordinated by the day, but my desire was strong and my will was good. I'm a strong believer that if you believe it, it will be. Pain is only weakness leaving the body, and I'm one of the strongest people in the world.
I'm also a right b/k and don't have cosmetics on my leg and wear shorts in the summer, I try not to embarass anyone I'm with, but other than that, I feel blessed to be a walker at all. and I don't really care what other people think about it. Vanity is not one of my strong points.
I'm a left below elbow amputee. I'm off a little above mid forearm.
What I've found, and the best advice I can offer is the following. You have to get on with your life. Do people stare? Yup, they sure do. They don't stare for long. If you are comfortable with yourself, everyone else is as well.
I feel I need to make another point here on the staring. It is completely natural When I see another amputee, I take a look just like everyone else. People are curious critters and there is nothing wrong with that. Anyone that is different from the most generic platonic ideal gets examined. If you're pretty, or ugly, in shape, fat, missing a limb, or use a wheelchair you are going to get noticed.
hi and welcome to all of the new people here! it's nice to meet you all.
Hello Yule! Sorry, somehow I missed this post earlier. I am a right BKA, so I kind of know what you are feeling. Just take it one day at a time. I found that to help me. I know it's hard to do, but you can't rush things. Hang in there. Let us know how you're doing.
Becky
