Possible Injury

[northie66]

At the base of my index finger but toward the thumb side, I have what looks like a tic tac under my skin.  The doctor saw it about 2 weeks ago and said, "We'll keep an eye on it."  Well, my eye has watched it get more sore and a little bigger.  So, the doctor is going to cut it out tomorrow.  She's thinking maybe it's a piece of wood in there.

I'm so proud.  I feel like an electrician apprentice that got their first shock.   

Of course, if it's not wood, I'm going to feel like an idiot.   

[Judy Hunter]

Hmmm, I wonder where you could have possibly gotten a piece of wood in there
Good luck. hope it feels better soon.

[GrayBeard]

I will go you one better, Janet!

This morning I had my wrist x-rayed because of persistent pain. (probably arthritis per Dr.).

When the xray tech brought the xrays into the examining room she asked me how I got the piece of metal in my arm!

My reply, "What?"

She pointed to a small white dot on the xray and said, "That is a piece of metal embedded in your flesh. Did you have a BB gun duel when you were a kid or is it recent?"

I have absolutely no idea when, where, how it got there but it is definitely there.

The Dr. said, "Does it ever bother you?" I replied, "No". He said, "Until it does leave it alone!"
Now I can't stop rubbing the darn thing!

~~~GB~~~

[yyyyyguy]

Janet, GB - Don't remove them, they are tracking devices so when the mothership returns it will know where to find you, all scrollers have them, we are very special (interstellarly speaking) to them

[dgman]

Yeah Janet and GB, I wasn't going to say anything buy yguy is right! Don't remove it or they will never find you!!!

[Rapid Roger]

Depends on how many board foot ya got in there. Ya might be able to scroll a keepsake out of it, especially if it has good grain to it.

Rog

[Becky]

I hope all goes well with the procedure, Janet.  Seems like you'd have noticed embedding a piece of wood in your finger.  Even if it was just a splinter, you'd think it would have at least been an irritation.

Be sure to let us know what it is - you know - size, species and all that!   

Hey, GrayBeard, does rubbing the BB at least take your mind off the arthritis?  I'm taking it on faith that no genie has popped out of your arm from the rubbing.  I'm sure you'd have mentioned that.   

[BilltheDiver]

Janet-my wife had something similar once that turned out to be a rose thorn which had become infested in her knuckle.  Turned out fine.  Good luck!

[Dawie]

Hi Janet, good luck. We will help the mothership find you don't worry . And we can never loose you GB, all we will need is a metal detector to find you now .
As for me I have a big hole in the back of my mouth, had a tooth cut out yesterday and no it was not made of wood, did not even have metal in it.
have a great day out there.
David

[jimbo]

Janet the human wood tree, free wood all round.
If it is removed are you going to bottle it or plant it?
Jimbo

[Russ C]

I think it is a good possibility it's a piece of wood. Let us know how it goes. 

[GrayBeard]

NO genie so far! Seems to be permanent so must be the tracking device!
[who believes in genies at my age?]

Janet...Good Luck with the 'removal'!

~~~GB~~~

[northie66]

Doc couldn't find anything in there. The numbing hurt like heck. It felt like she was setting my hand on fire and i had to stop myself from hurting her. But, in the end, nothing to be found. I told her my alien implant theory. She said maybe it sensed the security breach and self destructed. 

[Judy Hunter]

Well it is the aliens loss.  Too bad you had all thgat pain for noithing.  Is the bumps still there then?

[dgman]

Janet, we warned you not to do it! Now the aliens will be ticked off.