Libby got me to apply an ice pack the evening it happened - but my hand got very cold and I had to wear a thick glove to do it....
It has not stopped me from continuing to work on the shed - but the rain did this morning.
The swelling has gone down a touch overnight - but the skin over the back of the hand remains too tight for me to make a full fist - hence I can't use my left jab or hook - which could prove to be the real handicap...
I decided to remove my ring this morning. It was an adventure.
I lost my wedding ring a couple of years ago and wasn’t going to replace it – but spend the insurance money on something more useful. (Like a De Walt impact driver
)
However – management had other ideas so we trudged off to the Jewellery Quarter and got a replacement sized more snugly than the previous one. It was made to order and took 2 weeks.
It has taken 45 minutes to get the bloody thing off.
1 Lubricate the finger - - Nah
2. Cold water soak – Nah
3. 1 and 2 in reverse order… Nah
4. Ice cube the finger – but not the ring plus 1….10 minutes of painful nearly
5. I then had a memory flash and recalled a trick my mother was shown once upon a time when in hospital when she was unable to remove her wedding ring. It had never been off her finger since they got married. . Starting half and inch above the knuckle tightly wrap the finger in strong cotton and wrap it round and round compressing the flesh as it travelled down across the knuckle and to the ring –– feed the free end under the ring then unwrap the cotton loops at the same time encouraging the ring to slide forward. The ring then slid across the knuckle very easily. Thanks mother!
