Month Six: Doing good
Six months passed since amputation.
Medical History
Month Four: A dent in the regrowing fingernail
Twelve weeks have passed since my thumb lost its tip. As you can see, the removed fingernail is slowly growing back.
Month Three: The shape
Two months has passed since the thumb tip amputation. The nail is slowly growing back.
Month One: The thumb is still heavily swollen
A month has passed since the injury and the surgery. The traumatologist described the new X-ray as consolidated fracture in satisfactory condition.
Week Three: Rage
I’ve left the hospital and started to consult other doctors on possibilities to return my thumb to default. As I came to see yet another specialist, things started to get grim.
Week Two: Will the nail regrow if you lost half of your finger tip
After the surgery, they moved me to a common hospital room. “Common” meant 8 other patients shared it. The patients were male, heavy snoring included. Anyway, I was too exhausted to bother and felt asleep almost immediately, refusing painkillers and sedatives once again. The next day my insurance company finally managed to get me a …
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Week One: How I lost half of my thumb nail phalanx
It was in winter. I just came to a resort some 3 hours from the city. It was supposed to be a pleasure getaway. Well, it turned out a nightmare.