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Re: Foot punctures

PostPosted: Sat May 19, 2012 6:19 pm
by Tonka
MoapaPk wrote:I have a friend who got the broken tip of an agave leaf -- a sharp spike 2-3 cm log -- stuck in his shin in 2009. Perversely, this was a trip down Moapa Peak, while on the cliffs, so we really couldn't just stop. He got down the cliffs, but the muscle action in that time worked the spine deeper into his leg. I tried for about 10 minutes to fish the spine out with sterile tweezers, but I could see that the process was painful, so I stopped and just bandaged the wound. We still had about 2 miles to get back to the car, all on rough terrain, and the spine worked in further. He went to the doc that eve, and the doc just gave him antibiotics. There is still a hard lump there, but the spine seems to have been resorbed by the body -- for the most part (the silica is probably still there).

I had an ex girlfriend lodge a bass fishing lure into my leg and I'm sure glad the doc didn't take this approach :)

Re: Foot punctures

PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2012 12:03 am
by MoapaPk
Tonka wrote: I had an ex girlfriend lodge a bass fishing lure into my leg and I'm sure glad the doc didn't take this approach :)


That's why you should never go fishing with ex-girlfriends; they are just waiting for a chance to get even.

Re: Foot punctures

PostPosted: Sat May 26, 2012 5:28 pm
by Sierra Ledge Rat
I just performed another core on another plantar puncture, opened it up and drained some pus, pulled out a small foreign body that wasn't on the x-ray.

I should've just prescribed some antibiotics instead.

Re: Foot punctures

PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2012 2:11 pm
by Sierra Ledge Rat
Lionel wrote:What was the foreign body?


Looked like flecks of wood.

Re: Foot punctures

PostPosted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:13 pm
by colinr
Aside from a spraining my ankle pretty badly a couple of times, I've never been forced to take it easy for very long. Some depressing down time like that usually gives me some extra motivation to get out on some good adventures afterward and fully appreciate them.

Lionel wrote: I can't imagine breaking a leg or having something which requires months of convalescence. Now I just jinxed myself.


Hopefully not! Well, at least we've got lots of stuff to help us pass the time when we survive injuries or can't get out much for awhile.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVQ6pACISMY[/youtube]

Re: Foot punctures

PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:43 am
by Kiefer
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Some things just simply can't be controlled....