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Well, it took a while, but the VA when I saw my Dr. did not want to mess with my finger other than to X-ray it and showed a good long chunk of the needle still in my finger. I nearly wanted to puke. Just the thought of what was going to happen to remove it. The VA did send me to the hospital here in W.V. called W.V.U. hospital. Anyways, they took more x-rays and then stuck long needles in my finger at the knuckle to numb the whole finger. Then another Dr. come in and cut the finger open and prided the meat apart while he hunted for the needle, he did find it and removed it from my finger. No stitches just left it open to drain. It is like the worst deep cut the likes of which I have ever had in my life. It does hurt and the index finger gets bumped or knocked into something all the time.
But at least 3 to 4 weeks after I stuck it in my finger, it now is out. They did tell me that I did a real good job of sticking the needle in my finger. It was close to the tendon and the bone, so the VA farmed me out to the civilians to get it done. The Doctor even took a picture of the needle, it will be added to my VA medical records.
It is now better enough for me to get caught up on all the typing I had to do.
Margo
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