I think I broke my hand...

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Either that, or I just bruised it really bad.I had a crock pot full of chili, and I was stepping up on my porch steps carrying it into my house and I tripped, skinned my knee, caught myself with my left hand, dropped the crock pot on my left hand and then landed on the crock pot. Spilt chili all over the porch... hurt like crazy too!! sigh Just another day in the life of Katie I guess...

It's the sort of thing you can laugh about a few years later, but isn't fun at the time.

Can you open and close your fingers all right?

I can open and close them just fine, it just hurts when I put pressure on my hand (like if I open my hand palm down on a table and press against it) or if I touch/apply a light pressure to the back side of my hand (from right above the wrist to about an inch below the knuckle).Edit:While it doesn't really hurt to open and close my hand, it does twing a bit when I do that... it's probably just bruised really bad... I think I'll baby it a bit lol

There are a lot of bones in the hand. You never know if you might have fractured one of them. If the pain persists you should have an xray.

Good lord that'll cost and arm and a leg... might even have to sign over the rights to my (future) first born lol Already have to take out a loan to get gas, whats an x-ray thrown into the mix?! But seriously, I'll head off to the emergancy room if it gets any worse or doesn't go away with in the next 24- 48 hours.

I hurt my hand a couple months ago and I was sure I had broken something (the incident involved my hand + corner of metal table at work + lots of force = ouch) .... in the end I most likely bruised some nerve or something and it healed after a week or so... I can still feel a small dent in my bone where it connected to the table though =/If you're typing and all it's probably not broken

Its prolly just a sprain, I play a lot of sports and used to get pains in my hands when pressure was applied to them and a slight tingle when opening and closing, best bet is to wait 2-3 days if its not sore, then it was just bruised, if its still sore see a doc about it.

When I broke my wrist I didn't know about it for 2 days. Mum finally dragged me to the doctor after two days of school and running around during lunch.Can your hand support any extra weight? That's what killed my wrist. It could bend in almost every direction just fine, or with minor pain, but if I held anything, even a small book it was agony.

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If you're typing and all it's probably not broken

I'm right handed, and it's the left hand thats hurt.

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Can your hand support any extra weight? That's what killed my wrist. It could bend in almost every direction just fine, or with minor pain, but if I held anything, even a small book it was agony.

Well it hurts a bit to bend my hand back and to twist it to the right (I built a fire lastnight in the heater, and I had to turn the hamper down and thats how I found that it hurt to do that lol). I've tried putting pressure on it (it's not unbearable, but it does hurt) and I've tried picking up a few things, but it's uncomfortable to hold things for very long.

Originally Posted By: Katie Lou Good lord that'll cost and arm and a leg... might even have to sign over the rights to my (future) first born lol Already have to take out a loan to get gas, whats an x-ray thrown into the mix?! Completely off-topic and not exactly helpful, but I'd hate to injure myself while in America. You guys have such a messed up health system.

Originally Posted By: bobalicious Originally Posted By: Katie Lou Good lord that'll cost and arm and a leg... might even have to sign over the rights to my (future) first born lol Already have to take out a loan to get gas, whats an x-ray thrown into the mix?! Completely off-topic and not exactly helpful, but I'd hate to injure myself while in America. You guys have such a messed up health system. Cannot argue that one Bob

You special katieness!!! huggles Hope it feels better soon xxx

well if its anything like what happened to me (crashed a motorcycle) it should be ok in a few weeks but should still follow these guys suggestions, boy it was a bitch when i tried again and fucked up the other for a good few weeks, spankin the chicken is a fucker with two bum wrists!

when i was a pre-teen i had a horse fall with me. i broke two fingers and i dk wut i did to my ribs (the horse also got hurt) yea it was a bad fall. but i can tell you it hurt to breath way more than the broke fingers. but from wut i remeber of my fingers breaks the pain was like a jamming constant hurt feeling. I could bend them some. i can't remeber them hurting so much exept the jamming feeling. i dk maybe cuz it was kinda hard to breath. my fingers never swelled. when i sprined my ankle it swelled bad both times. it's alwasy better to be safe than sorry i guess. i dk wut would happen if u whent on wiht out getting it checked and it is broke. the 2nd time i broke my pinky (nother horse oops) it hurt like ....... they put it in hot water and ran me to the ER. For soem reason the hot woater made it less painful. that pinky still isn't right lol

hurt to breath or laugh for about 6 weeks?
broken ribs, cracked at any rate, been there done that many many times, Id rather break an arm or leg or fingers than a rib.

yea.. breath laugh .......just move hurt. i don;t remeber how long.. it was a while tho. u know how hard it is for a kid not to move..lol mom said i was 11 when that happend. i remembered it was around 11 or 12. just yea... 2 things i never want... my ribs messed up or my back messed up. took along time to get over my back too.

Dude...
I love the Christmas bears! They are fucking awesome..
Been reading the post. How the hell is your hand.

Hope you're okay!

i'm glad eu liked the bears. .. i had issues wiht them. LMAO. i did think abotu redoing them over and not using colorpencil..... doing somthing like (photophp color) this > Click with them. my hand has heled up fine. it was a long time ago. i still cant pop them (the fingers i had broke)or liek pull them. and my pinky that i had broke (twice) i can;t bend tight. and when i drink somethign with that hand my pinky thinkks it has to poke out. it's like i have to force it to bend. but it never hurts or anything. lol

Wow! You are so fucking talented!