Dermatologist or GP?

[colin007]

So I got stabbed by a rose bush about a month and a half ago, and my finger is still swollen and tender and hurts in the spot where I got pricked. Should I call the dermatologist or my general practitioner?

 

 

[iacas]

19 minutes ago, colin007 said:

So I got stabbed by a rose bush about a month and a half ago, and my finger is still swollen and tender and hurts in the spot where I got pricked. Should I call the dermatologist or my general practitioner?

Yes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_disjunction

[colin007]

lol gotcha.

[iacas]

I'd add more, but I don't have anything. Just cut it off. Or call one or the other and ask them who you should call.

If that's what it looks like a month later, something's off.

[colin007]

you want me to Ronnie Lot this thing?!?!?!?!?!?! "Just cut it off"????

[DaveP043]

I have a meat cleaver you could borrow.  One whack, that problem is gone.  Of course, there might be different problems in the future.

Now that I think about it, chopping it off could screw up your grip.  Do you interlock or overlap?

[turtleback]

24 minutes ago, colin007 said:

you want me to Ronnie Lot this thing?!?!?!?!?!?! "Just cut it off"????

Hey, you might be able to cut it off and sell it to Jason Pierre Paul, the idiot Defensive End on my beloved Giants.

[Club Rat]

Here I thought you were a nice guy Dave. You sound like my Orthopedic Doc I golf with, I'd just wack it off" his solution for all ailments.

Looks like there's some infection caused by the tip of the prong probably lodged under the skin surface.

I'd go probing with a needle and squeeze the infection puss out for starters. Then probe for the splinter embedded under the skin.

Look typical to situations of wood splinters would cause if not completely removed.

Take two aspirins and you'll feel better in the morning. 

[DaveP043]

6 minutes ago, Club Rat said:

Here I thought you were a nice guy Dave. You sound like my Orthopedic Doc I golf with, I'd just wack it off" his solution for all ailments.

Show's what a warped view of someone you can get when you only see the guy for a few days 

This actually reminds me of a joke told by the late Buddy Hackett.  A guy goes to the doctor because his "finger" (actually not his finger, but we'll use that term here for a similarly shaped appendage) is turning colors, blue, green, black, etc.  The doc is puzzled, can't tell him what's wrong, but says the solution might just be to cut it off.  The guy doesn't like this option, goes to another doc, same thing, only solution is to cut off the "finger".  Finally, he goes to an asian doc.  Goes through the whole story, says the other docs wanna cut it off.  The doc (imagine this now with Buddy Hackett doing his best stereotypical sure-to-offend asian accent) says no reason to amputate anything.  Two or three days, its gunna fall off on its own.

[mvmac]

Yeah, be a man and just cut it off. Not an important finger for golf 

[Club Rat]

3 hours ago, mvmac said:

 Not an important finger for golf 

Exactly, the most important finger is the "middle one"

Guys salute me all the time when I either chip in or roll a totally impossible 80 footer in on them.

[colin007]

Sooooo....

Went to the Dr's and the fact that it was a rose bush was interesting. Apparently there's something called Rose Gardener's Disease, also known as sporotrichosis. They put me on an anti-fungal as this can apparently travel through the lymph system and wreak havoc.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporotrichosis

[Gator Hazard]

On 11/7/2015, 2:09:20, colin007 said:

Sooooo....

Went to the Dr's and the fact that it was a rose bush was interesting. Apparently there's something called Rose Gardener's Disease, also known as sporotrichosis. They put me on an anti-fungal as this can apparently travel through the lymph system and wreak havoc.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporotrichosis

Wow!  That is interesting, who would have thought.   Thanks for posting that and hope it heals up soon.

P.S. Tell your beau you prefer tulips during the golf season to avoid any repeats.  

[colin007]

18 hours ago, Gator Hazard said:

Wow!  That is interesting, who would have thought.   Thanks for posting that and hope it heals up soon.

P.S. Tell your beau you prefer tulips during the golf season to avoid any repeats.  

 

thanks dood.  yeah, its been more than just a minor nuisance...lol. i told her i would rather just pave the entire yard and paint it green.