Partial Hand Amputation

Testing out the HD features for another look at what it's like living with a partial hand amputation.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• amputee
• amputation
• cut off
• fingers
• hand
• stumps
• operation

[dbmrhi]

What sensations do you experience when it is cold? Do you feel pain from the cold?

[BurnScarred]

@dbmrhi - when it hits about 50 degrees I have extreme pain in my hand. The limited blood flow shuts down until I can warm it up again. very painful and no fun at all. the problem is I live in Wisconsin an it can get to -50 degrees here, and it will be below 40 degrees for about 6 months.

[dbmrhi]

@BurnScarred Thanks for your reply. About 25 years ago I to suffered a hand injury to my left hand next to the index finger and down throw my hand just before the hand thumb joint due to a power saw (Skill saw) accident on a construction job. Unlike you I was luckier as the damage was fully repaired to my amazement. But I do know just as you feel about the cold. I'm in Ca but in my area we have cold days and my hand gets stiff and turns purple and blue. Do you experience these symptoms?

[BurnScarred]

@dbmrhi - yes I do, but mine turns white. Today I took an orange out of the refrigerator and was peeling it. it was so pain due to the cold of the refrigerator I had to stop several times due to the pain.

[Kueronez]

Goes to show how adaptable we humans are.

Do you get a lot of phantom pain? Since I was born without fingers I've never "felt" phantom pain, but been asked a lot.

I was very impressed by your video of yourself shuffling cards, thats still something I have not yet been able to do.

Keep on keeping on! :)

[BurnScarred]

@Kueronez - I had "phantom pain" for a few months after the accident due to the nerve endings, but not after that. I do have "real" pain if I forget and try to use the fingers like I used to. the nerve fires off the muscle that after 4 years is not really there in full (no matter what it's not there in full), and that will pull on scar tissue inside, which is a quick reminder to STOP doing that. I can see how shuffling like that could be a challenge for you. but a challenge is always good

[toestumpfan]

looks very interesting! above all very admirable how everything works in spite of the restriction

[1hndman]

good stuff man keep moving forward. at least ya got to keep a bit. i got nothin "left".

[BurnScarred]

very weird.. the parts are not there, but you think you can still move them. trying to move them is a bad idea, because that makes the muscles pull the tendons which pull on nothing but scar tissue, and it hurts.

[zbobhigh]

hey i just have a question...but im not so sure how easy it is to answer, whats it like to be missing fingers that were once there...like the movement part. just the fact that now there gone, how weird was it?