The Pain! The Agony!

[Batgirl]

....Okay, I'm already feeling really stupid making this the first thread I've made here at CBR...let's see if I actually post this. Alright, does anyone have any ideas on how to reomove something(Not even sure what it is....)from a foot, that may be already fairly deep into the foot, as painlessly as possible? Mind you, I am the biggest sissy in the world when it comes to my blood, pain, and sticking sharp objects in me.

Woah....I think I'm actually going to post this....Stop me before I hit the "Submit New Thread" button! Hur-...Too late.

[Bear]

....Okay, I'm already feeling really stupid making this the first thread I've made here at CBR...let's see if I actually post this. Alright, does anyone have any ideas on how to reomove something(Not even sure what it is....)from a foot, that may be already fairly deep into the foot, as painlessly as possible? Mind you, I am the biggest sissy in the world when it comes to my blood, pain, and sticking sharp objects in me.

Woah....I think I'm actually going to post this....Stop me before I hit the "Submit New Thread" button! Hur-...Too late.

I stepped on a nail once (oh boy did that hurt). Employ the help of the nearest relative, I always say.

[Paradox]

Oooo, ooo, I know this one! An ax! No, wait, a backhoe!

No, seriously, depending on how bit the thing is, usually a needle.

[Batgirl]

An ax? ...Good idea! I always thought this foot was useless, anyway. Now, if it was my RIGHT foot, I wouldn't even consider it.

Yeah, I guess I'll just end up having to use a needle....

[Agent Helix]

I guess it sort of depends on what exactly you got stuck in your foot to begin with.

[Matt Algren]

I'm hesitant to agree with Bear, but enlisting someone's help seems reasonable. And obviously, get somebody to look at it to make sure it doesn't get infected or anything.

[Batgirl]

Yeah, I'm defiently going to have to have my mom help me....I don't think I'd be able to remove it myself. (I'm only thirteen, remember.)

Yeah, I'm not exactly sure what it is in my foot. It could be a thorn, but you'd think I would've realized I stepped on something with a thorn. (We have this huge boganvilla(I murdered that word...)plant out back, and some of the branches lie on the ground...)

[darkhanamaru]

if it's rusted metal ask your mom if you need a tetanus shot

[Batgirl]

No, it is DEFINETLY not rusted metal. *Shudder* I looked at it again, and it looks brown-ish.....we have a bunch of chipped stone out back(Our patio is rock, and some pieces have chipped off over the years), so maybe it's that.

[Paul McEnery]

Get a vat of liquid nitrogen, put your foot in it, and wait for everything to become comfortably numb. Once that's happened, just tap your knee with a tiny little hammer, and your whole lower leg will just painlessly fall to pieces onto the floor.

I think that's your best bet for painless!

:evilsmile:

[Batgirl]

Hm......How will I walk? :tongue:

[Paul McEnery]

Hm......How will I walk? :tongue:

You will hop!

Since you're only 13, you've probably never seen the Peter Cook and Dudley Moore Tarzan sketch.

Youtube is your friend.

[niall mc cann]

Hm......How will I walk? :tongue:

Try and favour the other foot.

[mgs]

I stepped on a nail once

nail? unless it's serrated in some way, just pull out and get thee a shot from the doctor. ;)It could be a thorn

woody or splintery things are tricky. They tend not to come out in one piece and can infect.

I've had splinters, glass, etc. It's not so bad, but the thing is to get as much as you can out, And then, try to stay off that foot for some time as the body (foot) will naturally 'push' out fhe foreign object by itself over time, creating new layers of sole and all.. It may be stingy for a while, but it will eventually get out.

good luck! ;)

[nervmeister]

My guess is to guillotine it off.

[mattx110]

You will hop!

Since you're only 13, you've probably never seen the Peter Cook and Dudley Moore Tarzan sketch.

Youtube is your friend.
You appear to have one too few...

Ice might seriously help to numb it and reduce swelling making it easier to pluck. Although, hopefully by now you've go it out and are sipping virgin pina coladas.

[Ronald Bryan]

nail? unless it's serrated in some way, just pull out and get thee a shot from the doctor.

Also good advice if you find yourself having sex with some woman you don't know, and don't remember how you got there. Or why there's a man chained to the wall.

[Sir Tim Drake]

If I were you, I would go see a shaman or a traditional healer. Or if none of those were available, I would go to the doctor.

[darkkeeperjr]

If I were you, I would go see a shaman or a traditional healer. Or if none of those were available, I would go to the doctor.
Bah! A needle,some tweezers,ice and a dark towel to catch the blood. That's how we do it in Brooklyn!

[Michael P]

Take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[Batgirl]

Ha! I think it's gone! My foot doesn't hurt anymore...So, that either means that it came out, or it found it's way into my bloodstream and is on it's way to my heart and I will die a slow and horrible death. .....Let's hope it's the first one.

[Paradox]

Well, that doesn't mean you can't try some of the remedies anyway.

That liquid nitrogen one looked all sciencey interesting. :biggrin:

[MacQuarrie]

Ha! I think it's gone! My foot doesn't hurt anymore...So, that either means that it came out, or it found it's way into my bloodstream and is on it's way to my heart and I will die a slow and horrible death. .....Let's hope it's the first one.

Most likely. The body's pretty good about expelling stuff. I had a doctor leave a chunk of suture in my foot, and after about ten years it managed to push its way to the surface. Not pretty.

[fly on the wall]

My niece got a toothpick stuck in the bottom of her foot once and the doctor said removing it would cause too much damage. He said just to wait until it came out of the other side of her foot, and it did.

When it came out she had to walk on crutches. She was still on crutches when the family decided to go to a crowded amusement park. Because of her incapicitated state they let all of us go on the rides without waiting in line. It was wonderful.

The family decided that they would always have someone faking it on crutches if they ever went to an amusement park again.

[Paradox]

My old roomie Amy had a busted up knee for years, and even had a handicapped parking license. It was de riguer for us to go right to the front of any concert lines, etc with her in her leg brace and crutches that she really didn't need. So she had SOME use. :biggrin:

[Augusto]

My guess is to guillotine it off.

It's safer with the axe. And avoid chainsaws! It will splatter blood everywhere:biggrin:

[Batgirl]

Oooh, yeah. No chainsaws. Too loud. My dog would freak out. :tongue:

[dupont2005]

i had wisdom teeth pulled earlier this week:frown:

[Deskad]

Heat up a large needle on the stove, and use that, then pour either alcohol or hydrogen peroxide over it.

Also, as already said, get help with this.

[Paradox]

Doesn't sound like any more help is needed. Sounds like it came out to me. She'd know if it was still in there. If nothing else, a tiny bit is still in there, minor effects of infection will show up in a day or two. MINOR, nothing to be worried about. If so, then get it checked out.

It's just a sliver, it's not a gash from a rusty blade. I don't think there's any chance of gangrene here, and considering she's only 13, any tetanus shot she's ever had in her life is likely to still be effective.

[StoneGold]

Hrm. I know the best way to get something painful out of your crotch.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3198/2420995199_83ca7a66c4.jpg

[Batgirl]

.....I've never had a tetanus shot. - -' But I am POSITIVE it wasn't any sort of metal or anything.

[Masterbasset]

Tweezers, boyo.

Tweezers.

[Paradox]

How do you get to be 13 and never had a tetanus shot? Don't they give you one as a matter of course somewhere along the line?

Or maybe that's one of those things they did in my youth that they no longer do (there are many things like that).

[Batgirl]

Maybe it has to do with school....I'm homeschooled, and I've never gone to an actual school. Or, like you said, they might not do that anymore.....I really wouldn't know. ^^'

[Paradox]

Well, I AM almost four times as old as you, so it may just be a sign of the times. :biggrin:

[mattx110]

Well, I AM almost four times as old as you, so it may just be a sign of the times. :biggrin:
I remember getting a tetanus shot...

Although it was quite a traumatic experience. I hate needles more than anything. I can take them now, but it still sets my heart at about 280 bps

[Paradox]

Muscle shots frickin' hurt. No shame in that trauma.

[Batgirl]

Hm.....I don't know why, but for some reason, I thought you were in your 30s, possibly even 20s. ^^' ....That was random.

Hm.....I can't really remember the last time I got a shot. But I HATE 'em. Needles? Ugh.....I don't like the concept of sticking something sharp into me. I have double pierced ears, and I haven't worn earrings for years. The main reason is because I don't like the whole prospect of sticking something in my ear, but also because they're too....girly(Yes, I know I'm a girl...).

[Floyd The Barber]

How do you get to be 13 and never had a tetanus shot? Don't they give you one as a matter of course somewhere along the line?

The first time I ever had one was when I was 19 after I was in a car accident and I went to public school. I think usually they're pretty much given "as needed".

[mattx110]

Hm.....I don't know why, but for some reason, I thought you were in your 30s, possibly even 20s. ^^' ....That was random.

Hm.....I can't really remember the last time I got a shot. But I HATE 'em. Needles? Ugh.....I don't like the concept of sticking something sharp into me. I have double pierced ears, and I haven't worn earrings for years. The main reason is because I don't like the whole prospect of sticking something in my ear, but also because they're too....girly(Yes, I know I'm a girl...).
Shit, I was thinking of getting an earring.

Don't tell Ben, he would want his hero to be less a man. Plus, by now I think your holes probably healed.