Healing is going very well. I took off my bandage for a little while last night as things were getting quite moist and waterlogged under the tegaderm. There was quite a bit of white skin around the wound that was concerning me a tiny bit, but speaking to a medical expert reassured me that it […]

Although the tegaderm definitely had some life left in it, the tip of the finger wasn’t sealed because the incision had bled a tiny bit and loosened the grip. I took it off to redress it. I gently washed off the site with an alcohol swab, helping to get some of the dried blood off. […]

(Phew. Typing with no middle finger will definitely be something to get used to.) Surgery went EXCELLENTLY today. I performed it at a friend (psuedononymously, Chad) and his family member’s (Linda) house. Linda has had quite a bit of medical training, so was an awesome resource to bounce ideas off of and get advice from […]

I attempted magnet insertion myself and went at it with a friend all scrubbed up to assist. Unfortunately, my scalpel wasn’t shaped correctly (#10) to make a deep enough pocket without making a massively oversized incision, and the lidocaine was wearing off by the time I tried using the tip of my surgical scissors to […]