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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
So my poll question is what's the threshold for making the decision to go to the doctor about something?
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I think I feel the same as you do on this one. Broken fingers and toes don't warrant hospital visits unless you can't use them at all. I dislocated my pinkie a while back, popped it back into place, wiggled it and got on with my life. I probably tore something too, since it still doesn't feel right, but I'm going to have to learn to live with it.
A few weeks back I was poked in the eye while playing ball. Now this was no ordinary finger-in-the-eye. Somebody was trying to knock a rebound loose from my grip, completely missed the ball and proceeded to shove his finger into my eye socket (no exaggeration) up to his second knuckle. I honestly thought my eye exploded and I could see roughly nothing. Not a far walk to the emergency room from where I was playing, but, I decided to walk it off a bit and see what happened. Went to the mirror, eye was scratched, bloody and red all over, but intact. Waited two minutes, put my contact back in and played another hour with limited depth perception.
I guess my rule would be: No doctor unless major bone is broken, major ligament is damaged or cut is deep enough to see the white. I hate going to the doctor, but I think it's only because I'm so impatient.
TM
