holes, they feel strange.

[Allen Rune]

Damn man, that's not right. I once had a nail go almost all the way through my right foot, but never anything like that!

[jerkins]

I used to race semi-professional snow cross, and I had something like this happen to me.  Snowmobiles set up for this style of racing have 96 sharp, 2 inch metal studs in the tracks to get better traction.  As the track landed on my back leg it got me pretty good.  I ended up with 7 holes about .25-.5 inches deep.

[Flyboy]

idiot  <G,D,R>
how old are you batty?

[Angus]

A little checklist for you:
Is the puncture closing or looking more like a dried-out...hole?
Is it warm around?
Are you allright, - no fever or drowsyness??
I am no doctor, but being in the farming I have seen things that doctors haven't. Anyway, if the hole closes and bleeds or seeps out a bit, and you have no fever, you should be okay.
BTW, I have repetetive experience of stepping on nails, and some almost going through my foot. And exactly those were not so bad at first, but gave me weeks of pain and infecton afterwards. A key issue is if it goes near the bone.
Just my little 5 cents. good healings.

[NOT]

tis just a flesh wound..........




NOT

[mechanic]

Indeed a mere scratch! Hardly much to moan about. Funny story more than anything and i enjoyed trying to write about it with a touch of humour.
These other painfull stories are much more gruesome! Thanks for sharing. Arterial wounds must hurt like hell! the slice factor....ewww. Holes in leg from ski mobile? im just an ameteur obviously!
Wldcard, the bright light doesnt help there, though you should try living in a country with two weeks of sun and 50 weeks of cold and damp a year. Nilsen, true! Flyboy, im 26. Angus, thanks for the check list, I'm fine by all accounts. Didnt even need to get a stich as i just woke up and it's healing well. Just a dark scab really now, not much inflamation. Feeling fine.


edit: healing ok, in blue is the area of the deeper wound with some slight infection and swelling but that is to be expected in a healthy body. I currently live alone for most nights of the week so inspecting, dressing and pictures have to be taken whilst attempting mild yoga possitions.

[Xargos]

Get a tetanus shot Bat.

Yes.  If it's been more then seven years since your last one, you need to get another.


Got lockjaw, had to go to bed.
Sneezed and he blew off
the top of his head.

P.S.  Also look for streaking around the wound.

[mechanic]

thanks Xargos and others for good advice, I'd still rather chance it and not have to see any doctumers on the weekend. I'm pretty sure I'm still covered. If I start grinding my teeth i will let you know.

[Getback]

Are you current on your tetanus shot?  If not, it's a good time.



wrongway

Well at least you didn't have to throw a red hot branding iron on it. Get to the doctor fast though. I'm a bit worried about infection.

[WilldCrd]

Well at least you didn't have to throw a red hot branding iron on it. Get to the doctor fast though. I'm a bit worried about infection.

yup branding iron would fix that right up, friend of mine got braneded....TWICE!
It is part of his fraternity thing from college. The first time was his initiation the 2nd was cause a friend of his was sceered to do it so my fiend did it with him.
He said the initial branding didnt hurt like you would think due to the nerves being overloaded. The smell of burnt human flesh....well that was a different story. He said that for the next 8-10 weeks while it was healing is when it hurt.
The ironic thing is, he is black. When I asked him WHY the hell he would subject himself to being branded both for the physical effect but also for the fact that he is black and the whole slavery thing, he said it was to show true commitment to his fraternity. Guess I have a fear of commitment cause I wouldn't do it.
and just to be clear it's not some small little branding either it goes from his shoulder halfway to his elbow on his right arm and again from his shoulder about to the bottom of his shoulder blade on the right side of his back.

No friggin way would I do it....nope nadda fugetaboutit!!!

My own personal story of new holes in my otherwise young and pristine body <age 10 or so> I was climbing a tree and slipped, I slid down trying to catch myself and got "caught" on a broken branch. It went all the way to the bone on my right arm between the elbow and arm pit with about a 1.5" diameter hole.
My friends and I ran home, the whole time I was holding my arm with my left hand trying to keep the muscle (meat) from falling out as some kinda got pulled out when I got myself off the branch blood was EVERYWHERE especially all over me. It didnt really hurt for the first few minutes but on the way home it hurt like hell, especially for a 10 yr old. Plus the fact that when I looked at it my muscle was hanging out kinda freaked me out at first but, at the hospital (once I got a shot for the pain I tought it looked pretty cool, cracked the Dr. and my dad up, mom wasnt too enthused 
Only took about 10 stitches to sew it up. The plus side was I got out of school for a couple days

[mechanic]

ouch, we have fallen along way from the primate skill set

[Nilsen]

Please keep us posted with day-by-day shots of the injury and how you feel. If you go to see a doctor you should record everything and post it here.

Maybe you could even start a real blog about it Buttfink 

[mechanic]

yeah yeah nils very funny. I just thought you might laugh at it   
Also as my first true perforation wound it was a new and wonderfull experience for me.
dont bump it if you dont want to!

[gpwurzel]

Bat, I think you'll find your not meant to modify the current plans - extra holes are not for hero's lol.......



Hope you get healed nice n quick

Wurzel

[Curval]

I actually did a similar thing years ago when I was working construction.

I had to carry a bunch of re-bar that had been thrown off a truck over to the large stack of rebar on the other side of the site.  I decided to do a short-cut on this particular occasion, past two large piles of discarded lumber.  At one point there was a really narrow gap, but I was/am farly skinny so I decided to go for it.

I didn't see the large rusty nail poking out of one of the boards.

It got me in the stomach as I tried to squeeze through and the wound looked very similar to yours, although it didn't go as deep.

I got the rebar over to where it was supposed to go and then dropped.  The owner of the company yelled at me and threatened to make me shovel sand for a week if I didn't get up and get back to work.  I was really lucky, it didn't get infected which meant that it was a clean cut.