the sliver is out! the sliver is out!

[mary,tx]

It's hard to explain how happy I am that I finally popped out that sliver tonight.

I actually measured it--almost 1/3 of an inch!!

I can't tell y'all how much better I feel to know that wood is out of my finger.

[willow_girl]

Ouch! I'll bet. Those suckers hurt!

As an aside, I once edited a small-town newspaper whose bound editions went back into the 1800s. I used to like to page through the really one ones (carefully!) in my spare time. I recall one news item, circa 1888, about a local woman who, while polishing her dining room table, reportedly received a large splinter.

Call the press!

[mary,tx]

haha I actually got this scrubbing up an antique table.

[willow_girl]

Maybe it was the same table?!

[Solarmom]

Originally Posted by willow_girl

Ouch! I'll bet. Those suckers hurt!

As an aside, I once edited a small-town newspaper whose bound editions went back into the 1800s. I used to like to page through the really one ones (carefully!) in my spare time. I recall one news item, circa 1888, about a local woman who, while polishing her dining room table, reportedly received a large splinter.

Call the press!

OK I'll bite, how in the heck do you get a splinter "polishing" a table?? were they using sandpaper??? and was the table that rough? and if it was, would you be eating off of it to begin with?? just askin, ya know?

Oh, and very happy you got that darned thing outta your finger, I know it had to hurt!

[GrannyG]

Old time remedy....soak a small piece of bread in milk, put it on the area, wrap it, usually will be ready to pop out the next morning....

[pheasantplucker]

Not to hijack your thread, but when my youngest daughter was around 10 years old, she was running and sliding on the hardwood floors, the night before Easter. She came down the stairs screaming. Apparently a splinter (about 1.75 inches) ran up and under he kneecap! I took her to the ER since there was only the top visible (but it was completely under the skin). At the time we didn't know how long it was, but I could see how thick the top was...The doctor told me he wanted her to wait till the day after Easter to come back to remove it. I refused...said, "No. Take it out now." which they did, but you could tell, we were an "inconvenience".

[soulsurvivor]

I've done my share of "talking" to those splinters too, so I very much understand what you've been going through. Glad to know yours is now a memory and out of your finger.

[motdaugrnds]

Ouch!!

When we get splinters, we usually take a sharp needle and dig around the entry point, raising that end of the splinter as much as possible; then use a pair of tweezers to pull it out. If it is deeply embedded, a single-edge razor blade works. We have some Betadine we use on the animals and usually wipe the area clean with this prior to the little surgical procedure; then pour Hydrogen Pyroxide over it afterwards and wrap if need be. (It is good to have some "surgical tape" on hand too in case the area needs stitches and you don't have the tools to stitch it.)

[mary,tx]

Originally Posted by motdaugrnds

Ouch!!

When we get splinters, we usually take a sharp needle and dig around the entry point, raising that end of the splinter as much as possible; then use a pair of tweezers to pull it out. If it is deeply embedded, a single-edge razor blade works. We have some Betadine we use on the animals and usually wipe the area clean with this prior to the little surgical procedure; then pour Hydrogen Pyroxide over it afterwards and wrap if need be. (It is good to have some "surgical tape" on hand too in case the area needs stitches and you don't have the tools to stitch it.)

I actually did a lot of poking with the needle, clippers, and tweezers the day I did it. But it was in way too deep. I considered going to the doctor and having him cut it open, but really, really, really didn't want to.

I honestly didn't have the nerve to take a razor blade to it. It was tender enough after all the poking.

[mary,tx]

Originally Posted by Wind in Her Hair

Glad yours is out - next time - call me.

Girl, if I had you close, I surely would!

[mary,tx]

Originally Posted by pheasantplucker

Not to hijack your thread, but when my youngest daughter was around 10 years old, she was running and sliding on the hardwood floors, the night before Easter. She came down the stairs screaming. Apparently a splinter (about 1.75 inches) ran up and under he kneecap! I took her to the ER since there was only the top visible (but it was completely under the skin). At the time we didn't know how long it was, but I could see how thick the top was...The doctor told me he wanted her to wait till the day after Easter to come back to remove it. I refused...said, "No. Take it out now." which they did, but you could tell, we were an "inconvenience".

When I did this, it brought back memories of being at the doctor with a very large sliver under the skin as a child. I don't remember how it got there, or how he got it out, just how terrifying it was.

This was also a large one like that. I'd pulled the biggest piece out, right through vinyl gloves, before I realized there might be more in my finger.

[mary,tx]

Originally Posted by soulsurvivor

I've done my share of "talking" to those splinters too, so I very much understand what you've been going through. Glad to know yours is now a memory and out of your finger.

thanks

[fordy]

Originally Posted by mary,tx

It's hard to explain how happy I am that I finally popped out that sliver tonight.

I actually measured it--almost 1/3 of an inch!!

I can't tell y'all how much better I feel to know that wood is out of my finger.

..............My mamma always told me.......never slide down the bannister son ! , lol , fordy

[7thswan]

Originally Posted by GrannyG

Old time remedy....soak a small piece of bread in milk, put it on the area, wrap it, usually will be ready to pop out the next morning....

Yup, and it works wounders on horses legs.We wrap in plastic.

[gottahaveagoat]

GrannyG my granny used the same thing. Also for many other different things. We used to laugh about it and call her Dr Wilson (her name). Even put it on my toe when I pulled the toe nail 3/4 of the way off.

[Paquebot]

Bacon will draw slivers out. Put a piece of fat bacon over the area and then a bandaid to hold it in place. Google remove slivers bacon to learn that it really works. Takes about 2 days and it will pop out. Been there, done that, barefoot. Big toe with one which aunt couldn't get hold of. Wrapped a piece of bacon around the toe and taped it in place. Hurt like the dickens a day or so later. Aunt squeezed the toe just right and it popped right out!

Martin

[Cheribelle]

Man, this reminds me of my poor little boy, getting one at school. The school nurse called me at work, said he had gotten a splinter in his rear end, school teeter-totter, she didn't feel qualified to deal with it. I immediatly picked him up and went to the ER, the "splinter" was as big as his poor little butt! $275.00.

[davel745]

Here is what I do sometimes. Take carpenters glue like Elmer’s or similar and put it on the sliver, let it harden and then pull it off. Sometimes the sliver comes out too.

Dave

[nehimama]

For the life of me, I really thought the title was "The Silver is Out! The Silver is Out!" I wondered if you were all excited about polishing the silver or something.

ANYWAY, those slivers can really be painful and irritating. Glad to know the Sliver is Out!