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an improperly-supported ladder accident in my garage caused my wedding ring to circumfirentially avulse my finger.
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Marriage is dangerous
I copied this from a post on moving a bucket truck...
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That first line is mine.
I started "quoting" some of the posts on this thread, then realized there were 3-pages of them!!
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Never had any issues with mine, been stuck on my finger (take either meaning) for 10 years. I can imagine that it would be possible for something to happen though.
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As you have read, it's more than just possible.
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When I first got married I tried to convince my wife that it was a bad idea for me to wear a ring. Her answer was that she'd rather have me lose a finger, than not wear it! Six years,no problems, knock on wood.....
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That is outrageously selfish of her. She'd rather that you endure dismemberment than not wear a symbolic trinket of the marriage? I respect my wife's wishes, but that is certainly beyond the limit.
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I never wear mine while working. Mostly it lives on a key biner with my keys.
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That's how I do mine - see attached photo.
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After 36 years the only way mine's coming off is if they cut it off.
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That's what happened to mine, but it's worse. I had a really cool platinum and gold band where the platinum is actually heated to expand, then cooled/shrunk down onto the gold. When my tendons and bone were exposed and it came time for the ER to saw through the ring, they got a great surprise: platinum is very hard and the $10 standard issue ring cutters are intended for gold. If you're unfamiliar with the medieval little device, it's like a wierd plier that only has a small thumb pad to push the backstop against the ring and a tiny thumbscrew to turn the pitiful little blade.
It took them about 30-minutes to make the cut. I remember them recruiting the biggest guy (ex-football player) in the ER to do the job because the regular docs and ER staff couldn't get it done. Well, it got more complicated because once they cut throug the gold layer, the platinum said "ahhh!, now I can relax" and relax it did. With a gap, it was able to assume the smaller position that it desired. So, now the ring was still on, tighter and now the circulation was completely cut off. All of a sudden, they realized that they needed to make a second cut on the opposite side, but could not afford 30-minutes to do it. Thankfully, they did make the second cut faster.
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That is one of the grossest pictures I've ever seen.
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Looks like it would have slotted back on just fine, then attach some leeches to the finger sock and get the blood flowing through again, no harm done.
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Mine required neurosurgery to reconnect the arteries/veins/nerves or whatever. It works fine now, but stiff, especially in the cold. there's some loss of sensation around the "splice" itself, but the tip is fine.
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I hardly ever wear my rings (pure gold only) now - church and pure social functions only. The mini-carabiner on the keychain works great for me. That way I can don or doff them when I'm driving to an event as necessary.
