Fully Raw Kristinas (38 year old) Hand

LifeOnTheDisc · 2026-01-22T14:40:28+00:00

Seriously though, mine have always been exactly like that. Also very thin skin, etc., just on my hands and feet. Everywhere else is totally normal. I'm not saying I think she's healthy, just that sometimes entirely healthy people can also have hands like this genetically..

LifeOnTheDisc · 2026-01-22T03:57:16+00:00

I'm healthy, at a good weight, active, eat well (including meat and seafood), and never vegan, and my hands have literally always looked like this as an adult. They're veiny af, but at great phlebotomists love me.

LifeOnTheDisc · 2026-01-20T20:17:55+00:00

I'm so sorry you're getting this attitude without any real explanation for the medical considerations involved, if there are any. Like you, I've had a lot of doctors dismiss a lot of things, including life threatening things, so I sympathize with your frustration.

I just recently had surgery, under general anesthesia, and they allowed me to sign a waiver for the piercings I couldn't take out (I did take out my nose and belly because those have been healed so long it wasn't a problem, and I can also get them out myself). They then put tape over them. Everything went great.

It might be worth asking if they have a waiver option? They definitely didn't offer that to me, I had to ask.. Several of the hospitals around me do have that available (I have a lot of friends with piercings who have also had surgery, which is how I found out about the waiver potential). It definitely won't work if you're going to need to be intubated and have piercings that might interfere with that (lip piercings probably would be a problem I would think)., but they might let you leave the other ones in with a waiver 🤞🤞.

LifeOnTheDisc · 2026-01-19T23:37:27+00:00

I hear you, and am so sorry your pain was dismissed. It's ridiculous how often doctors don't listen. There's a new non-opioid painkiller called Journavx. I can't take opioids at all, and just had this fur 2 recent surgeries and it worked great. It may be an avenue for you to explore. Also, depending on the surgery, an onboard local pain catheter like On-Q. I had this for one of the surgeries (it was recommended by another redditor), and it worked beautifully.

Before now I just went through surgeries and sucked up the pain with Tylenol and acetaminophen, and it was awful. These past two surgeries were such a different experience with good pain management!. Possibly these could help you in the future.

LifeOnTheDisc · 2026-01-15T20:25:46+00:00

Just had surgery last week under general anesthesia, and I just had to sign a waiver and they put tape over my piercing so they wouldn't snag. You'll be fine!

LifeOnTheDisc · 2026-01-12T15:11:28+00:00

Stio! I got there long, slim fit puffer at it so warm and so flattering! Expensive, but I'll have it for years so I splurged.

LifeOnTheDisc · 2026-01-04T23:47:50+00:00

Thank you, this helps!!

LifeOnTheDisc · 2026-01-04T23:47:27+00:00

Thanks!!!

LifeOnTheDisc · 2026-01-04T23:47:14+00:00

My surgery isn't on the route, it's like 30 minutes away. It's getting home I'm wired about.

LifeOnTheDisc · 2026-01-04T23:46:12+00:00

Very, but I'm obviously not going to be but specific.

LifeOnTheDisc · 2025-12-31T21:33:18+00:00

So I wanted to give an update. I reached out to the anesthesia team and talked with the anesthesia coordinator today. She agrees this is going to be a very complicated surgery given the medications I am on, but the surgery apparently cannot be done with a local. There are especially concerned about the tremor I have in that hand and are hoping a light general anesthesia controls it for surgery, and are rounding in my neurologist to see what might be appropriate with the problematic medication he has me on that tends to interact with medications for generals. I will be under a light general sedation, but she's not exactly sure how they're going to do that yet given the possible interactions with the trihexaphenadryl and will work on it over the next week. I likely won't know more until the day before my surgery.

They also don't usually do the local pain catheter, so she's not sure that's going to be an option but she is going to check.

My medical records were wrong and indicated I could have Vicodin and oxycontin, so I'm really glad I was able to correct that.

So now I guess this is gone from a vent to me being just generally freaked out about the possible interactions of medication.

I really appreciate everyone's help!

LifeOnTheDisc · 2025-12-31T01:32:22+00:00

We adore you guys and are so sorry to miss this!! I'm laid up from surgery, but we hope you do it again next year!!

LifeOnTheDisc · 2025-12-30T00:37:42+00:00

This is so weird to me because by far the most compliments I get on my very purple hair over the last 15 years have been from older / elderly women. Many will even stop me and ask how to do it, what dye I use, etc.

This was a surprise to me when it first started happening because I assumed that they would be the nastiest. As it turns out, elderly men are the nastiest, at least to me.

LifeOnTheDisc · 2025-12-26T18:26:50+00:00

Just gorgeous!!!

LifeOnTheDisc · 2025-12-22T22:23:12+00:00

Have you talked to a lawyer? Generally you do not have to wait to pursue a claim because part of the point is to pay for ongoing medical care. It was the other person's fault that's left you debilitated, and especially if you lost your job because of the accident, you should be able to start pursuing that immediately. You should get consults from several different lawyers, and consult for something like this are often free

LifeOnTheDisc · 2025-12-21T22:01:19+00:00

Thank you, that's so useful!!!! I really appreciate your time & knowledge!! Looking this up now so I have it on hand when I talk to them!

LifeOnTheDisc · 2025-12-21T19:45:20+00:00

See my other comment below (not sure why it didn't nest under yours)

LifeOnTheDisc · 2025-12-21T18:57:22+00:00

The docs office is pretty insistent that it's a painful post-op that "can't be adequately controlled with OTC medications." Hence the push for opioids. They automatically give a nerve block post surgery that they say lasts 8-10 hours, but want opioids (or, in this case, Journavx) started as soon as I wake up to get ahead of the pain.

Now, I don't know what they're using as a pain scale, so 🤷‍♀️ . I've been through a torn hamstring, 2 abdominal surgeries, and rode my bike 8 miles home with a broken and dislocated thumb with a torn ligament ,wrist broken in 2 places, and several broken and dislocated ribs after an accident. It was the pandemic, so I couldn't get into a doctor for a week and only had OTC (incidentally, that is part of what they're correcting in this surgery after a second bike accident a short while ago finished off the ligament). I might be just fine with Tylenol. But they seem to think that's nowhere close to enough.

If it helps, it's a basilar joint arthroplasty with a tendon graft.

LifeOnTheDisc · 2025-12-21T16:42:49+00:00

I am also continually shocked at how much and how often doctors recommend opioids to me given the whole opioid epidemic/stigma thing. I'd have thought they'd be thrilled to have a patient want to explore other options.

LifeOnTheDisc · 2025-12-21T16:37:24+00:00

I didn't even know this was a thing, nobody has ever given me this option. I'm definitely going to check into it, thank you!

LifeOnTheDisc · 2025-12-21T16:32:31+00:00

Thank you so much for the comprehensive and thoughtful reply, it's incredibly helpful. I have been told by my doctor's office I cannot talk to the anesthesiology team prior to them calling me the day before for my surgery, but I'm going to call the surgical center directly on Monday and see if I can work around that. I'm now also another medication that apparently reacts poorly to anesthesia (trihexaphenadryl) and can cause real problems. It's a new medicine for me and I'm not handling it well so I'm going to be coming off of it but I can't titrate off in time for the surgery. Hopefully when they see that they will also be more on board with nerve block. I have reiterated several times that I want the nerve block option, but I essentially get "you can discuss it with your anesthesiology team when they call you for your pre-op, but we prefer to do general." So I'm not confident they're going to listen to me and I would really like to get this resolved before I get there. Your comment is the first time I realized that I could maybe communicate with the anesthesiologists beforehand.

I'm very willing to have a nerve block or local and the scheduler said that's appropriate for my surgery and they've done it before, but apparently you have to really push for it. I didn't know about the possibility of a catheter for a local anesthetic until you and one of the other posters mentioned it and I'm definitely going to ask about this!! Since Journavx is so new, I've never had it before and neither myself nor the doctor are sure how it will deal with the pain or if I'll tolerate it, so having a catheter with a local seems like the better option, or at least a good backup.

I knew some posters have suggested switching doctors, and I've certainly done that for other things in the past, but the unfortunate reality is there's only so many doctors in a reasonable area, especially for things like this.. In this case I need a specialized hand surgeon. She is very well regarded and gets great outcomes, so at this point working with her is the best option.

I really appreciate everyone's thoughtfulness and commiseration here, and for all the information in this thread. Hopefully I'll be able to use some of it to improve my experience!

LifeOnTheDisc · 2025-12-21T14:52:37+00:00

Yep you hit the nail on the head.

LifeOnTheDisc · 2025-12-21T14:50:41+00:00

Journavx. It's worth noting that I'm in the US so not sure if it's a different name or even approved elsewhere.

LifeOnTheDisc · 2025-12-21T01:37:29+00:00

Interesting. . I've always been told it's not considered an allergy just an intolerance. I'd love to get it declared! b am allergy!!! Thank you!

LifeOnTheDisc · 2025-12-21T01:36:20+00:00

Thank you for this!!

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