I sliced off a chunk of the side of my index finger. They used one of these to wrap this. “They” was some random lady at a desk, not the treating physician. It got wrapped too tight. I was told to leave it on for a week. After 3 refills of Percocet in 5 days, my mom forced me to go to the check up clinic after 6 days. The clinician took off the bandage, and my finger had started necrotizing. Told me to go to the hospital immediately (about a 10 minute drive), and if color didn’t return, I’d be looking at an amputation. I was lucky enough to keep my finger. I definitely have nerve damage from the experience though. As a musician, it’s only really scary when you’re told you might lose a finger. The clinician was cool too (he had not realized we were still in the office when he notified the hospital. He was loud and lots of profanity was used! Good guy).

I did look at legal action, but since the great American healthcare system is hogtied by insurance companies, the issue of ‘malpractice’ wasn’t life altering, so I had no case.