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Good morning, it's been an interesting start to my Friday! Woke up early Thurs morning & noticed my right ring finger hurt when I flexed it. Not terribly bad, just figured it was from the cold weather, maybe a touch of arthritis. Woke up about 6:30 this morning, again flexed my right hand & the finger was definitely hurting and I could feel the finger was swollen. I wear a diamond anniversary band on that finger and I could feel it digging into my finger. So off to the ER I go & it's freezing COLD, luckily there isn't a lobby full of people in this stand alone ER and it's 5 mins. from my house so I was taken right back to a room. The nurse tried putting gel on my finger to get the ring off but it wasn't budging, she gave me an ice pack to rest it on until the Dr. could look at it. A few minutes later the Dr. came in, took one look at my fat finger & said, well, it's a thin ring, we won't have any problem cutting it off & a jeweler will be able to repair it no problem. So that's what they ended up doing, using a hand crank cutter to take it off, it hurt more when he was trying to spread the ring enough to get it off my finger, cause the cut edge was digging into my finger. They did take an x-ray to make sure nothing was broken & nothing was, just some mild arthritis. The swelling has already gone done quite a bit in the finger so I don't think I'm going to be in a hurry to get the ring fixed. Always something, I was planning to plant flowers at the church this morning but I think I will wait, it's still freezing cold out there!

<blockquote data-quote="flgirl51" data-source="post: 1757457" data-attributes="member: 56228">Good morning, it's been an interesting start to my Friday!&nbsp; Woke up early Thurs morning &amp; noticed my right ring finger hurt when I flexed it.&nbsp; Not terribly bad, just figured it was from the cold weather, maybe a touch of arthritis.&nbsp; Woke up about 6:30 this morning, again flexed my right hand &amp; the finger was definitely hurting and I could feel the finger was swollen.&nbsp; I wear a diamond anniversary band on that finger and I could feel it digging into my finger.&nbsp; So off to the ER I go &amp; it's freezing COLD, luckily there isn't a lobby full of people in this stand alone ER and it's 5 mins. from my house so I was taken right back to a room.&nbsp; The nurse tried putting gel on my finger to get the ring off but it wasn't budging, she gave me an ice pack to rest it on until the Dr. could look at it.&nbsp; A few minutes later the Dr. came in, took one look at my fat finger &amp; said, well, it's a thin ring, we won't have any problem cutting it off &amp; a jeweler will be able to repair it no problem.&nbsp; So that's what they ended up doing, using a hand crank cutter to take it off, it hurt more when he was trying to spread the ring enough to get it off my finger, cause the cut edge was digging into my finger.&nbsp; They did take an x-ray to make sure nothing was broken &amp; nothing was, just some mild arthritis.&nbsp; The swelling has already gone done quite a bit in the finger so I don't think I'm going to be in a hurry to get the ring fixed.&nbsp; Always something, I was planning to plant flowers at the church this morning but I think I will wait, it's still freezing cold out there!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="flgirl51, post: 1757457, member: 56228"] [COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)][SIZE=6]Good morning, it's been an interesting start to my Friday! Woke up early Thurs morning & noticed my right ring finger hurt when I flexed it. Not terribly bad, just figured it was from the cold weather, maybe a touch of arthritis. Woke up about 6:30 this morning, again flexed my right hand & the finger was definitely hurting and I could feel the finger was swollen. I wear a diamond anniversary band on that finger and I could feel it digging into my finger. So off to the ER I go & it's freezing COLD, luckily there isn't a lobby full of people in this stand alone ER and it's 5 mins. from my house so I was taken right back to a room. The nurse tried putting gel on my finger to get the ring off but it wasn't budging, she gave me an ice pack to rest it on until the Dr. could look at it. A few minutes later the Dr. came in, took one look at my fat finger & said, well, it's a thin ring, we won't have any problem cutting it off & a jeweler will be able to repair it no problem. So that's what they ended up doing, using a hand crank cutter to take it off, it hurt more when he was trying to spread the ring enough to get it off my finger, cause the cut edge was digging into my finger. They did take an x-ray to make sure nothing was broken & nothing was, just some mild [COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)][SIZE=6]arthritis. The swelling has already gone done quite a bit in the finger so I don't think I'm going to be in a hurry to get the ring fixed. Always something, I was planning to plant flowers at the church this morning but I think I will wait, it's still freezing cold out there![/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]