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General Discussion / my thumb is wrecked....

http://pencilninja.davidweis.com

  1. DavidWeis
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 06:28:17

    I was seriously going to finally put some new videos on my site.
    I've been working on some new stuff for 2 years now and then this happen.....

    http://pencilninja.davidweis.com

    dang it.

  2. K4S
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 06:37:29

    Hope it heals fine :\


    edit: Just a friendly heads up, if you are sqeemish to looking at bloody/infected body parts then DONT click the link wink.gif

  3. BananaKetchup
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 06:38:04

    ouch.

  4. bry
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 06:38:11

    What happened.LOL jk I was looking at the shoutbox when you were talking about it....I hope your thumb recovers soon happy.gif biggrin.gif ...

  5. Rekkuuzan
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 06:39:20

    Man, that looks really bad. Hope it recovers fast.

  6. Merkuury
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 06:41:00

    Ouch, I hope it recovers soon..

  7. WhiteFang
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 06:58:47

    ouch..hope you recover fast wink.gif

  8. Tim
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 06:59:50

    wow, that looks bad dude. At least you can practice Korean style til it gets better biggrin.gif

  9. bry
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 07:09:58

    guys...can you give me the link of where the pic is...when I press the pencilninja link...I go there but no bloody pix or anything...help? ohmy.gif what am I doing wrong...

  10. ShoeMan
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 07:21:57

    Oh man sorry to hear that!! i'm a huge fan too bad you cant make any videos in the near time.. do fingernails grow back?

  11. UEDan
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 07:22:25

    First let me be the first raving lunitic fan that posts in your thread.

    I LOVE YOU! THANK YOU FOR CREATING BAKAROUND! I LOVE YOU! I WILL DONATE MY THUMB(S) TO YOU!!

    Other than that, hey.

  12. Tim
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 07:24:15

    nothing just click the link given. You may have to wait for a little for the pics to load.

  13. TayYH89
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 07:31:26

    QUOTE (bry @ Oct 31 2007, 03:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    guys...can you give me the link of where the pic is...when I press the pencilninja link...I go there but no bloody pix or anything...help? ohmy.gif what am I doing wrong...

    Either they were making fun of you, or the picture was removed. I didn't see the picture either.

  14. bry
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 07:32:01

    LOL Tim I waited...after some time I refreshed and there's the pic...
    OUCH that gotta hurt... ohmy.gif

  15. UEDan
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 07:33:32

    If you guys cant see them then here are imageshack links.
    http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/2883/1112swollensmhr6.jpg
    http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/3600/1113hossmyv1.jpg
    http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/1457/1121postsmrl4.jpg
    You have been warned...

  16. walkingjacket
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 07:57:01

    Darn that really sucks, looks extremely painful..

  17. en814
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 08:04:04

    Dang, that sucks. Get well man happy.gif

  18. Sfsr
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 08:58:00

    Dude, that's horrible sad.gif

  19. Ceedgee
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 09:27:23

    Ouch... that looks kinda bad =/
    Stay positive, you can always use your other hand while waiting for your thumb to heal.

  20. yxTay
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 09:50:04

    Ouch! What happened? That looks pretty bad.

    It's great know that you're still participating in the pen spinning community, albeit with less frequency. Haven't seen you in quite a while.

  21. Tim
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 10:24:04

    Nice to know that you're from Singaproe yxtay tongue.gif

    It explains what happened on his website. He fell off his bike and hurt his thumb on the day (or near the day, I can't remember dunno.gif) that he was going to meet NHK and Kam. He didn't think it was that bad but it got infected and it got really bad. Had to call Kam and NHK to cancel, went to hospital.

  22. Ivan
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 10:40:12

    QUOTE (ShoeMan @ Oct 31 2007, 08:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Oh man sorry to hear that!! i'm a huge fan too bad you cant make any videos in the near time.. do fingernails grow back?


    yeah of course do they, I once had my thumb shut between a door and a door frame. I had to go to the hospital and they totally removed my nail, it grew back after 2,5 months

    edit: oh really sorry to hear about your thumb, hope you'll be able to use it as soon as possible

  23. Zombo
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 14:05:57

    so what! You still have your left hand, you can still spin!

  24. sketching
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 18:23:24

    Ouchies! That sucks, good luck for a fast recovery.

  25. Nike T
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 19:00:09

    That looks really bad, hope you get better

  26. Rorix
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 19:14:55

    Picture's weren't as bad as I expected, but I guess that's a good thing.

    Get well soon smile.gif

  27. Platypusvictim
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 19:37:28

    Ow, that looks really painful...

    Get better soon man.

  28. nDiZ
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 19:39:38

    hoooooooooooooooooooooooooly fuck dude... that looks absolutely fucked... do you know if your thumb will be perfectly functional after? Oh well, coudla been way worse... Mom's friend cut his foot, not even that badly, and it got infected and they ended up having to amputate it... Shit man, gl with the healing process...

    [edit]right before some new material too... woulda been epic... DAMN YOU![/edit]

  29. Look Into the Sun
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 21:03:52

    Ow...

    I glad this doesn't stop you from continuing to spin. Your pen spinning skills are amazing.

  30. Ålan
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 21:09:33

    Goddamn! I really hope your thumb heal fast and nice.

    Be careful next time with your hands, it's the most important you have!
    Goodluck David...

  31. DavidWeis
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 21:25:36

    QUOTE (nDiZ @ Oct 31 2007, 02:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    do you know if your thumb will be perfectly functional after? Oh well, coudla been way worse... Mom's friend cut his foot, not even that badly, and it got infected and they ended up having to amputate it... Shit man, gl with the healing process...


    Thats why I had to stay in the hospital for 5 days, they had to get the infection out of the broken bone, if they wouldn't have, I would have lost the top half of my thumb. Pretty scary. So now it is a matter of how much soft tissue grows back, all of the black tissue is dead and the nail bed that the nail is supposed to grow from is dead, but the doctor said today that it may still come back. If not they'll have to do some skin graphs from my big toe. The first BigToeAroound?....I hope not. The bone is broken bad with several fracture lines into the joint so I can't really move it yet, I really hope I get my ability to hing my thumb back beyond straight, I use that genetic feature for several tricks.

  32. nevets123
    Date: Wed, Oct 31 2007 22:03:16

    That sucks so much. Get Well Soon!

  33. Daryck101
    Date: Thu, Nov 1 2007 00:05:22

    ouch that looks horrible hope u get better soon

  34. iMatt
    Date: Thu, Nov 1 2007 06:29:50

    sucks dude. But Glad to hear ya guys are coming back together in the future, missed ya guys cool.gif welp, hope it heals within the year haha, im pumped to see what ya got happy.gif

  35. cyber penguin
    Date: Fri, Nov 2 2007 19:17:09

    Dude... That's horrible, but at the same time, I'm glad it wasn't any worse, I mean you have to admit that a pen spinner losing his/her thumb would be pretty ironic. Anyway, get well soon.

  36. DavidWeis
    Date: Sat, Nov 3 2007 03:29:03

    QUOTE (cyber penguin @ Nov 2 2007, 02:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Dude... That's horrible, but at the same time, I'm glad it wasn't any worse, I mean you have to admit that a pen spinner losing his/her thumb would be pretty ironic. Anyway, get well soon.


    Maybe I could have sold it on Ebay if they had chopped it off.

  37. Ivan
    Date: Sat, Nov 3 2007 11:31:02

    QUOTE (DavidWeis @ Nov 3 2007, 04:29 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Maybe I could have sold it on Ebay if they had chopped it off.



    ahaha good one laugh.gif

    so is it getting any better? i wonder what new tricks were your working on

  38. yxTay
    Date: Mon, Nov 5 2007 13:56:50

    Meanwhile, you can develop on new tricks which don't utilise the thumb. laugh.gif Just kidding. It'd be ridiculous to be spinning with an badly injured hand. Rest well.

  39. DavidWeis
    Date: Sat, Nov 10 2007 23:22:18

    Recovery not going as well as I hoped, had a second surgery last night to remove more dead tissue, the infection is in the bone now.
    The doctors are now saying things like, "we'll save as much as we can."
    There is a chance I can beat the infection and not loss any bone, but I've been researching bone infections on the internet and its not looking too promising. I'll keep posting new info.

  40. bry
    Date: Sun, Nov 11 2007 12:04:04

    wow...dude good luck... ohmy.gif ....my wound is nothing to your wound/injury....I hope your thumb functions as well as before afterwards... mellow.gif

  41. DavidWeis
    Date: Thu, Nov 15 2007 01:14:24

    I'm now on at home IV antibiotics and have a wound vac machine sucking on my thumb like a leach. I'll be doing these treatments for the next 4-6 weeks. These new treatments are doing well, and the doctor thinks there is a better than 50/50 chance that the thumb can be saved, I have confidence in this new doctor, he seems to really understand the problem well and isn't afraid to take the necessary actions.

  42. WhiteFang
    Date: Thu, Nov 15 2007 08:51:46

    what so thers 50% that ur thumb can't be saved?

  43. ShoeMan
    Date: Fri, Nov 16 2007 00:55:51

    good like dude!! i don't want to see the first bigtoearound yet

  44. sketching
    Date: Fri, Nov 16 2007 03:35:58

    QUOTE (WhiteFang @ Nov 15 2007, 01:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    what so thers 50% that ur thumb can't be saved?

    Well, if you want to be a downer...yes, that's what it means. rolleyes.gif

  45. DavidWeis
    Date: Wed, Nov 21 2007 17:40:54

    QUOTE (WhiteFang @ Nov 15 2007, 02:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    what so thers 50% that ur thumb can't be saved?


    No, the cup is half full, not half empty.

  46. ShoeMan
    Date: Wed, Nov 21 2007 17:46:46

    any news???

  47. 11Thrasher11
    Date: Wed, Nov 21 2007 17:48:19

    Well now you can get better than Eriror at pen spinning with both hands. tongue.gif I'm just kidding around, but dang that sucks. mellow.gif

  48. DavidWeis
    Date: Wed, Nov 21 2007 17:59:50

    QUOTE (ShoeMan @ Nov 21 2007, 11:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    any news???


    Next Wednesday I should find out if the bone infection is decreasing.
    Also, the doctors are saying that, best case, if all the bone is saved, I'll probably still need a nail matrix tissue graph from one of my toes so I can grow a nail and probably another surgery after that when all the tissue is healed to put a pin in because its been 5+ weeks and I still have a non-union (unhealed break). I told the doctors that I don't care how many surgeries or how long it takes, I want it as good as we can get it.

  49. DavidWeis
    Date: Wed, Nov 28 2007 18:25:30

    Good news, the IV antibiotics are working, the bone is healing. After a couple more weeks of IV and wound vac treatment I'll have surgery to graft nail matrix from one of my big toes so I can grow a toe nail on my thumb...

  50. Sfsr
    Date: Wed, Nov 28 2007 18:34:45

    Sounds yummy :D Glad to hear you're getting good news atleast, I wouldn't stand having a hurt hand. I barely stand having just some really minor scratches on my left (spinning) hand... <_<

  51. ShoeMan
    Date: Wed, Nov 28 2007 20:11:37

    Glad to hear that man!
    you'll be back spinning in no time!

  52. Mats
    Date: Thu, Nov 29 2007 19:59:11

    Excellent news David! smile.gif

    Have you been practicing with your left hand while your right hand has been hurt?

  53. Tim
    Date: Fri, Nov 30 2007 08:50:06

    Awesome, I hope you'll post videos, pwease?

  54. Fasthands12
    Date: Sat, Dec 1 2007 18:32:55

    that sucks ouch

  55. DavidWeis
    Date: Wed, Jan 23 2008 05:27:42

    Still hoping to save my thumb. The bone still hasn't healed and there is still some exposed bone that the skin hasn't grown over. There is considerable atrophy and the joint doesn't work at all after being in a splint for 3 months. After/if the bone heals I can start therapy and hopefully get some motion back. I'm done with antibiotics as of yesterday when the pick line was removed from my arm. I'm now using Medihoney to protect the wound and promote skin growth. The hand surgeon doesn't think a nail matrix graft will be successful. So for now I'm hoping for the skin to grow over the bone and hoping for the bone to heal.


    Spoiler:


    (My thumb looking less like a thumb and more like ET's finger)

  56. sketching
    Date: Wed, Jan 23 2008 05:37:27

    I'm glad to hear that you are finally done with antibiotics and that the thumb is looking pretty good compared to the first photos we saw of it. The fact that you have exposed bone without any kind of massive bleeding is interesting, if not still really shitty. Good luck with the next steps in recovery, David.

  57. UEDan
    Date: Wed, Jan 23 2008 05:40:35

    Oh wow dude. I know the spinning gods wont let make you lose a thumb. I know it!!! I will pray to my Ballsign for you man.

  58. -JC-
    Date: Wed, Jan 23 2008 05:43:32

    nooo...you can't lose your thumb ohmy.gif , you're an awesome spinner and all that'd talent would go to waste
    but i just looked at the first photos that you took and it looks MUCH better than before
    i'm sure it'll heal just fine happy.gif it'll just take some time..hopefully not too much though

  59. dust_kid
    Date: Wed, Jan 23 2008 12:18:22

    Wow, hopefully the skin will grow back!

    Good luck with the recovery.

  60. Teddy
    Date: Wed, Jan 23 2008 13:44:37

    you're screwed old man

    jk, i hope you recover smile.gif

  61. Eso
    Date: Wed, Jan 23 2008 18:46:07

    This begs the question: will you be BMX-ing again?

  62. Mats
    Date: Wed, Jan 23 2008 21:56:42

    Hey David,

    Your thumb is looking a lot better! I'm sure you will be back spinning again soon! Have you been practicing with your other hand at all?

    Get well soon!

    Mats

  63. DavidWeis
    Date: Thu, Jan 24 2008 04:15:21

    QUOTE (Mats @ Jan 23 2008, 03:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Hey David,

    Your thumb is looking a lot better! I'm sure you will be back spinning again soon! Have you been practicing with your other hand at all?

    Get well soon!

    Mats


    Yea the left is getting better, but he still sucks. Not smooth and he always drops it. Lefty is going to have to step it up if he ever wants to get into a video.

  64. Xero
    Date: Thu, Jan 24 2008 04:22:38

    Mr. Weis, you're going to be fine.
    I know shit happens, and your situations seems dismal, but you WILL pull through.
    Your signs of progress are proof.
    Best of luck.

  65. Teatime
    Date: Fri, Jan 25 2008 19:32:42

    I'm sure you'll pull through, the only thing I'm worrying about is how your thumb will look in the end...don't want it to look all messed up in your combos right? It's all about presentation anyway wink.gif

  66. sathonmig
    Date: Fri, Jan 25 2008 19:51:42

    Hey David it's not hard to see the improvement. I'm sure you'll get well soon. And hey, if you got the concepts down on your right hand, your left would get it too in no time. And you know what, I don't think anyone knows the BackArounds like you do.

    smile.gif

  67. Ryuukohaden
    Date: Sun, Jan 27 2008 05:10:52

    I would say something really deep and inspiring, but I'm tapped out of ideas at the moment.

    So I hope my sincerest wishes that you recover are enough.

  68. DasIstJaStuhl
    Date: Thu, Feb 7 2008 21:46:29

    hmpf. but now the thumb looks much better than in the beginning. hope for you that it will heal more and more...

  69. Clog
    Date: Thu, Feb 7 2008 22:16:46

    Oh dude! I know how you feel about munting your thumb...
    This is what I did about 7mths ago

    Wrecked Thumb - Caution

    After all this time I still don't have feeling in it, and don't think I ever will.
    Lucky it was my non-dominant hand...

    Hope yours is recovering better than mine.

  70. boyboy53
    Date: Thu, Feb 7 2008 23:18:32

    QUOTE (DavidWeis @ Oct 31 2007, 01:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I was seriously going to finally put some new videos on my site.
    I've been working on some new stuff for 2 years now and then this happen.....

    http://pencilninja.davidweis.com

    dang it.


    dont worry, my left middle finger got infected a while back and its fine^^ actually, better than before, you'll be okay tongue.gif

  71. blugyblug
    Date: Fri, Feb 8 2008 11:10:04

    QUOTE (Clog @ Feb 8 2008, 09:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Oh dude! I know how you feel about munting your thumb...
    This is what I did about 7mths ago

    Wrecked Thumb - Caution

    After all this time I still don't have feeling in it, and don't think I ever will.
    Lucky it was my non-dominant hand...

    Hope yours is recovering better than mine.


    onion-head8.gif
    Thats scary
    onion-head8.gif
    Im gonna start taking extreme caution with my thumb in the next few weeks

  72. Clog
    Date: Fri, Feb 8 2008 23:00:34

    QUOTE (blugyblug @ Feb 9 2008, 12:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    onion-head8.gif
    Thats scary
    onion-head8.gif
    Im gonna start taking extreme caution with my thumb in the next few weeks

    LOL that would be a good plan!

  73. Erirornal K.
    Date: Sat, Feb 9 2008 11:51:19

    QUOTE (blugyblug @ Feb 8 2008, 12:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    onion-head8.gif
    Thats scary
    onion-head8.gif
    Im gonna start taking extreme caution with my thumb in the next few weeks


    How about always?

  74. DarkArcher
    Date: Sat, Feb 9 2008 15:34:46

    Hi David, really inspiring to see that you have not given up on psing given such circumstances. I always try to be cautious when doing dangerous stuff, especially handling the tools when modding. There's just too much on the line to not take any precautions. I thought having the nail off was bad enough, who knew it went all the way down to the bone. My worst nail injury happened on my big toe. Fortunately, only the nail came off. Took like 3 months for it to grow back though.

    All the best, may you have a speedy recovery.
    DarkArcher

  75. DavidWeis
    Date: Sun, Feb 10 2008 19:19:18

    QUOTE (Clog @ Feb 7 2008, 04:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Oh dude! I know how you feel about munting your thumb...
    This is what I did about 7mths ago

    Wrecked Thumb - Caution

    After all this time I still don't have feeling in it, and don't think I ever will.
    Lucky it was my non-dominant hand...

    Hope yours is recovering better than mine.

    Shit, a metal press!?! How much length did you lose?

    I have to go in for another surgery this Thursday Feb 14.
    The bone is decaying at the break instead of healing. So the normal approach again is amputation, but the doctors are going to try to cut the dead bone out around the break and replace it with synthetic bone cement. They also plan to graft some skin from my arm over the exposed bone.

    The latest x-ray shows that my thumb joint fused together while it was in a splint for the last 3 months. Artificial joints have never been used for this joint, I'll be looking for a joint solution after the reconstructed bone heals.

    So, hopefully the bone cement fix works and the reconstructed thumb isn't too much smaller.
    I'll give an update when I get out of the hospital.

  76. Clog
    Date: Sun, Feb 10 2008 20:19:22

    Goodluck for the operation man, I lost about 3-4mm from the tip which wasn't really all that bad, and also they repaired the nailbed well enough so that a new one has grown back.
    I also had a graft from the inside of my hand...would rather have had it from my arm but oh well...
    Sometimes I wish they had amputated mine (i had the option) but I've been doing exercises (like the finger independence ones tongue.gif) and I can fully move it again now, just still have no feeling.

    Wrecked thumb collab once more people injure themselves? haha

  77. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Feb 10 2008 20:23:00

    QUOTE (Clog @ Feb 10 2008, 03:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Goodluck for the operation man, I lost about 3-4mm from the tip which wasn't really all that bad, and also they repaired the nailbed well enough so that a new one has grown back.
    I also had a graft from the inside of my hand...would rather have had it from my arm but oh well...
    Sometimes I wish they had amputated mine (i had the option) but I've been doing exercises (like the finger independence ones tongue.gif) and I can fully move it again now, just still have no feeling.

    Wrecked thumb collab once more people injure themselves? haha


    why would you wish amputation? dunno.gif

  78. Clog
    Date: Sun, Feb 10 2008 20:26:07

    Cause then I wouldn't have the feeling of numbness 24/7

  79. Zombo
    Date: Sun, Feb 10 2008 20:27:50

    QUOTE (Clog @ Feb 10 2008, 03:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Cause then I wouldn't have the feeling of numbness 24/7


    yeh, instead you'll have the feeling of emptiness 24/7

  80. Clog
    Date: Sun, Feb 10 2008 20:29:32

    Hahaha, thats true, but what if you got like a screw thread inserted into the end of an artifical thumb, so u could screw in laser pointers, or knifes, or a pen tongue.gif

    Now that would be worth amputating for!

  81. iMatt
    Date: Mon, Feb 11 2008 05:44:59

    QUOTE (Clog @ Feb 10 2008, 02:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    Hahaha, thats true, but what if you got like a screw thread inserted into the end of an artifical thumb, so u could screw in laser pointers, or knifes, or a pen tongue.gif

    Now that would be worth amputating for!



    LOL. zombo, he has a LASER-point *slaps knee* that would be pretty badass, not gonna lie

    QUOTE
    have to go in for another surgery this Thursday Feb 14.
    The bone is decaying at the break instead of healing. So the normal approach again is amputation, but the doctors are going to try to cut the dead bone out around the break and replace it with synthetic bone cement. They also plan to graft some skin from my arm over the exposed bone.

    The latest x-ray shows that my thumb joint fused together while it was in a splint for the last 3 months. Artificial joints have never been used for this joint, I'll be looking for a joint solution after the reconstructed bone heals.

    So, hopefully the bone cement fix works and the reconstructed thumb isn't too much smaller.
    I'll give an update when I get out of the hospital.


    Yeah. Sucks hardcore, i'm pullin for ya. Good luck with all *tips hat* it could be worse. Could've smashed YOUR ENTIRE hand in a random metal press like Clog laugh.gif

  82. TonyTouch
    Date: Fri, Feb 15 2008 06:47:29

    that really sucks,will it ever be the same?

  83. DavidWeis
    Date: Fri, Feb 15 2008 08:35:57

    I'm out of surgery. Thumb will be wrapped up for a week before I can see what it looks like. The doctor said it will be narrower but not much shorter. I'll post a picture next week when its unwrapped.

  84. WhiteFang
    Date: Fri, Feb 15 2008 09:51:01

    would you be able to spin pen after that? hope ur thumb gets betta soon/ biggrin.gif

  85. Zombo
    Date: Fri, Feb 15 2008 19:07:41

    QUOTE (DavidWeis @ Feb 15 2008, 03:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I'm out of surgery. Thumb will be wrapped up for a week before I can see what it looks like. The doctor said it will be narrower but not much shorter. I'll post a picture next week when its unwrapped.



    sounds like good news, glad it went well cool.gif

  86. iMatt
    Date: Sat, Feb 16 2008 19:57:43

    QUOTE (DavidWeis @ Feb 15 2008, 02:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I'm out of surgery. Thumb will be wrapped up for a week before I can see what it looks like. The doctor said it will be narrower but not much shorter. I'll post a picture next week when its unwrapped.


    hooray....dude you got some cajones with the 8,000,000,000,000,000 surgeries you have. Congrats though

  87. Se7en
    Date: Sat, Feb 16 2008 20:13:00

    QUOTE (DavidWeis @ Feb 15 2008, 03:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    I'm out of surgery. Thumb will be wrapped up for a week before I can see what it looks like. The doctor said it will be narrower but not much shorter. I'll post a picture next week when its unwrapped.

    now thats good news get well soon laugh.gif

  88. Werewolf
    Date: Sun, Mar 16 2008 16:45:34

    so...any news?

  89. Tratto_Pen
    Date: Sat, Apr 12 2008 09:01:14

    any news David?

  90. ShoeMan
    Date: Mon, May 12 2008 16:05:09

    Update please.

  91. Sfsr
    Date: Mon, May 12 2008 19:00:43

    I bet he can tell us all about it in the upcoming podcast, make sure you listen to it LIVE :)

  92. RandomNewb
    Date: Mon, May 12 2008 19:09:37

    I like how they always have people, in general, wear that patient scrubs even for a little thing like a thumb. dry.gif You'd be much more comfortable in clothes and I'm sure if there's a problem you can sterilize the clothes or clean them first....

    Anyway, Onto the main point, I read in the news a long while back and it was on digg that if you lose an entire digit or anything like that it can be regrown back because of what we're learning about cells and proteins etc. because a guy in the military lost almost a whole finger and it regrew back. Also, you have your other hand too for now.

    Good luck with recovery though. All the pioneers seem to have bad luck... Kam lost his wallet?

    WEIS WEIS WEIS

  93. Gunblakes
    Date: Tue, May 13 2008 11:48:57

    Hope everything went well. happy.gif

  94. Tratto_Pen
    Date: Wed, May 14 2008 06:34:29

    a few days ago i was talking with David on Shoutbox and he said that his thumb is healing... and he said that he will travel(maybe) to Europe in order to find good doctor...
    We're with you David ^^

  95. Ryuukohaden
    Date: Thu, May 29 2008 20:13:08

    *generic "get well soon" message*

  96. DavidWeis
    Date: Sat, May 31 2008 21:45:27


    We just finished .UPSB podcast 6.
    I should have tested my mic, it sounds like I have a lisp through the whole interview.


    Had a third surgery on my thumb February 14th. They had to take some of the bone out that was not healing and the joint fused together after the cartilage was destroyed by the infection.
    here is a picture of what it looks like now.





    My mod'd Axis pen with metal bolts that I mentioned in the podcast.

    http://pencilninja.davidweis.com/DSCN1233.JPG

  97. Sfsr
    Date: Sat, May 31 2008 21:50:47

    It just looks kind of shorter and without nail, I'm actually kind of surprised that it has healed that well! How is it's functionality?

  98. pen_MAKer
    Date: Sat, May 31 2008 21:50:52

    wow..looks weird...will the nail grow up again?

  99. Duckrus
    Date: Sat, May 31 2008 22:33:57

    QUOTE (pen_MAKer @ May 31 2008, 02:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    wow..looks weird...will the nail grow up again?


    I doubt it. But anyway it looks a lot better than I thought it would.

  100. L7Bandit
    Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 02:06:34

    It looks a lot better than I thought it would!
    By the way, hows pen spinning with your left hand?

  101. PenCell
    Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 02:13:21

    Wow looks like its healing up pretty nice.

  102. 11Thrasher11
    Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 03:19:25

    Definetely healing better than I thought from those first pictures. Very lucky man tongue.gif

  103. 000zero0000
    Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 04:51:39

    looks painful.

  104. SpinWizard
    Date: Sun, Jun 1 2008 12:55:25

    It sucks that you messed up the hand you spin with, It would be good for me tho beause i'm left handed