Considering doing the magnet thing eventually; let me know what details I'm missing?
And I wanted to make sure what I'm planning doesn't include any catastrophic mistakes. So I'm writing out a step-by-step list of what I'm considering doing, so that people who have done this can call me out on what I got wrong. This will contain nothing novel or interesting, as most of the information comes from somewhere on this site. Might be helpful for people in The Future, though.
—Soak the (Dangerous Things m31) magnet in the supplied solution.
—For that matter, soak everything in that or isopropyl alcohol; I should probably make some token concession toward not getting infected.
—Soak my (rubber-gloved) finger in ice for ~20 minutes
—Cut off the glove's finger with surgical scissors
—Swab the area with the antiseptic from DT's Pain Management Kit.
—Cut off the glove's finger with surgical scissors
—Swab the area with the antiseptic from DT's Pain Management Kit.
—Inject lidocaine. (Where? How precisely? The videos just look like "somewhere in the middle of the finger" but chances are they knew something I don't.)
—Apply an improvised tourniquet. Try to push blood back below it to the extent possible.
—Cut. Curved #15 scalpel blade, small cuts getting extended rather than one fell swoop. Parallel to the direction of the finger, adjacent to the center of the fingerprint, at what would be about a 45-degree angle if the back of my hand were flat down.
It'd be the fourth finger on my left hand; does it matter whether it's on the side next to the middle finger or the one away from it?
—While underneath the skin, push up to loosen up a space for the magnet. One video used the surgical scissors, another used the scalpel; in the absence of (really, any) information I prefer the first one.
—Insert the magnet with plastic tweezers. It goes in on the side of the incision that's toward the front of the finger.
—Antiseptic on the finger.
—Close the incision with steri-strips. This sounds much easier than trying a suture.
—After 3-5 days, surgical glue.
Ideally, this list is complete and more precise than it needs to be. I very much doubt that's the case.
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That worked for me fairly well for pain management.
This makes me so sad.