Backyard hillbilly car door miracle.

[stephanbakir]

So... When I was a kid, I chopped my finger off (minus some skin on the side) the doctors re-attached it minus the tendon so I have had a useless finger since that only bent about 5 degrees.
We were just getting to the waterfall today and my cousin Miles slammed the car door on my hand, guess what... IT HURT, my hand was caught in the door for a good 30 seconds.

The good news is, for some reason my finger has about 45 degrees of movement now, absolutely no idea why. We did some cliff jumping and rock/waterfall climbing, was totally badass.
MY FINGER WORKS NOW!!!!!!!!! WTF???

It's got like 40 degrees of movement more then it has ever had since the accident. The doctors said about 4 years ago that if I got surgery on it I would only get about 25 degrees of movement total... How the hell did I get 20 degrees more movement then I otherwise would have gotten from the surgery by slamming my hand in a car door.

:confused::confused::confused:

[NennaMeerkat]

ROTFL You shocked nerves back into motion. Made the brain realize that there was a finger there and that it could move it.

Oh and now I have to see a picture of your hand and this wampijawed finger.

[stephanbakir]

Tomorrow, I'll take photos.
Its technically impossible for it to have the movement it has, my understanding is a finger can't bend without a tendon, and the tendon was so ruined the doctors couldn't reattach it (this is like 15 years ago). They told me that for the surgery, they would cut a strip of tendon from my leg or something and put it in my finger.

[NennaMeerkat]

Maybe you are a superhero and have regenerative properties?

[Valvaren]

I think ^ that is a possibility, you should start a business of fixing people's injuries by slamming their parts in doors.

[stephanbakir]

I'd need a few test subjects to prove this out? Any takers?!

[Valvaren]

if I had something injured haha

[TeaNinja]

you better run, the goverment is gonna turn your *** into wolverine. xD

[NennaMeerkat]

I'd need a few test subjects to prove this out? Any takers?!

Maybe you can fix my right arm? It has a metal plate inside it and from time to time it goes numb.

[SnakeyJay]

I took some of my middle finger off with a forklift... they didnt bother putting it back on. Ill find it n we can experiment. :)

[stephanbakir]

I took some of my middle finger off with a forklift... they didnt bother putting it back on. Ill find it n we can experiment. :)
OMG, zombie necrotic tissue X full human = Zombie human hybrid!!!

[NennaMeerkat]

OMG, zombie necrotic tissue X full human = Zombie human hybrid!!!

That is just plain epic! Crazy dangerous if the necrotic zombie part of the human takes over the thinking part, but still awesome.

[Will0W783]

Wow, that is interesting. My guess would be that you had scar tissue built up in there that was inhibiting movement that otherwise would have been there. There is some repair and regeneration that can occur in peripheral nervous system tissue (anythign not the brain or spine). I think that even though the tendon was largely destroyed, some of the tissue repaired enough to allow minor movement, but it was inhibited by stiff scar tissue build-up. When you slammed your hand in the car door, you might have broken some of the scar tissue, loosening things up and allowing movement again.
Just an idea.

[stephanbakir]

Sounds interesting.

Quick note, as of this morning I have almost 160 degrees of movement, I can bend it to about 1-2CM away from the base of the finger without assistance from the other fingers.

[brylecc1989]

That's unbelievable

[Lankyrob]

That is just plain epic! Crazy dangerous if the necrotic zombie part of the human takes over the thinking part, but still awesome.


I think in Stephan the necrotic zombie has already into his brain! ;) ;) ;p

[stephanbakir]

I think in Stephan the necrotic zombie has already into his brain! ;) ;) ;p
That was supposed to be our little secret.

[NennaMeerkat]

I think in Stephan the necrotic zombie has already into his brain! ;) ;) ;p

HA! That certainly explains a lot if not everything.

[blindfireak40]

My money's on a combination of the scar tissue and the actual amazing nature of the human body.

Human children can completely regenerate digits to an age of about 3-5 years (As per my pediatrician uncle)...since you were about 7 when the damage occurred, I'd say that the regeneration of a tendon or ligament is reasonable, since the rest of the finger was actually there.

And if the bones healed up funky with lots of scar tissue in the surrounding soft tissue, it could have impaired movement. Introduce some blunt force trauma, and it breaks up some of the stuff, and VOILA!! Full mobility! That's my guess. Still freakin' incredible though! :)


Or you could be a zombie.

[Gungirl]

Stephan is odd.... I vote Zombie! ;)

[NennaMeerkat]

Oh yeah totally got my zombie vote as well. Very cool that zombies can own and take care of reptiles! I would think they would be chowing down on the food...if not the reptiles themselves. Yay for self control!!

[Lankyrob]

Oh yeah totally got my zombie vote as well. Very cool that zombies can own and take care of reptiles! I would think they would be chowing down on the food...if not the reptiles themselves. Yay for self control!!


I think they only eat human flesh - god help anyone living with him!! :rolleyes:

[SnakeyJay]

I think they only eat human flesh - god help anyone living with him!! :rolleyes:

Just back away slowly from stephan, no quick movements!! :)

[ilovemypets1988]

i think theres a mixture of reasons, this is my guess (in a basic summary)
1.) finger gets ripped off
2.) finger gets reattatched
3.) reguvination and dead tissue builds up
4.) finger gets trapped in the door and loosens of the dead tissue build up and finally makes you and your brain move the finger through the fast increase in adrenalin
5.) your finger continues to heal throughout the day and possibly through the night and gives you full usage back with full realization of movement in said finger.

[NennaMeerkat]

I think they only eat human flesh - god help anyone living with him!! :rolleyes:

AMC has a series out called "Walking Dead' or something like that. Its about zombie apocalypse and it showed in one scene a guy on horseback being attacked. Guy got away...horse wasn't so lucky. Zombies got a belly full of horse though.

[stephanbakir]

Kayla is my roommate, soon to be zombie friend... Or next meal.

[NennaMeerkat]

All I can say is...I KNEW this would happen!!

[Gungirl]

All I can say is...I KNEW this would happen!!

bahahahahaha!