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Jim Muskie |
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| I went fishing on 8-4-09 and caught a 40" Tiger muskie who swallowed my lure. The needle nose pliers did the trick but I had to get my fingers a little to close to the teeth. Well the thing bit down, then did a headshake, and the thumb took the brunt of it. No problems, thumb still attached, just a flesh wound. Nothing that a little triple antibiotic ointment wont clear up along with a bandaid, or so I thought. two weeks later, still hurts and is infected. I make the Dr. appointment. We both don't think there is any foreign object in my thumb. He gives me a choice, take a antibiotic for 10 days, or get an x-ray and then decide. I opt for the antibiotic and out the door I go(bad choice I know). Well two weeks go by and still the thumb looks terrible. Go back to the doctor today, take the x-ray, doctor comes in and say's, I dont know who I should call, a dentist or a hand expert, you have a tooth stuck in your thumb. WHAT????? So now I get to see a hand specialist tomorrow to have the dang tooth removed. Great fishing story. Hopefully I can get the picture of the fish,thumb, and X-ray to upload so you can see it. Attachments ----------------  IMG_0860 [640x480].jpg (46KB - 207 downloads) IMG_3074 [640x480].jpg (27KB - 206 downloads) IMG_3076 [640x480].jpg (29KB - 934 downloads) IMG_3093 [640x480].jpg (31KB - 189 downloads) IMG_3094 [640x480].jpg (31KB - 226 downloads) | |||
| sworrall |
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Posts: 32955 Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | |||
| Lens Creep |
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Posts: 123 | My brother had a muskie tooth in his hand for about 3 months a few years back. Took it out himself but someone ended up throwing it away. Would have been a nice momento.  | ||
| rick_rudder |
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| Pointerpride102 |
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Posts: 16632 Location: The desert | |||
| k2muskie |
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| Need to keep that tooth for a momento and place it in the frame with the picuture of the fish. Kinda like a lucky rabbits foot. Hey is it your casting hand thumb? Sure hope not. We're wishing you the best on a speed recovery...Again was great to see you guys during our camp'n trip last week. See you guys on the water in the very near future.  | |||
| k2muskie |
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Pointerpride102 - 9/14/2009 10:24 PM Great fish, good to see another UT musky guy! Hey don't forget us UT Musky gals too.. | |||
| dtaijo174 |
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Posts: 1169 Location: New Hope MN | |||
| Will Schultz |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | |||
| THA4 |
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Posts: 468 Location: Not where I wanna be! | hahaha, im laughing at the situation, not your pain! good luck! | ||
| firstsixfeet |
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| Pointerpride102 |
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Posts: 16632 Location: The desert | |||
| Jim Muskie |
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firstsixfeet - 9/15/2009 7:54 PM Epsom salts, warm water, and a quality pair of tweezers, all after a little ginger ale. Someone did recommend a fifth of whiskey, a large pencil to bite down on, and a x-acto precision knife.  Looks like Friday is scheduled for the removal of the tooth. I let the doctor know that it has a sentimental value and I will be keeping it . The Doctor also said please email me a picture of the fish so I can show my brother because he wont believe it. K2, as for the casting hand, best thing I ever did was I trained myself to reel with both hands, so when one arm gets tired from twitching and reeling, I switch on over to the other. Took a while to get comfortable switching back and forth but now I am used to it. Edited by Jim Muskie 9/15/2009 10:02 PM | |||
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