I'm fucking stupid. I was doing something that involved me using a mallet to beat out food at work, and it required me to hit really hard to break everything down well. Well I swung too low on thursday and accidentally punched the FUCK out of the cutting board. I have not been able to bend my middle finger since then. Well, a tad, but it just hurts A LOT. I was hoping it was just brusing but it's getting too bad now. I have it tied to my ring finger with ace bandage after work and it's been helping but I kinda need at least 4 fingers for work, being in such a physically demanding job. I have cashapp, venmo and paypal, finger splints aren't that expensive, they're just $20 bucks, I'd totally make the walk to walmart for that at this point because oh my god it hurts so bad, I hope the ibuprofen hits soon
Edit: Our friend SorosFootSoldier has suggested I go to urgent care, which made me want to add the extra $8 to the post so I can get there and back. It would probably be a good idea to go there especially since I have medicaid right now
Any (significant) injury you have at work, you should have evaluated by a doctor right away. Workers comp will cover treatment.
I smoke weed, so the success of this would be questionable. I have valid medical reason to smoke (seizures) but no med card so I could be held responsible and not have it covered by medicaid or worker's comp if I went for that and failed. I have state insurance that covers everything, unless it's something really major it's better for me to just pretend it wasn't at work