WHO KNEW? WARNING! NUMB FINGERTIP from Spray Can!

OK, another "Who Knew?" (and do you really care?) post.....
My index fingertip is completely numb. Livable, but super annoying. I thought it would just go away, but here it is a week later, and it's just as numb as day 1. My first thought was carpel tunnel ...but this is the hand that had surgery so that didn't make a lot of sense. I went to assorted medical websites and saw a zillion possible causes. Hmmm. I really didn't have any of the other symptoms listed. So I thought back to when it happened and what I was doing...
I had been spray painting beads....
i put "fingertip numb from spray can" into google...
....and sure enough, there it was! Read this BLOG for great information, and read the comments posted, for more tales about this sucko affliction.
Apparently this is a common side effect from putting too much pressure for too long on a nerve in the fingertip when spraying the paint. Unlike spray bottles that have you pull, ease up and then pull again, spray cans require you to press straight down and hold, and that is where the pressure happens that does the damage. The numb sensation MAY ease up over time - or NOT....and there is nothing you can do about it. .. apparently dead nerves take a while to regenerate, if you are lucky.
BUT I really really think ALL SPRAY CANS (are you listening Krylon?) should carry a warning about this! (maybe they do...I don't think I ever looked....I thought I was being safe by spraying outside and wearing a mask....)
oh well, lesson learned.
There IS A DEVICE made to avoid this malady ever happening, it works sort of like a spray bottle trigger and attaches easily to the spray can...HERE is one, I'm sure there are others
....... as it turns out, when I told my DH what was wrong with my finger, he casually commented...oh yeah, I have one of those in the garage.....
Guess I'll be using it from now on. sigh.

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Yep - I'm back at last! My Dad moved from Woodland (near Sacramento) California, to a retirement village in San Jose. He didn't want to move......but my sisters and brother and i packed him up and away he went! He moved into a lovely and spacious apartment that provides 3 restaurant style meals a day and lots of activities and outings. His apartment is about a mile from my sister's house, and close to my brother's house as well. We also got a way cool "pill dispenser" that reminds him to take his pills, and if he doesn't, then it phones us to let us know....
We tried to set the apartment up as close to the way his old home was set up - we brought most of his furniture and knick knacks - consistency and familiarity is very important to him. Lo and Behold - he is having a ball! yay! SUCCESS. He loves the continuous activity and the interesting people to interact with!
Here's my dad on the grounds of his new home...this pic will be for his Christmas card...

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