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HOW YOU CAN EAT
From your medical society
Point
Healthy For Less
finger at
common
injury
By TAMARA CLANCY, M.D
T
Q. I smashed my fingertip in a hese days, you don’t have to go to
bike chain. What should I a luxury car lot to experience
expect?
sticker shock. Just go to a
Fingertip injuries are some of supermarket produce aisle. It can be
the most common injuries to the challenging to keep the grocery bill
hand. Fingertips are exposed in under control if you’re committed to
many of our activities and can
feeding your family fresh, healthy
be crushed by a closing door,
hammer or falling heavy object. foods. We recently asked you for your
Fingertips can be cut with a tips on eating healthy for less, and boy,
knife or significantly mangled there are some budget-savvy readers
by a power tool. out there. Many of you responded with
It is important to know how shopping strategies, cooking tips and
the injury occurred when evalu- even recipes. Here are some of the
ating these injuries. Any medi- responses.
cal problems
and often the pa- — Staff Report
tient’s occupa-
tion and hobbies
are important in ORDER ONLINE
determining
how the injury is One of the ways I save money on my
treated. Exami- food bill is to order online from Am-
nation tells the azon.com.
CLANCY
extent of tissue Many of their items do not have a
injury and the shipping charge, and, if I have items
size of the wound. Sensation, that I order on a regular basis, I can
sign up for their ‘‘subscribe-and-save’’
circulation and mobility of the
program and receive an additional dis-
fingertip are assessed. X-rays count.
are usually done to determine if
the bone has been injured. — Maggie Hawk, New Smyrna Beach
Injured areas may include LOCAL HELP
skin, nail, nail bed, tendon, bone
and the pulp (the padded area of When the monthly menu pleases me I
the fingertip). The skin on the prepay and pick up a box from Angel
palm side of the fingertip has Food Ministries (angelfoodminis-
tries.com). In Daytona Beach, AFM is
many more nerve endings than
at A Family Church, 240 N. Frederick
most other parts of our body. Ave., 386-257-4020. It’s a nationwide or-
These nerve endings enable us ganization that puts together $70 to $90
to have fine sensation in our fin- a month in good food items (and) boxes
gertips, but when damaged, may orders for participants for $30 a month.
be difficult to replace and re- A lot of volunteers are involved. There
store to normal sensation. are sites in Port Orange and through-
Severe crush injuries can out Volusia County.
completely remove some or all I do a big trip for necessities, includ-
of the tissue of the fingertip. If ing soap, laundry items and paper
products once a month. Then I make
just skin is removed and the de-
shorter trips once a week to replenish
fect is less than one-half inch in milk, bread, produce, flowers, and oth-
diameter, the injury can often er items.
be treated with just local wound
care and dressing changes. — Linda Akin, Daytona Beach
If bone is exposed at the tip, TAKE INVENTORY, MAKE MENUS
sometimes it can be trimmed
back slightly and treated with Take a quick inventory on scrap pa-
dressings, or trimmed and the per of what is in your freezer and pan-
tip stitched closed. For larger try. Next, make a list of the days of the
week; highlighting busy nights where
fingertip defects, skin grafting
cooking isn’t going to happen. Now as-
may be necessary. Any damage sign a main dish from your freezer list
to the nail bed is usually re- for each day. Add side dishes from your
paired to prevent infection of inventory lists, preferably healthy
the bone and to prevent or mini- choices like vegetables and fruits.
mize future nail deformity. Once your pantry and freezer are
When more skin is lost and reasonably cleaned out, you will be free
there is significant exposed to make your meal plan according to
bone, the bone should be cov- what is on sale, what is in season and
ered with skin and fat to give the what is healthy. Make your shopping
list from the plan.
fingertip some padding. Small
wounds can be covered with a — Ingrid Timbs, Ormond Beach
flap from the injured finger, but
BUY CHICKEN WHOLE
larger wounds require a flap
taken from another finger, or Buy whole chicken rather than just
even another part of the body. Food styling by pieces. This gives you probably two
Laurie Sterbens meals. One meal with green vegetables
These flaps are left attached to News-Journal photo/
their original site while it is SEAN McNEIL and fruit and some rice. The rest, make
stitched to the finger wound for chicken salad.
two to three weeks until there is — Traudel Tobeck, Daytona Beach
enough blood supply from the
injured finger. At that time, the
flap is divided and the finger can
About This Series GO VEGETARIAN SEASONAL PRODUCE TWO FOR ONE SALES
be mobilized. There’s no getting around it: My husband and I eat vegetarian meals Purchase seasonal produce: Fruit and Two for one is the very best way to buy
Fractures of the fingertip We’re facing tough economic at home. That definitely keeps the cost vegetables that are in season are almost
always cheaper. healthy canned goods, corn, beans, fruit
bone are very common. Very times. But there is hope. This down because beans and soy products are
Take advantage of nonperishable sale in their own juice, boxed cereals, spaghet-
small fractures of the end or tuft series will appear occasionally usually much cheaper than meat prod-
items you purchase regularly: Cereal, ti sauce, etc. Low-salt canned goods are
of the bone usually do not affect in different sections of The ucts.
soups, pastas, snacks that can be stored available as well.
the strength of the bone. Repair News-Journal, giving you When we go out to eat, that’s when my without risk of spoiling can be purchased
husband is able to have his meaty meals Many times I stock up and pass on the
of the soft tissue around the practical tips and advice for when on sale.
(I’m a vegetarian all the time). additional cans to the food shelter.
bone usually realigns the stabi- navigating the economic Search the Web for budget-friendly
meal ideas: There are many great Web When purchasing ground meat on sale,
lized bone enough that it does storm. — Chantel Buck, Edgewater
sites that offer ideas for meals at minimal (I prefer fresh ground chuck), I make my
not have to be pinned. HIT THE FARMERS MARKET
More Inside cost. Some recommended sites: own hamburgers and make extra to put in
Allrecipes.com: allrecipes.com/Info/ the freezer for future meals. Leftover
Tamara Clancy, M.D.,is a Some readers sent in If and whenever possible, go to the local Living/Budget-Friendly-Meals/ hamburger and hot dog rolls can be frozen
board certified hand surgeon recipes. PAGE 3D weekly farmers market. It takes extra ef- main.aspx as well.
practicing in Daytona Beach. fort, but the savings are worth it when Kraft.com:
We asked a registered compared to supermarket prices for fresh Store brands for most goods are a great
Readers may suggest ideas for kraftfoods.com/kf/Dinner/
future medical columns to the dietitian a few questions about produce. Small produce stores can also BudgetDinners/ savings along with other labels on sale.
Volusia County Medical Socie- nutrition while on a budget. have good bargains. — Pat Gruner
— Heather L. Johnson,
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