Hi

No point in messing about.

Amputation is the way to go.

A couple of weeks ago, I was trying wrestling with a very heavy bag of compost, and trying to get it from my car through to my back garden.

I felt a sudden sharp pain in my left hand, and the middle finger started turning black and blue and swelling up as I watched. It didn't half hurt.

I think I must have broken a blood vessel somewhere.
This was a picture I took the next day, it's not very clear, but you see the whole finger turned purple, front and back, and the following day the base of the fingers either side had gone black too.

All better now, but not nice at the time.