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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/kanjiteck88 on 2025-04-26 08:17:18+00:00.

So, back in November '24, I got into a bad car accident. Due to the hospital not giving me proper home care instructions, negligence, my hand developed dead tissue resulting in my second degloving and a skin graft. I’ve posted my updates on my Facebook for family and friends.

Since the accident, I’ve been doing physical therapy to regain full function in my left hand. Unfortunately, my left index finger refuses to fully bend into a full fist. Normally, the physical therapist will tape my hand into a fist as part of my therapy. However upon the most recent evaluation, my index finger is the only finger that refuses to bend in. As a result, this time, they only taped my left index finger into a bent/fist position. Honestly, when they only taped my finger, I laughed. I had blue tape on my hand holding my index finger down. It looked funny to me. I took a picture and posted it on Facebook. Unfortunately, everyone who saw that picture thought my finger was gone. People called me, texted me, and were worried I lost my finger. I had to post two updates to tell people I still had all my fingers.

TL;DR I posted what I thought was a funny picture of my left index finger being taped but instead people thought I had that finger amputated.