I think I broke a bone in my hand?

Question:

ok so, I had a peice of furniture fall on top of my hand, It hurts sooooo bad, but, i am not 100% sure its broken..... there is a bit of swelling, and I can move it in certain directions, I CANNOT squeeze anything, or make a fist, it is a bit bruised, it is extremely painfull, and hurts all the time, but heres the thing, I broke a different bone in the same hand, a few years ago, and it swelled like a golf ball was under my skin, and turned dark purple. this time it's different, looking I mean, still hurts really bad.
I know i should just go get it exrayed, but I don't wanna feel stupid, and waste the money if its not broken.... does anyone have any idea? does it have to swell badly when its fractured, or is just a little swelling still a sign, OH and there is a small/med sized lump right under the skin, the lump is kinda hard, and hurts like the devil if i touch it.
its located just under the knucle of my pointer finger..... any ideas?

Answers:
It sounds a lot like what is called a "boxers fracture", and the only way to know for certain is to go have it x-rayed. A fracture doesn't have to swell or bruise badly to be doing damage to the tissue around it, and even if it is just cracked it still needs attention. The hand is much to important to mess around with chancing losing function. Go to the doctor- none of us have x-ray vision or can diagnose that over the web. Better silly and safe.

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