I cut my finger on my left hand, suffice to say I was reaching into a box for a tool, and got the wrong part. surgery tommorow on it, just thought I'd send out a warning that this isn't so much fun, so be carefull out there.
Sorry you got hurt Reyd, nothing lasting I hope. Remember that scars ar a part of life, just don't live large. %-) Dave in Fairfax
Reyd Take care out there. Hope the surgery goes well. No tenon damage I trust? Keep us posted.
if the doctor's are right, its turning one handed for 6 weeks for me.
nope, but they think I did cut a tendon:), because I can't move the finger on its own much at all.
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004 15:48:46 GMT, Reyd hurled these words of wisdom into the ether:
YeeeOUCH! But look on the bright side...at least you know you're sharpening technique is pretty good, right?
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September 11, 2001 - Never Forget
Severed the extensor tendon, middle joint, middle finger, left hand when I was a youth, dicking about with a bacon slicer. I can still hear the squeal of the cutter as it ground to a halt in the bone. The surgeon wired the cut ends of the tendon together, which made it slightly shorter, so I couldn't fully bend the finger. He advised me to take up the guitar to exercise and stretch it, so that I got the full mobility back.
40 years later, I'm still gigging with a local R & B band. I have a great scar as well, which is pretty cool when you're 14, but less so in middle age..Don't worry too much about it. The surgery and convalescence were pretty painless, and the recovery complete.
All the best,
Frank
Boy, that caused a pucker upon reading ...
A Freudian slip, I think, and considering the source a very understandable one. :-)
Max
Took a gouge outta that finger, eh? Or did you just skew, er screw up? Nasty scrape. Oh, sorry, Reyd, I won't take a parting shot.
Kidding aside, good luck with the sawbones.
Max (who should be embarrassed)
1:10 chance of the tendon healing to its sheath(thats what i got told) and they had to take a nice long cut up the finger to find the ends:)
Tendons act like rubberbands. When they get cut they retract and you have to go searching for the ends. If it was a nice clean cut, the DR should be able to sew it together with good results, another reason for having nice, sharp tools. As for the scar, I quit counting stitches when I went over 200. I've got a beauty on my right hand where I took down a tree while tobaganning (sp). You'll be back to doing things quickly enough. Dave in Fairfax
Sorry to hear that, man. What did you reach for? A running chainsaw?
Barry
Ha! "Look on the bright side" reminds me of an old joke!
Bear with me here;
Seems ol Joe always saw another side, regardless of what happened he always said "Yep that is bad, sur nough, but it could have been worse". Well, Joe's buddies were getting kinda fed up with this statement.
Finally, a man was caught in bed with another man's wife and the man's wife duly killed them both on the spot. At the local barber shop the gossip was being told and Ol Joe, true to form piped up with "Yep, that's bad sur nough, but it coulda been worse".
Well one fella spoke up and asked how it could possibly have been worse.
Ol Joe, without blinking, calmly stated that "three days ago it coulda been me that got shot!"
Actually, Alun, the embarrassing thing is I had to read the reply about three times before I caught the error. By the way, people's needs an apostrophe :-)
indeed, but i need to find a better place for the draw/pushknife thibgy
not quick enough, 6 weeks means no more woodworking this year, same for pottery 12 music lessons i've already payed for.:-/ (my whole hand is immobilized in plaster, and i'm gone all summer:)
*That* caused a pucker here...
Sorry to hear about it, glad it wasn't worse.
Listen to the doc, eat well, let the girls fuss over it.
djb
Now I understand how you could do such damage so quickly. I use drawknives in green woodworking, and the most dangerous thing about them is they're so sharp I often find I have a cut or two from the corners only because I see blood on the work. Let me tell you how nice those Veritas low-angle spokeshaves are. They can hog almost as fast, and they're much safer. Then comes fine work which could almost go without sanding....
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