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General Discussion => Any and Every Thing => Topic started by: Perry on April 17, 2015, 01:32:27 pm
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Well, that was half a day I won't quickly get back. Just spent hours down at the emergency in Kentville. I was milling up pine for bottom boards and had a heck of a groove goin on. I was using a push stick with my right hand and I had an odd piece I was ripping that had a chunk missing out of it, and I was using my left hand to clear the off cuts. Without thinking I used my left hand to swipe away the off-cut but hit the spot where the wood was missing and put my thumb right into the blade.
As soon as I felt the tug I knew what happened. :sad:
Went into the house and had my wife drive me in. X-rays show I didn't hit bone but there was nothing left to stitch or do anything with. They put some dissolving web on it to try and stem the flow, I made a mess everywhere. Thumb is definitely going to be shorter than the other one. :-[
I'm home now, but will have to go back on Sunday for them to have another look. Don't know how I'm going to tie labels on my jars for a while now. :-\
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Ooooooo Perry! A Big Bad Bummer for sure! DANG! Takes me back to when hubby was in his wood cutting groove, absent mindedly reached to pull a stick from the jammed chainsaw blade.... off to the emergency room...
At least you can still type :)
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Ouch!
Sorry to hear, Perry. Hang in there.
- K
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Sorry to hear that... But glad you didn't hit the bone!
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Ouch! Here's hoping for a speedy recovery!
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It's your turn Perry ;)
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Feel for you Perry, lost part of my index finger at the first joint last week hitching a trailer up. Kelly at the OT unit in Kentville is great and very gentle, if you need dressing changes or therapy.
Bob
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Thanks folks. No therapy needed, nothing there to work with! :laugh:
It's not all that bad, and could have been much worse.
To get an idea, hold up your thumb, go back from the tip to halfway down your nail, and remove! :o
It ain't gonna look pretty when it finally heals. ;D
Hey Bob, you're right. I wasn't there as long as I was expecting, and they treated me well. I left a pretty good mess outside the x-ray dept. :-[
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Oh geez Perry. I'm so sorry. As I was reading, I knew right where that story was going and cringing as I read. I hope you have some pain medication, if you need it. Are you right or left handed?
I cut the end of my index finger off at work about 5 years ago. I was putting the finishing touches on dinner right before serving time. I thought I would add some cooked bacon to the green beans. Chop, chop, chop and the cutting board slipped. I didn't loose as much as you though.
I was joking with the ER doctor and asked her if I would be able to play the violin again? Can you believe it, she didn't know that old joke!
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Perry, I too knew where this story was going and started to squirm. My brother has done himself in twice with his woodworking tools. The last time was bad, so the woodworking tools are hung up for good. So much for that bookcase he was going to build me LOL. Seriously, hope you heal quickly and take your pain meds!
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Sorry to hear that buddy hope it heals fast.
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Sure hate to hear that. That's why I buy my woodenware. I like my fingers, and have known too many wood workers with missing digits.
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:D Hey Jack. When I was sitting down in the lobby waiting for the x-ray, I had my hand resting on my lap. What I hadn't noticed is the temporary bandaging they did in emerge was sopped through and I was bleeding all over my jeans, onto the chair and down onto the floor. Someone pointed it out to me!
Needless to say I think I freaked a few people out when my wife picked me up cause as I was walking out my jeans had a crotch full of blood all over them. :o :laugh:
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I'm very sorry to here about this perry. I hope you feel better soon.
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Sorry Perry, know how you fell, did my left thumb when I was in wood shop in high school right down the middle of it. still have a scar. be praying for it to heal quickly.
Ken
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OUCH!!
Hope you get to feeling better real soon!
Worked in a custom cabinet shop for a short time and just barely stuck my thumb in the table saw blade one day after cutting trim for about two hours. Just felt really really warm all of a sudden and then red after that. It was just a nick, I had to quit and go do something else for a while.
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ouch! I just can't imagine the pain you felt! Get well soon! If you need any help let me know!
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Perry sounds like you lost alot of blood, Take care and not let it get infected buddy. I've been on some bad wrecks where it looked like a person had bled out, but actually only lost a pint or half pint of blood. One thing for sure, it will put a person into action to stop the bleeding. Jack
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awww crap Perry... That really sucks... Well, the way I see it, I already lost one finger, so I should be able to keep on going without losing any more now. I went and used up the bad luck! I have still managed to wound myself, but never as badly..
How did you miss the bone if you took off that much of the end of your thumb? I have lost the tips of a couple fingers at different times, non woodworking related... they grew back well, but the nerves are not there. It feels a little tingly and numb when I touch those finger tips.. I have become accustomed to it, and compensate.. The hard part for me, is picking up a queen.. I cant tell how much pressure I am exerting and... POP... :'(
Been practicing with drones... I'm not getting better yet.. :-[
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Needless to say I think I freaked a few people out when my wife picked me up cause as I was walking out my jeans had a crotch full of blood all over them. :o :laugh:
:o That made me think of Lorena Bobbitt. ROFL :laugh:
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I was reading a book from Lee Valley about table saw safety. The front page claims that there are 10 000 table saw related finger amputations in North America every year. That's a sobering thought and makes those sawstop setups seem less expensive. Sounds like it could have been worse, and I hope you heal fast.
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perry i started to cringe when i read the first few words of your post.......
i think like you said we get into a groove of moving the project through the saw and not thinking.........
well wishes to you, heal soon my friend.
you will adapt with a shorter thumb to put labels on your jars........... :D
sorry perry, just making light, just know i care, and wish you well!
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Dang Perry! Glad it wasn't worse.
Oh, and welcome to the club. :D
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My day wasn't so bad after all. Hope you heal up quickly
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Perry, reading your "mis-adventure" put chills up my spine.....and amplified my fear of those power tools. I hope that it's the last time you suffer a mis-hap and that this one heals quickly and well.
I assume you will be limited in some of your hive activities for a while. Maybe it will have a positive benefit and get your son to volunteer to get involved in beekeeping, if only to help his Dad out for a spell.
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I feel for you Perry stuck the end of my left index finger into a saw blade years ago left enough skin so they could sow it over so it healed well and with little scar tissue and most of the feeling left in it. The worst part of the healing was 2 weeks after when the body was rejecting the mangled dead damaged tissue and was breaking it down and the pressure the puss was building up. Pollysporin softened the scabs to let the puss escape. Hope you have a speedy recovery.
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Thank you Apis for that destriptive event of your shredded finger while I just sat down in front of the forum right after dinner ~~~
;) :)
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LOL
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Could have gone in to the story of the spike down throw my thumb Jen It looked worse but was relatively painless.
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Hubby instinctively reached for a stick that jammed the chain on the chainsaw, pulled his finger into the chain, yeeeah, meat everywhere. I'm used to it ;) I think it was the P word that didn't settle well, but I have over come the urge to hurl for the moment :D
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Perry, how is the finger doing?
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Good stuff Apis! :laugh:
Actually, my thumb is doing really well. I have had almost no pain. About the only complaint I have is that at times the end of my thumb feels like it is frozen cold. If the nail grows out like I think it will, it should cover the majority of the mangled and missing flesh beneath it. It may be a little "pointier" than it used to be but not all that noticeable I think. It could have been much, much worse, and I consider my myself lucky. (if you can imagine a guy losing the tip of his thumb lucky);D
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Good to hear Perry ;)
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Glad to hear the thumb is feeling better.
That wasn't your queen grabbing thumb was it??
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Good to hear buddy, thumbs up. :D Jack
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Good to hear buddy, thumbs up. :D Jack
Very well put!