Lost part of my finger today
 

Well today I was working on an art project for school. I was cutting some thick paperboard with an exacto knife and at the last part of my cut, the knife slipped off my t square and sliced a piece of my index finger right off. I feel incredibly dumb and very lucky that it was such a small piece. So anyway I thought I'd share the story. Careful out there people. :tup: haha

Here is the part that got cut off.

http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/5811e810.jpg

that's pretty nasty

Ya it was a freak accident. It went right through so fast.

Sorry about your mishap. It is lost or were the doctors able to reconnect?

I x-co-worker of mine (from Russia I think), lost his toes. He tried to mow his lawn and pulled the mower without moving his foot.

It's just a flesh wound:icon17:

Seriously tho, glad it wasn't worse.

Lesson for everyone BE CAREFULL!!

Omg that sounds horrible. Ya I am pretty lucky though. My wife is an ER Nurse and she said that trying to reattach it would just make it necrotic. So I said my goodbye and snapped this picture lol.

So we can call you 9 1/2 fingers of Death!! :ugh2:

Well it was diagnosed as 15% of my left index finger, so carry the 1... W/e the math is on that. Haha

I'm really hoping it grows back :D

Take care man. :tup:

Thanks Trippps!

You need to throw that chunk on the grill!

I've done the same thing to a much lesser extent. I was holding down a ruler and ran the xacto right along the side of it. Didn't take more than a sliver and didn't even realize I'd done it until I started bleeding everywhere.

Damn! Glad you are alright, that is pretty gnarly! I've done similar things, it is not fun at all although it makes for good conversation haha.

Rare, medium or well done?

dude ...wow. Glad your ok thou.

Better dry it, because we all know it's part of (beef) jerky....

That sucks! But it definitely could have been worse.

Starfish blood?

That's exactly what happened. it actually didn't start bleeding for like 5 sec.

Ya thanks man, not cool, but it just happened like outta nowhere. I was paying attention too. sucks.

:tup: Thanks bud!

True story.

wow those things are sharp. careful, don't let it get infected. what does the rest of the finger look like?

http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/7ad4939f.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/11191068.jpg
http://i994.photobucket.com/albums/a...e/9952fb92.jpg

It's actually way better than I thought.

eee.....that sucks!! glad ur ok bro.
I've done the same thing to my middle finger... 2yrs ago. But mine was worse.
I Used to work at Japaness restaurant as a chef, while I was cooking at the grill, cut my finger by a huge steak knife. :shakes head:
was able to reconnect it, but shorter then the others.:icon18:

Say it with me one time... Kevlar gloves...

Join the club.

I almost cut off my thumb years ago. I was pulling the metal strip to open the can of SPAM(poor college kid all i could afford) and my thumb slipped and cut to the bone and the doctor had to reattach it. My thumb is completely healed now but every winter it feels very painful. You will also experience that pain for the rest of your life every winter. other people i know in similar situation, experience similar pain too.

Meh pain is weakness leaving the body not too worried about it. But now im ugly :( haha

There you go, fixed that for you :happydance:

lucky you are

Wow. Best wishes to a speedy recovery :hello:

-Scott

Thanks :tup:

:yum:


how's it healing?

Thanks for the good vibes guys!

Really well actually I'll snap some pics today!

wolverine much?

Ha I wish. But ya I've been using a buttload of Neosporin!

That's a nice chunk. Chew it like gum