Argh! sliced my finger... gah!

[Godless Wonder]

So last night I'm mincing some parmesan, and like an idiot manage to nearly slice off a bit of my index finger...

Not too painful, but bled a lot, and this will put a serious damper on my guitar playing for the next couple of months... Dammit, dammit dammit! Now my finger is covered in paper towels and duct tape... all I had that would work. Man, it's kind of hard to type.

Well, I guess it's not as bad as what Tony Iommi did.

Argh, wish I'd had a cheese grater.

[livius drusus]

That sounds horrendous, GW. Paper towels and duct tape? Wouldn't a wee emergency room visit be possible? I know it's a pain in the ass, but you really, really don't want this to heal badly given its potential to mess with your playing.

Take care of yourself please. Oh, and get a Microplane grater. :hug:

[Beth]

Sorry to hear that. I did that once. Soon after, I bought a French knife so that I would not have to hold what A hack up.

[viscousmemories]

Ouch.

I second liv's microplane grater suggestion. It's da bomb.

[Beth]

Oh, in case you do not get a grater, if you freeze the parmesan, it will crumble up when you go to slice it.

[Godless Wonder]

Emergency room? Nah, it's just a flesh wound. Really, it's just a little flap of skin maybe 1.5 - 2mm thick, cut is maybe 3-4 mm deep. They can't stitch it, it's too small, at the tip of my finger. I really don't think there's anything they can do, and a bandage is not really so different from paper towels and duct tape in a pinch, though it is now kind of stuck to my finger and I'm a bit afraid to take it off (this morning) for fear of reopening the wound. or completely tearing off the little flap of skin. That would be bad. I'll be getting some real bandages tonight on the way home from work. I just need to keep it clean, is all. It'll heal, it'll be fine, eventually. Mostly I'm aggravated at myself for being so careless, and because I've lost my main hobby for the next 6-8 weeks probably. It's really nothing serious, and I feel kind of silly now for starting this thread.

About the microplane grater, yeah, I'd seen you guys talking about that, and even thought about getting one. Now, I really wish that I had. Knives are scary.

[wei yau]

Canned hams are scary, too. I cut my thumb pretty badly on one of those. That is, on the can, not the ham.

I did the paper towels and pressure thing, but decided to go to the campus clinic. No stitches needed, just a bandage. I still have the scar and it makes for a very distinct fingerprint.

[livius drusus]

Emergency room? Nah, it's just a flesh wound. Really, it's just a little flap of skin maybe 1.5 - 2mm thick, cut is maybe 3-4 mm deep. They can't stitch it, it's too small, at the tip of my finger.

Isn't that the bit which gets a callus from playing the guitar? :shudder:

I really don't think there's anything they can do, and a bandage is not really so different from paper towels and duct tape in a pinch, though it is now kind of stuck to my finger and I'm a bit afraid to take it off (this morning) for fear of reopening the wound. or completely tearing off the little flap of skin. That would be bad.

Um, yes, see that's kind of a large difference, donchaknow. The tearing off chunks of flesh/nascent scabs thing is, I believe, not so good. Applying absorbent but non-stick bandages is a better choice when possible.

A small thought: when you're picking up the bandages tonight, get yourself a basic first aid kit. Even if you never have occasion to use its contents again (unlikely), it's still a good thing to have around.

I just need to keep it clean, is all. It'll heal, it'll be fine, eventually. Mostly I'm aggravated at myself for being so careless, and because I've lost my main hobby for the next 6-8 weeks probably. It's really nothing serious, and I feel kind of silly now for starting this thread.

Silly? How should I feel about starting that poll about Farren's ass?

About the microplane grater, yeah, I'd seen you guys talking about that, and even thought about getting one. Now, I really wish that I had. Knives are scary.

They are and Microplanes rule. I didn't know about the freezer technique, though. Thanks for the tip, Beth.

[livius drusus]

I still have the scar and it makes for a very distinct fingerprint.

Cool! Just don't get arrested.

[ceptimus]

I use super-glue (cyanoacrylate) to fix those little 'flap' wounds. I heard that super-glue was developed for medical use initially, and while this sounds like a possible myth, there is no doubting that the stuff does stick flesh together remarkably well.

[maddog]

I still have a little knot on the end of my index finger from a little episode a few years ago. It has kind of a numb feel to it still. I explain it with this Confucian aphorism: "Do not feed sausage . . . by hand . . . to a blind dog."

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[lisarea]

I believe the Santa Clara Department of Health is looking for you, young man. (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050324-0854-brf-wendys-finger.html)

[viscousmemories]

:puke:

[ChuckF]

I use super-glue (cyanoacrylate) to fix those little 'flap' wounds. I heard that super-glue was developed for medical use initially, and while this sounds like a possible myth, there is no doubting that the stuff does stick flesh together remarkably well.

I second this. I used superglue when I sliced my thumb open on an oyster shell (after washing the wound very thoroughly) and it held the little flap together like a charm.

[The Lone Ranger]

I use super-glue (cyanoacrylate) to fix those little 'flap' wounds. I heard that super-glue was developed for medical use initially, and while this sounds like a possible myth, there is no doubting that the stuff does stick flesh together remarkably well.

I don't know if that's what it was invented for, but "surgical glue" is cyanoacrylate, so I'm sure the "over the counter" version (i.e. super-glue) works just fine.

Cheers,

Michael

[Dingfod]

Contrary to urban legend, superglue was not invented for wound closure, the skin sticking nature of cyanoacrylate was probably discovered early on, but wasn't used for that purpose until the Vietnam War. Prior to that it was used primarily to stick hardhats to I-beams.

Cyanoacrylate was discovered during World War II when searching for a way to make synthetic gun-sights (a substitute for spider silk). It did not solve this problem, since it stuck to all the apparatus used to handle it. Later it was developed into a more useful form by the Eastman Kodak company in 1958. The term is now used to refer to a range of adhesives based on similar chemistry.

[viscousmemories]

Prior to that it was used primarily to stick hardhats to I-beams.
:laugh:

[Dingfod]

Prior to that it was used primarily to stick hardhats to I-beams.
:laugh:Or lunch boxes to workbenches.

[pescifish]

I believe the Santa Clara Department of Health is looking for you, young man. (http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/nation/20050324-0854-brf-wendys-finger.html)No worries of any health issues: They believe the finger got into the chili at an earlier stage and was cooked at a high enough temperature to kill any viruses.

Wendy's spokesman Joe Desmond said the company was cooperating with the investigation.

"It's important not to jump to conclusions," he said. "Here at Wendy's we plan to do right by our customers."
What about doing right by their employees?! I hope they at least reimbursed the employee for the manicure.


How's your finger today, Godless Wonder?