Well like the man said "Stupid is as stupid does".
I just pretty much wrecked my right hand--and of course I'm right handed. No excuse, 'cause I know better. I was using my skill saw to cut some pieces of 1x4 wood into 1 1/2" strips to use as shims on our freshly cut Christmas tree (the trunk was too small to lock into place in the stand), and holding the wood in my right hand while I sawed it. Done it hundreds of times. But this time, yep you guessed it, the wood suddenly kicked back. It removed a lot of meat from my thumb across the palm to my little finger. Miss Linda drove me into our local emergency and the doc put in 26 stitches to stop the bleeding. Then an ambulance ride to the big city hospital in Red Deer to see what they could save. Well, it turns out, the wood literally tore its way through the 2 tendons, nerves, and all the blood vessels in the first finger (next to the thumb) and through 90% of the 2 tendons in the next finger.
The surgeon--Red Deer's top Plastic Surgeon--is pretty sure she successfully repaired the damage to the tendons, but the blood vessels are another matter. Turns out they're the size of the finest hair on the body. How the hell do you repair something that tiny?? So only time will tell if she was successful or if that finger has to come off. Now that's no big deal--don't really care as I can work around that. But, for the next 2 months, I can't use the hand FOR ANYTHING. And I'm just a couple of days away from the start of my Winter Log Haul.
I'm going to lose at least 2 months of high dollar work. So you can guess just how PO'd I am. And it was my own stupidity for doing something that I knew had the potential to turn out bad.
Anyway, it took me half an hour to one finger type this with my left hand. I'll still be reading all your posts, but........probably not posting for at least 2 months.
As a warning not to do this, I've included a pic of the hand Miss Linda took. It's just a tad ugly so i put in as a thumbnail. Open it or not, your choice.
Gary
I just pretty much wrecked my right hand--and of course I'm right handed. No excuse, 'cause I know better. I was using my skill saw to cut some pieces of 1x4 wood into 1 1/2" strips to use as shims on our freshly cut Christmas tree (the trunk was too small to lock into place in the stand), and holding the wood in my right hand while I sawed it. Done it hundreds of times. But this time, yep you guessed it, the wood suddenly kicked back. It removed a lot of meat from my thumb across the palm to my little finger. Miss Linda drove me into our local emergency and the doc put in 26 stitches to stop the bleeding. Then an ambulance ride to the big city hospital in Red Deer to see what they could save. Well, it turns out, the wood literally tore its way through the 2 tendons, nerves, and all the blood vessels in the first finger (next to the thumb) and through 90% of the 2 tendons in the next finger.
The surgeon--Red Deer's top Plastic Surgeon--is pretty sure she successfully repaired the damage to the tendons, but the blood vessels are another matter. Turns out they're the size of the finest hair on the body. How the hell do you repair something that tiny?? So only time will tell if she was successful or if that finger has to come off. Now that's no big deal--don't really care as I can work around that. But, for the next 2 months, I can't use the hand FOR ANYTHING. And I'm just a couple of days away from the start of my Winter Log Haul.
I'm going to lose at least 2 months of high dollar work. So you can guess just how PO'd I am. And it was my own stupidity for doing something that I knew had the potential to turn out bad.
Anyway, it took me half an hour to one finger type this with my left hand. I'll still be reading all your posts, but........probably not posting for at least 2 months.
As a warning not to do this, I've included a pic of the hand Miss Linda took. It's just a tad ugly so i put in as a thumbnail. Open it or not, your choice.
Gary
