OK, thank your lucky stars that your left index finger doesn’t look like mine.
Today I jammed a spinning #2 Philips bit into it.
It’s narly lookin’, swollen and oozin’.
Just thought I’d share and maybe find a little sympathy for myself in my sorry state 
But on the bright side, had a great weekend steelhead fishin’ on the Deschutes 
Caught fish, saw Bighorns, Muleys, Chukar.
All in all life’s good, the finger will heal
/me gives jflan some sympathy 
That does sound nasty…and I can’t even begin to imagine the pain. Hope it gets better soon 
Thank you for not posting pictures.
I’ve done the same thing a time or two, though the worst injury was when I put a wood chisel through the flesh just under the left index finger.
If you’re right handed, the left hand seems to become a target when working with tools.
I envy your fishing trip with all the wildlife sightings. Hope you heal up quickly.
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If you’re right handed, the left hand seems to become a target when working with tools.
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Yep, my left hand, esp. my left thumb quivers in fear whenever I reach for the hammer
Sometimes it will drop the nail before the hammer even gets there 
Thanks Arachne
[quote=jflan;2134386]OK, thank your lucky stars that your left index finger doesn’t look like mine.
Today I jammed a spinning #2 Philips bit into it. [/quote]Ouch! 
Let’s hope the best for your reconvalescence
Michael
My left ring finger was crished about two years ago, not very useable and only some feeling on one half; some loss but I get by. things can be much worse.
[QUOTE=jflan;2134386]OK, thank your lucky stars that your left index finger doesn’t look like mine.
Today I jammed a spinning #2 Philips bit into it.
It’s narly lookin’, swollen and oozin’.
Just thought I’d share and maybe find a little sympathy for myself in my sorry state 
[/QUOTE]Easily done if you’re holding a screw with that hand and applying pressure on the screwdriver with the other. Did the same thing a few years ago, where the bit went into the joint and a lot of joint (synovial) fluid came out :(. Luckily it didn’t get infected and repaired nicely :).
It’s one of my bug-bears about Philips (or other cross-head) screw patterns: you need a lot more driver force to keep the contact engaged. Slot-head screws - although old-fashioned - require way less and I’ve gone back to using them pretty much all the time.
Glad to hear it wasn’t serious enough to interrupt the fishing expedition
[QUOTE=CCRomeo;2134652]My left ring finger was crished about two years ago, not very useable and only some feeling on one half; some loss but I get by. things can be much worse.[/QUOTE]
It’s reports like this that make me glad I live in a socialist empire with practically free Medical, rather than the free market where no-one, except the elite, can afford decent health care 
[QUOTE=debro;2134806]It’s reports like this that make me glad I live in a socialist empire with practically free Medical[/QUOTE]Guess they give good finger waves huh
[QUOTE=Bob;2134811]Guess they give good finger waves huh [/QUOTE]
Oh yes, definately!
Everyone is invited to Oz, where we’ll all show you the imperial finger 
[QUOTE=imkidd57;2134740] Did the same thing a few years ago, where the bit went into the joint and a lot of joint (synovial) fluid came out :(. Luckily it didn’t get infected and repaired nicely :).[/QUOTE]
Yikes !
I hope I never do it bad enough to see the fluid
I’m feelin’ better already
Glad to hear it wasn’t serious enough to interrupt the fishing expedition
Naw, it was my off-hand…not my hook-settin’ hand
Gotta protect that, especially this time of year when Mr. Big is in the river.
[QUOTE=debro;2134814]Oh yes, definately!
Everyone is invited to Oz, where we’ll all show you the imperial finger [/QUOTE]hmmm maybe they will start including dental there?
[QUOTE=jflan;2134815]especially this time of year when Mr. Big is in the river.[/QUOTE]How big is mr. big? He might want a piece too
[QUOTE=Bob;2134838]How big is mr. big? He might want a piece too [/QUOTE]
My two fishin’ buddies and Mr. Big :
