Damaged left index finger

[jflan]

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

[Arachne]

/me gives jflan some sympathy

That does sound nasty…and I can’t even begin to imagine the pain. Hope it gets better soon

[Kerry56]

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.

[jflan]

[QUOTE=Kerry56;2134392]
If you’re right handed, the left hand seems to become a target when working with tools.
[/QUOTE]
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

[mciahel]

[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

[debro]

Ouch!
Fingers crossed that it heals quickly, eh? … err … never mind.

[CCRomeo]

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.

[Bob]

ouchy and i bet you won’t do that again!

[imkidd57]

[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

[debro]

[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

[Bob]

[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

[debro]

[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

[jflan]

[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.

[Bob]

[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?

[Bob]

[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

[jamescooley1]

jflan! take it easy on your self. get well soon.

[jflan]

[QUOTE=Bob;2134838]How big is mr. big? He might want a piece too [/QUOTE]
My two fishin’ buddies and Mr. Big :