2talltim Posted July 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Sorry to hear you lost part of a finger. That really sucks. We had a family catastrophe where this happened twice! First, my uncle lost two fingers to the first knuckle with a wood chipper when he tried to pull some debris away from the bottom of the shute where the chips exit. A stick cam free and shot a chunk of wood through his leather gloves. The same year my father-in-law lost fingers to the first knuckle sticking his hand in a snow thrower to clear the shute. Just goes to show this shit can happen at any time to anyone! Hope you heal up soon.Wow, talk about crappy luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit12 Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 No, it's in a ziplock bag in the trash. Not somthing I care to keep around.Ah Man! That could've got you a free chili at Wendy's, lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gixxus Christ! Posted July 28, 2015 Report Share Posted July 28, 2015 Wow, talk about crappy luckLuck? How about the sense to not put your fingers into running machinery? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh1234 Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Luck? How about the sense to not put your fingers into running machinery? Yeah, wasn't sure I could get away with pointing out that it's not really bad luck I'm secretly glad someone else did, though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfman1 Posted July 29, 2015 Report Share Posted July 29, 2015 Luck? How about the sense to not put your fingers into running machinery?Yup, I think everyone has told them the same thing. No luck involved. My father-in-law had jumped out the safety on the snowblower because it added more time to get the driveway cleared when he had to restart it every time he had to stop and clear the chute. In my opinion its not worth loosing a limb over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2talltim Posted July 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Getting phantom pains. It feels like the tip of my finger (that isn't there anymore)is getting poked with needles. This sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbarron77 Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Getting phantom pains. It feels like the tip of my finger (that isn't there anymore)is getting poked with needles. This sucks. A friend of mine in the Army lost half of his middle finger, and went through the phantom pain of feeling the tip of his missing finger "itching". Doctors told him to ignore it, but he found relief in "scratching" the spot where his finger used to be, and the sensation would go away. Probably psychosomatic via muscle memory of the rest of the body trying to address the stimulus, but he didn't care, it fixed the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmutt Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Glad the injury wasn't any worse that it is. I learned a couple hard lessons in my younger years, working manufacturing, in a hurry without any serious thought of safety. Age 22, severed through 80% of my right thumb tip on a horizontal skiver ( imagine a 10ft razor bladed bandsaw on it's side ), luckily was able to get it reattached, took a few years for it's nerve endings to become fully functional again. Age 28, slammed my right first finger between the auger and bore of a 6" extruder, boss had me in a rush so it was just a stupid mistake on my part. As soon as it pinched my finger inside, instinct told me to yank my hand back, which ultimately tore the pad out of my finger tip. Looked like a spoon the way it was scalloped away. Took a couple months to close up because all the doc could do was lace the finger sides towards one another, so I had to wear an antibiotic mesh overlay to coax new flesh to fill in the void. Still dont have all of the feeling in it, but now that it's flatter I can grip my guitar pick better than before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 GLWS LBTSSeriously though, heal up man. Sorry to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Seems like this is the kind of thing that earns a nickname 9 1/2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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