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Accident At Work - Lesson to Everyone
thebrownshow:
Don't know if this will help at all, but a guy used to come into the store I worked at when I was younger, and he lost his index finger on his left hand. Rather than taking it off at one of the knuckles, they actually removed the entire finger at the joint. If you can imagine, his middle finger effectively became his new index finger. You wouldn't even notice unless you were really paying attention, and hell, it made a good story ;)
In all seriousness though, I hope your recovery goes well!
lovespicyfood:
toolaa: thanks for the safety reminder before I start building my cab!
I'm a motorcycle rider also and I always look at the sometimes gruesome accident scene photos whenever I come across them. I'm not a morbid person, however, it helps to constantly remind myself of the dangers of such a sport so that I hopefully never become complacent in my riding.
SirPeale:
When my brother-in-law was 17 he was making bombs from used CO2 cartridges. Filling them with black powder and sticking a fuse into them.
He had been experimenting with just *how* short a fuse he could get when one exploded in his hand. My wife describes it as she thought he had crushed a tomato in his hand when he was running up the driveway, before she knew what it was.
They were going to amputate his whole hand, but he was adamant: they weren't going to take his hand without trying damn hard to save it.
The doctors pretty much had to rebuild his hand from scratch, but they did it. He's only missing the first two knuckles from his ring finger. They had to recreate the web between the index and thumb with a balloon (stretching the skin).
He healed nicely; he's got scars, but if you don't look for them, likely you won't notice what happened.
Kremmit:
Wow, that sucks. Sorry to hear about it.
On the bright side, my dad is missing the same finger. It doesn't slow him down a bit.
Hope you have a speedy recovery!
toolaa:
--- Quote from: thebrownshow on April 14, 2006, 02:10:33 pm ---they actually removed the entire finger at the joint. If you can imagine, his middle finger effectively became his new index finger.
--- End quote ---
Thats exactly the same thing they have done to me. The doc said that after a year mr other fingers will get stronger to pick p the slack.
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