Day 23 of 30One more week This month is flying by BO Rebar again today (Image removed from quote.) :iagree:100%
Barry are you and Matt aka McStitchy related?
Day 23 - last shift before Christmas is over and I think I might have the rights to have a nice beer or two(Image removed from quote.)[It's not failure if you learn something from it]
I concur, and I will join you in having a beer as soon as I can.
Sometimes those that don't hurt can be horrible too. The story of how I found out we also have arteries in our fingers :It was early-ish in the morning, I was still sleepy but had a ton of work to do so I started right away. Needed to cut something, took a steel ruler and the box cutter. First few cuts everything was alright until on one of them a part of my thumb was sticking in front of the ruler. Slashed right through it and the corner of the nail also went out. For a second I saw the flesh snow white until it started pouring that dark liquid. Put few napkins over it and squeezed the thumb inside the palm. Getting dressed was kind of hard but I managed it and went to the hospital (back then I lived about 5-6 min walking distance from it). They took me to the doctor, from whom I herd that I've slashed the "digital artery". Color me impressed. The bleeding wouldn't stop so he was wondering what to do - it is artery and pumps good amount of liquid but being the tip of a finger one it's small so he doubted that it would take even one stitch. So he calls for a colleague to discuss what to do. He comes but he is also unsure so they call a third doctor. That is when I got a bit worried. Eventually they slammed a generous scoop of some smurf that looked to me like animal fat on it, wrapped it in so much bandage it became 7 times larder and said to stay there. If the bleeding wouldn't stop in 15 minutes they would try to stitch it but I better pray it stops. It stopped, they gave me some pills and let me go home. Got back few times for bandage change. It heeled nicely, I have feeling in my thumb but a corner of it the skin is strange and it don't feel like it's mine. Be careful with those sharp things and if time comes that you need to stay awake during the night - I have some more sharp stories P.S. Re-reading that sounds like I have some super powers and I don't feel pain. There were no pain initially, probably adrenaline rush or something. Or I squeezed it so hard it went numb But when they started cleaning the wound I felt it real good. There were two trainee students so the doctor told them - "watch how the limbs got pale, that's a self protecting mechanism of the body - it draws the blood to the vital organs and the brain. When you see that there is a good chance the patient is going to pass out any second so you lay him down". I did not loose consciousness but got lightheaded, hyperventilated and for a moment I saw everything pretty blurry and dark.
The ends of my right middle finger and left ring finger have numb spots from deep cuts. The middle finger was injured while using a very cheap (and non-locking) MT in an inadvisable manner This is how we tradesmen typically deal with such injuries, though seeking medical care is what most sane adults would and should do:(Image removed from quote.)Not a picture of me, but I have done this many times
Oh, I am a woodworker and leather worker by trade, I do that for living so I often deal with cuts in the same matter. Though I usually use painter's tape rather than electrical. But that one scared me to go to the hospital because unlike before I did slice a piece off of it, rather than just cutting in it. Day 23Though I should try to get ahead of all the Holiday meals.(Image removed from quote.)
Day 23:Wrapping up the last presents
We have had a really great Day 23, guys
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