Thread: Woops! Skin loss

Ouchies. So should we stay up wind of you for a while?

I've done similar sanding some small blocks. It wasn't until I was staining the wood with blood that I noticed I'd flattened the top of a couple of fingers. So I changed hands...and did it again

When I tried to cut an index finger off on a SCMS I had to learn to be ambidextrous while I had my hand bandaged up and the finger in a splint for a few weeks. It was a surprising challenge that had me trying to invent things like the Comfort Wipe.

Although, it was nothing like the time I had a dozen stitches in me "down there". You just can't win in that situation and would rather not eat at all.

time for the garden hose bidet Ern.
cheers
Michael

Ern, just don`t send us any fotos of your attempted "cleanups"
Such bad luck.
RB

LOL. Thanks RedShirtGuy. That Comfort Wipe is a gem. Will get one, attach some velcro and use it on chisel tips in future!

Michael, it'll either be the hose or the missus. Hose sounds better. Wonder what the neighbours will think when they see one running in the window ;-}

Ron, the forum mantra is if there were no pics it didn't happen, and I'd hate to let down the members

And dammit twice over; I ricked the back this morning trying to return to Christian style with the recovering broken wrist. How the h*ll will I explain this to the physio

Originally Posted by rsser

LOL. Thanks RedShirtGuy. That Comfort Wipe is a gem. Will get one, attach some velcro and use it on chisel tips in future!

Michael, it'll either be the hose or the missus. Hose sounds better. Wonder what the neighbours will think when they see one running in the window ;-}

Ron, the forum mantra is if there were no pics it didn't happen, and I'd hate to let down the members

And dammit twice over; I ricked the back this morning trying to return to Christian style with the recovering broken wrist. How the h*ll will I explain this to the physio

(Oh no! Shardenfroider is a terrible thing. )

Physio was cool. He understands about cross-cultural tangles ;-}

So I'm bored witless. One hole was deep enough to break open each time it came under pressure. Needed a decent method of dressing. Rang Dial-a-Nurse. Hopeless (yes I could breathe OK; no I hadn't severed an artery; no I wasn't on drugs when it happened). Went to the Chemist about one of those paint-on films. Wouldn't be strong enough. Replaced Elastoplast several times and finally the bleeding stopped.

Now have stinky unwashed fingers with filthy bandages. Ughh. They're going to come off tonight and have some alcohol slopped on them.

Meantime there's the virgin Sigma 8000 waiting to be tried out, and a couple of newly acquired Bergs for flattening and polishing. Maybe get some Kevlar gloves.

Ernie, I am unable to tell just what you`re up to here.
If you are SOOOO wounded, who typed your post-physio thread then?---Is this what the tame nurse was for ?
ORRR are you just holding out for some sympathy??
Maybe if you are so bored you could start devising some safe, rffective and novel ways to use BLUNT tools111
Whatever you do though, be sure to smother your wounds with PawPaw ointment. It is known in this house as Magic Ointment.
SERIOUSLY

Heal up mate.

RB

Just bored Ron. And it wasn't the fingertips that got the tear-out.

Yes, how to use blunt tools. Good topic. How shall we count the ways?

Magic ointment eh? In my house band-aids were sposed to be magic. Such a loss of innocence.

Originally Posted by rsser

Dammit; that's two dodgy hands. And worse, both Muslim and Christian style clean-ups in the loo are close to impossible

Ern, you will just have to see if the japanese style is good.

Peter.

Originally Posted by rsser

Now have stinky unwashed fingers with filthy bandages. Ughh. They're going to come off tonight and have some alcohol slopped on them.

Eeeeewwwww! told you to use the garden hose
slop a bit of alcohol in the mouth too I reckon.

Cheers
Michael

Originally Posted by RedShirtGuy

<snip> the time I had a dozen stitches in me "down there". You just can't win in that situation and would rather not eat at all.

In the context of this bit of sharing, I don't think I could claim a shred of sympathy, and delicately refrained from asking for more info.

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Peter, you'll send me off to Google to find out more. Just need to figure out what search terms to enter

Good idea Michael. Internally and externally administered.

If the elastoplast has stuck, rest assured that most will be internal!!

Kevlar gloves: click

I've emailed them a query about whether they'd work.

Gees Ern you are making it harder for this sking trip.

Any more accidents and they will have to strap the poles to your arms.

Ern a lot of those type gloves are good for slicing type cuts but no good for jab style cuts where you slip of the wood etc.