Ouch

[juliet]

Note to self: when chopping vegetables, very sharp kitchen knife goes in vegetables, not in own left thumb. Ow.

I can however heartily recommend Guy's Minor Injuries Unit for all your "I am a muppet who should not be trusted with anything sharper than a beanbag" needs. In, taped up, and out again in something around 15 minutes.

I can also recommend dogrando who dealt admirably with slightly hysterical girlfriend informing him that she had chopped half her finger off and bleeding everywhere. (He went to fetch marnameow who is Trained in these matters & provided interim bandaging.)

Apparently nothing is going to fall off, although the flap that nearly got cut off may wind up dead & I might get a flat bit.

Comments

[lovelybug.livejournal.com]

Owweee owee owee :(

Poor you xxx

[trishpiglet.livejournal.com]

yeow!
poor thumb : (
wish you speedy healing
xx

The dangers of the home

[webcowgirl.livejournal.com]

I have a special poem for you by Sylvia Plath. "Cut," it's called, and it starts like this:
What a thrill ---
My thumb instead of an onion.

The rest of it is here. I read it in college poetry class a million years ago and oddly it still comes to mind when I slip while prepping food.

Re: The dangers of the home

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

I was going to post that too! Poor Juliet :/

Re: The dangers of the home

[juliet]

Marna said when I mentioned this to her that she thought of that whilst bandaging me up but felt it might not help at that point :-)

(She was right - esp the 2nd verse!)

[shadowdaddy.livejournal.com]

I was going to say "Oweeee owie owie!" - and in fact did, out loud - before noticing that Jess beat me to it.

The sentiment remains, though. =(

[babysimon]

Ow! Poor you.

[abi]

Oh dear, I should not laugh, but I do like that line about a beanbag. Hope your finger feels better soon with no permanent damage!

[hieroglyphe.livejournal.com]

Ouch.

If it makes you feel any better, I've been daft enough to get a sewing machine needle stuck in my finger before now...

[lnr]

Yay for being fixed up quickly, and having Pete and Marna to look after you well first. I cut my little finger last year breaking a glass in the washing up, and I was home all alone and it was pretty scary at first, especially when pressure and keeping it raised just didn't seem to stop it bleeding.

I hope it doesn't hurt too much.

[juliet]

I would like to think that had I been on my own I wouldn't have got quite so squeaky about it (I did manage, despite the slight hysteria, to remember about compression & elevation, so not all bad), but yes, it is much worse when you haven't got anyone else to mind you!

It is better today but have stayed home anyway as typing aggravates it a bit...

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Aiee!

Sympathy: I have a massive paper cut across the top joint of my right forefinger and managed to get lemon juice in it earlier on, ow ow ow ow ow.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Ow! Also, it was nice to see you on Friday. I gathered you enjoyed the gig?

[juliet]

It was ace!

[sbp.livejournal.com]

This is why I generally stay away from knives - I'd prefer to not have dead bits on my guitar-playing fingers.

[juliet]

To be fair, a) I've never done this before in 12 yrs or so of food-prep; b) it's unlikely that I'll get a dead bit in the sense of "not feeling it". I might get a flat bit, but I wouldn't expect that to cause problems. Would keep you off playing whilst healing, though :-)

[ludy]

eek! healing thoughts

[catsgomiaow.livejournal.com]

YIPES yowser I hope it's not too sore! You will have an awesome interestingly-shaped thumb though so hurrah :)

[dogrando.livejournal.com]

She's just jealous of my interestingly-shaped finger.

Either that or (my theory) the knife got a taste for BLUD and it wants MOAR.