i chopped off part of my finger - Writers Forum

simplicity · 07-01-2008, 02:01 PM

** disclaimer: the pictures are slightly gross and bloody**

Well my week started off really well actually, I got my first child support check from my ex husband after 4 years of divorce. It was only $178. for 4 kids, but I wasn't complaining. That little bit of money paid off a few bills that I was very concerned about. Also, I called sprint to pay my phone bill and they told me that the deposit that I paid almost two years ago finally went through, and I don't have to pay my phone bill this month or next. And to top it all off, I got a letter saying I will finally get my stimulus check on the 5th of July ( the day after my payday ). Finally, I'll be finacually set for awhile.

Yesterday was diffrent. I work in a bakery, and am in charge durring the day after the bakers retire. I slack off often, but my work is always done by the end of the day. I love my job. It was coming up around 4 p.m. and I was ready to leave for the day when my co-worker Tim asked me to slice 10 loaves of bread. This is pretty easy, you just line them up in a slicing machine and catch them as they fall out. Tim is afraid to use it, he was worried it'd cut his finger off. I made fun of him, and karma came back and kicked my ass. I started pulling the bread through, instead of letting them fall out, because my way was faster. Ignorant move on my part, because I reached up into the slicer to grab a wheat loaf or bread and the blades grabbed ahold of my acrylic nail on my right index finger, and ripped of my nail and sliced some of the skin. I went into shock. I blacked out for about 30 seconds. my co-workers said i yelled " oh my god my finger" so loud they could here me across my store. I cleaned it up, but turned completely white and shook pretty badly from the pain. I didn't cry, I stayed calm, but it hurt like hell.

I'm okay now, but it hurts pretty badly if something acidently bangs it, I bump it on things. Typing without a index finger, is much harder then it looks.
here's a picture or two of my poor finger now..

smilinghelps · 07-01-2008, 02:52 PM

Icky owwie!

I did a great job slicing my index finger on a can lid that I put in the trashcan and warned everyone to be aware of. Duh. Big C slice! Butterfly stitches and that glue stuff and I'm scar free. But it sure hurt like hell.

Hope your finger feels better soon.

As to your financial situation, I'm right there with you. The occasional support check when he feels like it or when the court threatens him with jail time. Although, I only have one child, I can't imagine what it's like with 4. I'm sure you are an expert at making the dollars stretch!

Which state are you in?

terrib · 07-01-2008, 03:01 PM

Oh my God! I barely could look at it! Glad it wasn't your whole finger though. Four kids for 178.00, wow, someones getting ripped off. You seem to have a good attitude about things, Simplicity. Amazing what a woman can do, eh?

GodofLiterature · 07-01-2008, 03:08 PM

I thought your finger was really chopped off.

Aww, shwucks.

tristiano · 07-01-2008, 03:19 PM

aww, should just cut it off and pop it in your chili.

Malone · 07-01-2008, 03:32 PM

I did the same thing with a meat slicer in one of my friend's restaurants. I got my thumb, though, and it was a little worse than yours, but I know how much it fucking hurts. The good news is it grows back. The whole top of my thumb, and slanting down into the fingernail like yours go cut off, but after a few months it all pretty much grew back and I can hardly tell anymore. I still have nightmares sometimes when I'm trying to fall asleep of that goddam meat slicer. It really stuck with me...one of the few injuries I've ever gotten that actually disturbed me.

Feel better. Hopefully they gave you some Lortabs.

simplicity · 07-01-2008, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by smilinghelps

Which state are you in?

I live in Lincoln, Nebraska. I'm a child of the corn

My ex husband went from a loving, providing family man, to a filthy, broke, worthless junkie. I rarely talk to him, and my kids can only see him, with supervised visits. He lost his job as a welder, and after 4 years of being jobless, recently took on a job at Burger King as a cook. I don't care what he does, or where he works, the measly $178. a month works for me.

simplicity · 07-01-2008, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Malone

I did the same thing with a meat slicer in one of my friend's restaurants. I got my thumb, though, and it was a little worse than yours, but I know how much it fucking hurts. The good news is it grows back. The whole top of my thumb, and slanting down into the fingernail like yours go cut off, but after a few months it all pretty much grew back and I can hardly tell anymore. I still have nightmares sometimes when I'm trying to fall asleep of that goddam meat slicer. It really stuck with me...one of the few injuries I've ever gotten that actually disturbed me.

Feel better. Hopefully they gave you some Lortabs.

at first it didn't hurt, the shock alone numbed the feeling. It was about an hour later, when the shock wore off when I was like, holy crap, this really hurts. My boyfriend, said we had to clean it out in order to change the bandage, but we had to use peroxide. The moment the peroxide touched the open wound, I screamed like a little girl, and tried not to cry. I kept yelling, " okay, what next! " as he was instructing me to hold still. I laugh now, but I was NOT laughing when it happend. I keep bumping it on things, like the counter, or random objects and I squeal in pain. They didn't give me any pain meds for it at all. It was more like, wow, that sucks, tough it out Kid.

Thanks everybody.

Malone · 07-01-2008, 03:54 PM

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at first it didn't hurt

Exactly, I remember turning around to the guys cooking behind me, holding up the finger (they told me later that blood was literally spurting out, but I don't remember that) and said "I think I cut off my finger." I kept it elevated, went home and took a handful of Xanax and smoked some marijuana. My friend who owns the restaurant found the piece of finger that got cut off and brought it over that evening. I don't have insurance so I didn't go to the hospital till the next day because it wouldn't stop bleeding. The nurse looked at the little piece of finger and just tossed it into a trash can. It was depressing. I still owe them like 2000 dollars for the hospital visit. They won't be getting that anytime soon.

And no kidding about the bumping into things pain. I'd get that rolling over onto my hand while sleeping too. It really sucks. The finger tips are just a bunch of condensed nerve endings, so it has to be one of the worst places to slice open.

JosephB · 07-01-2008, 04:01 PM

I'm going to puke.

JHB · 07-01-2008, 04:02 PM

Ouch. Better luck with the other nine.

simplicity · 07-01-2008, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by JHB

Ouch. Better luck with the other nine.

funny you should mention that. About 3 months ago I was cutting hot cross buns and discussing with a co-worker why John Melloncamp decided to put the word cougar in the middle of his name when the knife slipped and caught my left index finger pretty good.