
Nearly a fortnight ago, I had a little accident at work. A piece of channel iron about 10 feet long and about 9" x 4" slipped and landed on a finger.
Strangely (I thought at the time) it didn't hurt other than for a split second. So I bravely ran off and stuck the digit under cold water, then took my glove off to have a better look and though 'Bugger', that's not good - as you do.
Anyway, off to A&E in Goole, then Barnsley, then Sheffield over the next few days. Then on holiday for a week, getting back today and got to go back to the horspingtile again tomorrow. Strong antibiotics and painkillers don't make for a comfortable holiday either.
Now a word of warning for the faint hearted or folk that don't like gory pics - don't look past 1 and 2. They put the sling on to 'help keep the hand elevated'. It almost got as far as the car park on the way out......... I have better pics, but I thought the detail posted would be enough!
Anyway, the docs reckoned that the reason it didn't hurt was that the bit of finger with all the pain/touch receptors/transmitters/whatever, now not being connected to the rest of the digit, couldn't tell me that it hurt, so in that case, even though it might be in agony in a bin somewhere now. I care not.
So off to get it sorted tomorrow hopefully. Half the top joint to come off and make the skin cover the end again and take the nail off completely as it will cause problems on the future. Not as though I use that finger for anything other than - well - telling people what to do. So I might have a smiley face painted where the nail was when it all heals up.
I should be able to pull the clutch in again too.