I usually cut the extension cord but this time I got my left index finger just below my knuckle on the pad, in the fleshy part. I cut it pretty good. It didn't go straight in but at an angle. The numbing shots hurt a LOT more than the cut but I reckon that the cleaning and stitching would have been a lot worse without the shots. Got 4 stitches. I cannot type with my index finger, it is still numb, is like having a wooden finger. I guess it could have been a lot worse. I just pressed my thumb on it, loaded my stuff in my truck and drove to the closest "Urgent Care" sort of place. Since I now have a 10k deductable I just paid cash and got a 30% discount, 250.00 and that covers any complications and removal of stitches for 10 days.
 
I guess I wont be playing guitar for a few days. I seem to have not cut the little artery or any nerve that feeds my fingertip... I am SO glad for that!!!
 
I've been trying to clean up a rental house that we have (don't ask... I never wanted another rental, had one once before). The tenants moved out after 9mos, owing a month, left all their stuff... was so roach infested it all was thrown in a dumpster. I am a lisenced PCO and have been killing roaches for three weeks. They broke three doors, cracked the inside of the fridge, broke the handle off the built in microwave, broke globes on 4 light fixtures, put food and other stuff in floor vents... It has been a nightmare and today I was going to trim the out of control shrubbery by the front door.. I trimmed my finger instead. I have some cool pictures but probably shouldn't post them since halloween is over.
Anything to get out of work, huh??
 
J

Just for future reference, remember to turn the lawn more off before clearing out any grass stuck in the exit.
 
HTH.

Ouch!
Hopefully it'll heal as quickly as possible.

That's not on the list of recomended things to do.  Don't do that again.  I hope it heals fully. 

Oh man... sorry to hear that Julien.

I have a rental as well and so far...close to 10 years.... I've had good tenants in there.  I charge above the average rates locally and require a month's rent deposit. Doing that has kept the riff raff out. The last one spent a full day cleaning the house from top to bottom after she got her furniture out.... I didn't tell her she had to do that, I simply asked her to leave the house in the same shape as it was when she moved in.  Now.... I have another tenant moving out in a few more days.... and told her the same thing. we shall see how well she does.
 
My kicker is having to squeeze in the time to do the work patching and painting...and this time around, it's a plumbing upgrade to the pipes plus the kitchen and bathroom floors need repairing. And I'm considering tile to end the flooring issues.
 
I keep the bushes trimmed about once a year and I use the hand powered oversize scissors looking hedge trimmers. It's work but no fingers get in the blades.

Sorry about your finger.  I'm glad that there was no more damage.  No more power tools for you.  We like to keep our Julien in one life-sized piece.

Battle scars...
I learned that cuts aren't as bad as crushes, the hard way.
If I had posted pictures of what a reciprocating saw did to my thumb
Cake would have banned me.
 
Heal fast J. and glad no serious damaged was done.
 
 

 Hope you're better today jbow. It is amazing how loosing even a small body function can become a major thing.
 
 I also goofed this weekend. I had a pretty major eye injury.
 
 Now I'm a guy who is always using tools of many different kinds. The kind of tools that can really hurt you if you use them the wrong way. So of all things guess what got me? it wasn't a tool. I was in the shower trying to get soap out of a plastic dispenser. I was pushing on the spring loaded nozzle and the end broke off while I was pushing it. In a fraction of a second before my eye could respond a piece of hard plastic was jettisoned right into my left eye. It made a nasty scratch all the way across the eye.
 
 Thankfully I made it to a professional eye doctor who gave me a bandage contact to wear. This basically keeps your eyelid from rubbing on the abrasion until it heals. When it happened I was really worried. It infected my sinuses and even my teeth hurt. I had a migriane headache too....all caused by the eye injury.When I covered my good eye all I could see were colored blobs of light. I really thought I was going to loose my vision in that eye. Now two days after it happened the swelling is starting to go down inside the eye and my vision is beginning to come back. I am putting anti-biotic drops in it for the outside. I consider myself lucky to be recovering.

Hope that heals quickly, positive Wookiee vibes for you and your finger