blue artichoke: Days Without Injury: 0

Actually, it was a few days ago that my Days Without Injury counter was reset to 0, but I couldn't write about it at the time. My bandaged finger hit too many keys at once, making typing challenging. I sliced off the top of my fingertip with a vegetable peeler. It was quite gruesome and very painful. There are lots of nerve endings in the fingertip and underneath the fingernail, apparently. The grossest part was the small chunk of finger, with nail attached, on the kitchen counter (at least it didn't get into the food!).

I think of myself as an abnormally fast healer, so this will be a true test of my regenerative power.

By the way, dinner (pork stir fry with broccoli) was really good. Not worth losing a fingertip, probably.

Comments

OUCH! And... nasty.

So, will this affect your fingerprints? Is now the time to go steal something?

Posted by: Red Momo | September 13, 2008 10:54 AM

Gross... and OW... and EWWW...

Although-- Josh and I went to Waffle House a couple weeks ago and I told him about the DAYS WITHOUT INJURY sign... which always makes me laugh... unless there are fingertips in my hashbrowns.

Posted by: Blue Grilled Cheese | September 13, 2008 12:43 PM

In my experience, fingerprints are actually quite difficult to remove. I've sliced and burned the tips of my fingers many times in, and since, cooking school, but I still have all my prints intact. This new injury is a doozy, though, so it might leave a lasting scar. Unfortunately, it is more on the top of my finger, so doesn't affect the print area very much.

I'll take better aim next time.

Posted by: Blue Artichoke | September 13, 2008 09:10 PM