Lopped off part of my finger

Thanks for all the well wishes guys. Humbling to say the least. Pain is minimal. Doc says absolutely no pressure on that hand until he sees me Thursday afternoon. Phone is ringing off the hook for service calls,but I have a good excuse to refuse.

Sister , Brother in law and my right hand got the basketball Backboard and hoop assembled today for my niece Sharon. She feels worse than anyone about it.

Edited by Pat the Plumber CIL - 24 Dec 2018 at 8:20pm

You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails

1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF.

Well buddy,,,,,,,ast me next year at Hutch to show you MY stupidity.
I feel for ya and thank God that it WASN'T your right hand. If you wanna know,,,,,,try wiping yer butt with your left hand! (after it heals). You never felt so helpless....
Your niece will always remember that every time she sees that basketball setup.
You can live with it, but she'll be scarred for life now.
God bless you and for giving you time off for His day tomorrow!

"Allis-Express"
19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17

Dale the cute little nurses in the OR offered to bag what was left. I told them to toss it. They claimed some people wanted to keep the amputated part. I guess you could have it freeze dried and preserved but what's the point. When its gone it's gone. I already have something to remind me for the rest of my life.

You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails

1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF.

Hey Pat,,,gosh,,,I feel for Ya!! Dang,,,I bet that hurt,,,it hurtin me just to think on it,,,,but like ole Shameless is sayin,,,One less fingernail to clean,,UMmmm,,,,CHIT,,that didn't sound right, did it,,??? LOL

Hopin you gets some rest and R'in till you get abck to regular workin,,,,, Clap

Sorry to hear about that , Pat. Ouch! Hope it heals quickly. Pete

At least your finger is still longer than your,,,,,,,,,a,,,ummm,,,,,,,best you ask Joe....

Did they let you watch when they fixed it? They wouldn't let me watch.

"Allis-Express"
19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17

Sorry about your accident and partial loss of your finger!!! Ouch!!! Hurts just to think about it. Hope you heal up quick. Dan.

now you can't dig into yer nose as far, may hafta resort to the "farmer blow"!

Brian F(IL) wrote:

Sorry to hear about this Pat. Hope you're healed up soon.

Dad lost half of his middle finger to a cornpicker when he was just out of high school. You'll overcome this too.

Good luck.

I wonder if any farm implement matches the record for digits, limbs, and lives claimed as the corn picker, per capita of using them??? Most are operator carelessness of course.

Around here, I know 2 farmers missing arms up to their elbow, 2 other guys missing various fingers, and one guy killed. Carhartt coats are pretty strong. It seems when the rollers grab the frayed sleeves, it can suck you all the way into your waist and stall the tractor.

Pat I lost part of my index finger on my right hand in 1976, just be careful when you are outside in the winter you can freeze that finger easy if you don't watch it. I used to have a finger cover made out of some long john material that had tie stings on it that tied around my wrist to hold it when I took my gloves off and that helped to keep it warm.

I lost 1/2 inch off one of my fingers. Doc did same thing .

and yes ,it gets cold quick.

One thing was when they pulled them stiches out the end of my finger. Nurse told me there was only one other place that you could have stiches in the end of it that it would hurt more when taking them out .

Edited by Fred in Pa - 29 Dec 2018 at 5:44am

He who dies with the most toys is,
nonetheless ,still dead.
If all else fails ,Read all that is PRINTED.

Well, I didn't cut no ends of fingers off, but did slice the index finger of left hand open almost to the cuticle. That healed up nicely...Just no feeling in center of the finger where it healed back together. And slit the side of the right hand ring finger to the bone at an angle.. in rusty old tin where we were unloading grain into an elevator... went in the house and opened it up under cold water, let it bleed for a few minutes and then taped it shut and went back to hauling grain and that finger I don't notice either. ... but some 30 years ago, I was trying to teach a calf to drink milk from a bucket and the little sucker's teeth were sharp and sliced a finger... and got infected back to the first joint. It got hot and red and swelled up... so I finally stuck it in hot water to where I could just barely stand it and then turned the hot tap on a little more, it finally subsided, but it is the first finger to get cold now too... and fast. Have to watch out for it some and guess which glove finger I wear out first... the finger that gets cold first. --i-, yup, that one.

He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself
The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that."

Dad has 9 and a half fingers, but it hasn't affected his pool shooting. Best of luck. Sorry for the loss.

2-8070FWA PS/8050PS/7080/7045PS/200/D15-II/2-WD45/WD/3-WC/UC/C

Many Moons ago I made a stupid careless mistake by getting in to big a hurry. As a result My Tablesaw bit off the three middle fingers on my right hand past the first joint.

I was at home and alone. It hurt pretty bad but not much blood. I grabbed my right hand with my left and got to the Kitchen Sink and the cold water running over it helped with the hurt. I knew I needed to look and see just how bad it was. Just wasn't brave enough yet.

When I finally peaked I got light headed and hit the deck. Next thing I remember was #3 Son coming in from School trying to wake me up. We both knew a trip to a ER was next. Kilgore was best because he just came from there.

With Oil Field Injuries common there is a Trauma Surgeon on duty 24-7. After a exam He said he needed to do some Post Trauma Amputation to clean things up a bit and have skin left to close the wounds. I was awake during this and could hear pieces of bone being dropped in a stainless bowl.

I sure miss them but life goes on. My trade was Painting and Paperhanging. When I was medically released to return to work the contractor I worked for for 20 years said he had nothing a one handed painter and paperhanger could do.

I went in business for myself Making 4 times the money by the hour doing the same work I did for the other guy and actually for many of his now former clients.

I loved the shooting sport. With no first joint on my trigger finger accurate pistol shooting is near impossible.

When they were little my grandkids always liked playing with Grandpas Three Smiley faces. I do have 3 odd scars looking at the ends without finger prints. All different

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