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Chad:
Yesterday at work I cut a dime sized chunk out of my thumb on my right hand. It's almost a 1/4'' deep and hit a few small arteries. They call it an avulsion. It was pretty nasty. Between the blood loss and the 100+ degree heat I fainted but only for a few moments. Anyways, the doc said to keep it away from water and moisture for a few weeks while it heals, so no soaking for awhile. :(  I also have to change the dressing twice a day. Kind of hard to do with one hand but luckily for me I have a neighbor who is a paramedic. :)  I can only imagine what would have happened if I wasn't wearing my heavy duty rubber gloves. :o

Just thought I'd let you all know that I'll be around a little more than usual. If that's even possible. ;D

Chad

tony:

--- Quote ---Yesterday at work I cut a dime sized chunk out of my thumb on my right hand. It's almost a 1/4'' deep and hit a few small arteries. They call it an avulsion. It was pretty nasty. Between the blood loss and the 100+ degree heat I fainted but only for a few moments. Anyways, the doc said to keep it away from water and moisture for a few weeks while it heals, so no soaking for awhile. :(  I also have to change the dressing twice a day. Kind of hard to do with one hand but luckily for me I have a neighbor who is a paramedic. :)  I can only imagine what would have happened if I wasn't wearing my heavy duty rubber gloves. :o

Just thought I'd let you all know that I'll be around a little more than usual. If that's even possible. ;D

Chad
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I hate when that happens!  You can always soak with your hand over your head. ;)

autoplay:
If you don't mind me askin Chad,how did it happen?  Bout 2 years ago,I was cutting an L or a rectangle out of porcelain,and I went to snap out the rest of the piece after cuttin on wet saw. Well my finger caught an edge of the porcelain,sliced it like a razor blade.

I was a 1 hand wonder at work,for like 2 weeks lol.

I'm on a 2 week vac roughly as,my daughter is in town.

Still semi-slow here in Sarasota FL.

Richs100:
Chad,

It's fortunate that your such a good one-handed typist.  You probably never thought that skill would come in so handy!  ;D ;D

Seriously, hope your not in too much pain.  Wrap that hand up in a ziplock and some duct tape and get out in that tub!

Rich

Chad:

--- Quote ---If you don't mind me askin Chad,how did it happen?  Bout 2 years ago,I was cutting an L or a rectangle out of porcelain,and I went to snap out the rest of the piece after cuttin on wet saw. Well my finger caught an edge of the porcelain,sliced it like a razor blade.

I was a 1 hand wonder at work,for like 2 weeks lol.

I'm on a 2 week vac roughly as,my daughter is in town.

Still semi-slow here in Sarasota FL.
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We were working with an 18 x 18 porcelain tile set on a 45 and I was using my cutting board to score about a 4 inch triangle and then popping it with my hand. Usually works great and saves a lot of time going back and forth to the wet saw. Well one cut just wasn't wanting to pop, so I placed it on my mortar bucket and forcefully tried to snap it with my hand and with all my might it finally popped but not before taking part of my thumb with it. Duh!  We really need to slow down a bit and maybe find a better cuttin board for these types of tiles then an oversized Rubi.

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