# Well, that sure hurt **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 28, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854 "2014-11-28T22:29:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854/1 "2014-11-28T22:29:12Z")
Yesterday evening it was time to put away the remains of the Thanksgiving feast. I like to slice all the meat as thin as I can so we have bags of sandwich makings. I got the ham done and most of the turkey breast, and I don’t remember exactly how it happened, but I was obviously grabbing the carcass with my left hand and trying to get the last few slices with a very sharp knife in my right. As you can guess, it slipped and made an slash from the nail of my left index to the first knuckle. Due to the angle it is close about half an inch long. I could tell that it went down to the bone but what was the worst is that I used a rub on the turkey with plenty of salt and cayenne. The knife was covered in it by that point, so the slice although nice and clean (but deep) was also filled with this nice pain inducing rub. I rinsed the best I could but it still hurts today about 18 hours later. I also nicked the tip of my thumb which I didn’t even notice at the time. Nothing big but like a paper cut it reminds me of how much my thumb is used during the course of a day. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854/2 "2014-11-28T22:47:15Z")
How many stitches? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854/3 "2014-11-28T22:48:29Z")
Ouch! I cut my index finger with an X-ACTO knife a few weeks ago - not as deep as your cut, but it bled really nicely for a while. Mostly healed now, but still sensitive to pressure. ETA: I was in a client’s showroom at the time. Brand new marble on the floor. I wrapped it tightly right away, and made an excuse to step outside so I could grimace. I had a hard time getting a bandage to hold and keep the wound closed - once it was under control a little bit, I picked up some steri strips. Have “fun” healing. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854/4 "2014-12-01T12:24:01Z")
Just had a tattoo that ranged from the top of my shoulder to my waist, and wandered over my spine from time to time. Did that hurt? Yes, yes it sure did. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854/5 "2014-12-01T12:35:42Z")
I have NO idea why I opened this thread. OUCH! ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854/6 "2014-12-01T12:41:29Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I have NO idea why I opened this thread. OUCH! But thread could be used to close the subject… ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854/7 "2014-12-06T01:49:27Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I have NO idea why I opened this thread. OUCH! Open skin, open thread… I once slipped when attempting to open a package, using a brand-new carbon steel knife. When I had just moved into a new city, and didn’t know where anything was. We drove all over, then finally found a walk-in clinic that I had a vague memory of seeing the week before. They stitched it up. The tip of that finger is still numb, over 30 years later. Another stupid kitchen injury was a couple years ago when I’d bought an apple corer-slicer at the grocery store. It was fastened to the display card with some kind of plastic zip-ties. Yeah, I slipped, and managed to gouge my finger really well with the corer. I wound up using a ton of gauze wrapped tightly around the finger to keep it straight, otherwise any flexing would open the wound right on up. I probably should have gotten stitches for that one. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854/8 "2014-12-06T02:48:57Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Open skin, open thread… > > I once slipped when attempting to open a package, using a brand-new carbon steel knife. When I had just moved into a new city, and didn’t know where anything was. > > We drove all over, then finally found a walk-in clinic that I had a vague memory of seeing the week before. They stitched it up. The tip of that finger is still numb, over 30 years later… They stitched it up with the nerve too far offset to heal right. My dad cut his thumb open on vacation. He went to an emergency room to get it stitched up, but a few weeks later, he had scheduled surgery in which someone carefully lined up the big nerve in the center of the thumb. It still took most of a year to heal so his thumb had good sensation, but it DID eventually heal right. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854/9 "2014-12-06T05:20:34Z")
This is what happens when I turn my brain off before I turn the saw off. ( WARNING some graphic pictures but not really gory. ) [Dumb thumb with dumb owner.](https://picasaweb.google.com/109890283948725443096/Thumb?authuser=0&feat=directlink) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854/10 "2014-12-06T12:40:44Z")
How is it now? ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854/11 "2014-12-06T12:55:26Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > This is what happens when I turn my brain off before I turn the saw off. > > ( WARNING some graphic pictures but not really gory. ) > > [Dumb thumb with dumb owner.](https://picasaweb.google.com/109890283948725443096/Thumb?authuser=0&feat=directlink) Nice photo shoot! Why, exactly, is the cat licking her chops? ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854/12 "2014-12-06T21:30:48Z")
Thumb is OK, just does not bend much at that joint. The doctor took a lot of time getting the best result he could so after a few years I have almost no numb places but it makes that hand more clumsy but I am all over clumsy anyway. Finger nail looks good, just grows slower that the rest. I also found that walking into the emergency waiting room with your finger in a Ziploc of ice cubes will get you to the head of the line & then some… All of our cats think the plot to kill us in our sleep & eat us is a secret. Little do they know… ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854/13 "2014-12-06T21:48:22Z")
I was slicing ham and the knife slipped out of my hand and dropped point first onto the top of my foot. Fortunately, I had on a pair of heavy leather boots. There was a bruise the size of my fist on top of my foot for a month, but no penetration. This just happened this year. I have now idea how the knife slipped out of my hand. One minute I’m slicing ham, the next minute I’m swearing. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854/14 "2014-12-10T20:38:55Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > They stitched it up with the nerve too far offset to heal right. > > My dad cut his thumb open on vacation. He went to an emergency room to get it stitched up, but a few weeks later, he had scheduled surgery in which someone carefully lined up the big nerve in the center of the thumb. It still took most of a year to heal so his thumb had good sensation, but it DID eventually heal right. Ouch. In my case, it was just a flap at the tip of the finger - maybe 1/8 of an inch thick, and sliced about 3/4 of the way through. They basically cleaned it, laid it back down, and stitched the edges. There’s probably not much they could have done. It’s not completely numb, just not as sensitive to touch. If I read braille, I’d have to use other fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854/15 "2014-12-10T20:41:23Z")
> [@GusNSpot](#): > > …but it makes that hand more clumsy but I am all over clumsy anyway… Hence the injury! What are the white spheres for? was it Christmastime when they did the stitching? ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2014, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-sure-hurt/705854/16 "2014-12-11T00:28:10Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > Hence the injury! > > What are the white spheres for? was it Christmastime when they did the stitching? They are made into the long screw pins that they use to keep things in place while they heal. They don’t drill a lot of small diameter holes & then run a rod it, they use the ball to hand turn the pin drill while watching a live Xray or some such to get all the little bones & fragments all where they want & spaced properly for healing. They then use the ball ends to unscrew the pin when it is time to take it out. Much less painful than the old way of having to pull the pins out. Like the older pins though, if you bump them, it will make you scream… I had a great Doc and he had to come in because he was on call that night for ortho cases. Spent hours doing itty bitty work to give me as much restoration as possible.