Hello, internets, I am a moron

[resonant]

I now have three stitches in the knuckle of my right ring finger. Yeah, I think I'll put the blade assembly of the food processor in the dish drainer and pile some other dishes on top of it so it can ambush me when I'm putting the clean dishes away, yay.

(I actually have another stupidity-related injury on that very same finger, but that one's only a small burn, requiring no medical attention.)

I had already given blood once today on purpose, and was not pleased to have to do it again by accident.

The spouse was late getting home, and I didn't want to drive, because, 1, can't grip steering wheel, and, 2, shocked and not thinking very clearly. "Call 911," kidlet says. "I don't think it's that much of an emergency," I say. Kidlet says, "Is there a 922?"

At least I don't have to cook Thanksgiving dinner -- though I do have to make a pie and some rolls, which probably won't be as much fun as it would otherwise be.

It's not very painful, and obviously it's not interfering with my typing all that much, though it slows me down. The worst thing is that I have difficulty holding anything; bending + squeezing = pain + an unnerving seeping sensation.

Also, that finger is heavily wrapped in white gauze, which makes it look like I'm making a rude gesture at the universe. Which is ... not untrue.

Comments

[iibnf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, fuck you, Universe!

/me mindlessly joins in...

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

The universe says, "Yeah, I've heard it all before, but somehow you all stick around in the universe instead of going elsewhere."

[panisdead.livejournal.com]

Gah! Heal quickly!

That's exactly what I do with my food processor blades, so double gah.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping others will learn from my stupidity here. I'm so careful with knives, and yet I blithely put this other sharp thing any old place.

[nestra.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear. Speaking as an accident-prone person...yeah, don't do that. But feel better soon.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I had a very stressful morning before this, which probably made me clumsy -- similarly, back when my father had his heart surgery, I sprained my ankle the same day. Nature is a mother.

[sanj.livejournal.com]

Gah. Nice one -- that's right out of my playbook. Heal fast!

Also, there really should be a 922. Kidlet = smart.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

There should! because if I lived alone, I might actually have had to call 911 (for three stitches!) or else drive myself quite unsafely across town.

There needs to be something between "sucking chest wound, copter me to E.R." and "no, thanks, a bandaid will do."

[neery.livejournal.com]

Do doctors go on house calls where you live? Our GP is always willing to come by in urgent cases where the patients can't get to the practice. But on the other hand, I'm not sure how comfortable I'd be with my GP stitching up my hand. Not really what she's trained for...

[yarngeek.livejournal.com]

Your GP should be trained to handle at least moderate cuts--it's part of general practice. Now, whether she's *practiced* lately is another matter ...

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

No, even when I was a kid, American doctors didn't do house calls any more. If someone's going to waste time in the healthcare industry, it is definitely not going to be the doctor.

[florahart]

Hee on the 922.

*sends bandaids*

That owie is something I totally would do.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm hoping others will learn from my stupidity. Some days the best I can aspire to is being a bad example.

[dunv-i.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Finger injuries suck. And stitches are plain annoying. *sends pre-made pies*

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

I can't help thinking that Dr. Crusher would have been able to do something better for me than making big knots out of navy-blue string!

[whatifisaidno.livejournal.com]

Never take up stained glass work like I tried; I can still find scars.

922 XD XD

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Oh, lord! It would be very bad for me to do a craft that involved glass. Or, really, anything sharper than a knitting needle.

[celli]

Aw, man.

*hugs*

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

thx! It's better today, but now the old dressing has come off and I have to see the stitches every time I remove the bandaid to wash my hands! Ew!

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

owowowow!

I'd kiss it and make it better, but chances are it would just make it slimy.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Kiss it and make it slimy! This is what newt kids beg their parents to do!

noooooo!

[kormantic.livejournal.com]

not your finger!

Mend quickly. (Type slowly.)

Re: noooooo!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

It stinks, doesn't it? It's right next to the finger I had to get stitches in when I was in fourth grade. (That one ended up having a bright side: once I had a scar on my right hand, I finally learned left from right.)

[misspamela.livejournal.com]

Oh no! Feel better!

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I just have to resist the temptation to mess with it.

[wesleysgirl.livejournal.com]

I've done almost the exact same thing more than once, so I have massive sympathy. *Hugs*

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Oh no! I've cut myself on this blade before, but only shallow little fingertip cuts where you say, "Damn," and go on cooking. It was surprising (and kind of reassuring) how easy it was to tell that this was not a trivial cut.

[kassrachel.livejournal.com]

I say again: ow! and I am so sorry!

Your kidlet continues to crack me right up, though. :-)

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

She's got her own way of looking at things, definitely.

[evilprettykitty.livejournal.com]

Ouch...I totally agree with the Kidlet on 922, When on I had my appendectomy, it wasn't that close to busting but it a still hurt enough that if i hadn't had my mom to drive me, I would've been screwed.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Yes! There are a lot of things that aren't serious enough for an ambulance and a police escort, but are way too serious for safe driving.

[evilprettykitty.livejournal.com]

Totally...I felt too horrible to drive yet calling an ambulance would have felt silly.

[skuf.livejournal.com]

I have a fingers-getting-cut squick, so I'm actually finding this hard to comment on, haha, but sorry about your finger, *blows it kisses*.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

This may gross you out more, but when my college roommate had to do disseections, she said she expected faces to be the most difficult thing to make yourself do, but it turned out to be hands.

[skuf.livejournal.com]

I believe it! Ack ack ack!

[the-shoshanna.livejournal.com]

Ow! Good luck with the baking.

Many municipalities use 311 as a non-major-emergency number, in fact.

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

That would be a good idea! I don't think they have that here, though.

[raqs.livejournal.com]

Oh ow. I'll take your tip to Not Do That. (poor baby!)

[resonant8.livejournal.com]

Yes! Learn from my bad example!