OMG!...prayers and good thoughts and whatever else for a QUICK and FULL healing with zero issues...I almost didn't open it from the warning...get well soon (I know that phrase is over done)...but GET WELL SOON!

Just pulled a similar stunt, simply poured some Lidocaine into the open wound and could sewed it up myself, much better than injecting the wound. Asked an er doc to do it and she said OK and did, said she would do it that way herself in the future.?

Just a suggestion, you could just include a link for the pictures rather than posting them for those members that would rather not see them but would still like to read the details and the thread.

And since I'm here again...OUCH!

Thanks for sharing. It's a great safety reminder. A second's worth of inattentiveness...

DAMN that made my butt pucker!! Hope you come through it OK. I've had some major boo boos, but you've made them look insignificant! Best wishes and prayers for a quick and full recovery.

SAS - I have been in your shoes. Have two short fingers, one done 30 years ago, the other last year.

First was an overhead router. Estimated 20,000rpm, it was quick. Just over a year ago did the left ring finger with a Jointer. Also quick.

The lesson, in addition to those already mentioned, be able to FOCUS on the work at hand. Multi tasking while using power tools is a BIG mistake. Don’t come to the tools with many things going on and this is just a “quick stop” on the list. Distracted is what caused both my injuries.

Be able to FOCUS ON THE JOB.

My God, that picture gave me PTSD. Hope it heals up soon.

I feel your pain. Believe me, I really do feel your pain.

About 25 years ago I cut the end of my thumb off with a table saw. Like you, I made mistakes that I damn well knew better not to do. In a hurry, and bam! It looked very similar to yours. I can tell you that it healed up very well and I even have some of a finger print there. I use it, well, all the time and it functions just fine.

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Just a suggestion, you could just include a link for the pictures rather than posting them for those members that would rather not see them but would still like to read the details and the thread.

And since I'm here again...OUCH!

You are absolutely correct! I expect the bourbon and the oxycodone contributed to my having missed that. Hopefully there won't be a next time but if so I will link it. Thanks for the reminder.

Very nice suture job.

A thumb is not supposed to look like that.

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Originally posted by sig229-SAS:

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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé:
Just a suggestion, you could just include a link for the pictures rather than posting them for those members that would rather not see them but would still like to read the details and the thread.

And since I'm here again...OUCH!

You are absolutely correct! I expect the bourbon and the oxycodone contributed to my having missed that. Hopefully there won't be a next time but if so I will link it. Thanks for the reminder.

Sooo, is it safe to view to OP/Page 1 yet? Otherwise, can someone post the Cliff Notes? Due to the inferred warning in the title, I'd kinda like to know just how graphic and/or devasting an injury we're talking about here before venturing in....Just sayin'!

You will suddenly but surely come to realize how much useful a thumb is when it does not hurt any more, heck you will be able to tie shoes, button buttons pick up a pencil without searing pain reminding you of your ever so slight error.
Like my father used to say "just relax and enjoy it, the pain will not last forever".

Hope you heal quickly and have no problems. Prayers for your surgeon to do his best work.

Yikes! Hope everything heals as it should.

Did something similar a while back.

Crazy shit happened. I was asked about putting photos up instead of a memo. Told them a picture of a steel rod going through my arm will make people stop and think. A memo on the wall would be just that.

A year later we had a guy fall onto the top of a wrought iron fence. Yes, the kind with the little decorative points at the top of each bar...

Ouuuuccchhhhh.

I knew a Head of Safety who lost half a thumb to a table saw that did not have a blade guard. Rather than use a push stick he put his thumb in harm's way and he then took shit from everyone for months.

Hope you heal quickly and completely.

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:
Sooo, is it safe to view to OP/Page 1 yet? Otherwise, can someone post the Cliff Notes? Due to the inferred warning in the title, I'd kinda like to know just how graphic and/or devasting an injury we're talking about here before venturing in....Just sayin'!

Nope! Still pics, man.

Short version: OP got a thumb caught in a spinning drill bit and split it nicely. Large, well-lit photos of the carnage, before and after stitches. (Sorta reminds me of the pics in the Alice's Restaurant song, minus the circles and arrows....)

Damn my friend. Heal quickly

I lost the ends of my right trigger and middle finger to a meat slicer in the 90s. Had to learn to shoot lefty so I could keep my part time job at the range

Used a Sig 228 and single action until I trained my hand for double action.

Actually brought the parts to the ER in a zip-lock. He just tossed them and said I'd be better off with what nature gave back to me.

Aside from a little tickling now and then, he was right.

Good luck and speedy recovery.

Ouch! is right. Wishing you a full and speedy recovery.